Ange Postecoglou last night appeared to fume "that's the wrong f***ing thing to say" in an explosive Tottenham exchange.
The former Celtic boss was leading his club in a pre-season outing against a K-League XI when he barked orders during a drinks break.
Postecoglou, 58, didn't hold back in setting out his demands to his players despite the contest being a friendly as he appeared to cut off a player.
Ange going absolutely crazy at the players 😳 pic.twitter.com/e9ZgukCbxZ
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After a voice can be heard discussing the tactics with the score locked at 0-0 after 24 minutes, Postecoglou demands his players go on the press.
In the short clip shared on social media, Postecoglou can be heard shouting: "That's the wrong f***ing thing to say. We're going on the press, man for man.
"...just go man for man."
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Postecoglou's rant appeared to work with Spurs opening the scoring just five minutes later through Dejan Kulusevski.
Son Heung-Min scored a double before the break to put the Premier League side three goals to the good.
However, the K-League select side pulled a couple back through Stanislav Iljutcenko in the 52nd and 54th minutes.
Will Lanksher netted for Spurs on 67 minutes before a late consolation for the hosts with Oberdan Alionco de Lima scoring nine minutes from full time in a 4-3 loss.
Discussing the heated moment on the sidelines, Postecoglou told Football.London: "Nothing really specific.
" It was more just about making sure we kept pressing on, because with the conditions the way they are and the training loads been pretty high, I didn't want us to back off in that moment and really [wanted to] push to half-time just more for our fitness than anything else.
"We thought it was a good opportunity for us to push on and try to be even more aggressive than we had been up to that point."
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