Ange Postecoglou has no issue with Jamie Carragher's criticism of his Tottenham team, but the Australian does feel some comments from unnamed pundits have been "offensive".

Injury-hit Spurs took a big step towards a first trophy since 2008 on Thursday night with a rip-roaring 4-3 victory over Manchester United in the quarter-finals of the League Cup.

Two mistakes by Fraser Forster left Spurs close to throwing away a three-goal lead, leaving former Liverpool and England defender-turned-sports pundit Carragher to suggest post-match that Postecoglou never changes his approach but should do.

It's a view that was also echoed by former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp.

But ahead of Sunday's visit of Liverpool, Postecoglou found an ally on Friday morning in opposite number Arne Slot, who declared himself a big fan of the Spurs boss's style and insisted he wants to see Spurs win the Europa League.

Postecoglou discussed in detail the analysis of Carragher and others when asked if he would listen more to someone like Slot than the ex-Reds defender.

"Jamie Carragher, mate. You can name him! He'll enjoy that!" Postecoglou laughed.

"People tell me he likes me, so that's a good thing. They say, 'did you hear what he said? But he likes you as a person'. So, that's important to me.

"Look, it's all valid, but I don't need validation from anybody to do what I do. Whether you agree with my approach or not, there is validity in both and I don't have an issue with that.

"I love the fact people are talking about and analysing our games. I'd rather that than us be anonymous and no-one talk about us, or we're just grinding out an existence.

"You have to be prepared for scrutiny, you have to be prepared for criticism and it's how you react to that that is more important.

"It won't change what I believe because what I believe is borne from a lifetime of experiences and values that I won't let anyone tamper with from the outside.

"I think (criticism) is healthy if it's coming from the right sort of place. Someone like Jamie, he is there to give his opinion and will not stand there and say, 'I've got nothing to say,' he'll give an opinion.

"Some of the other stuff I kind of don't understand because I think it's just about getting headlines, but again if you react to that, it kind of says more about yourself than anything else."

Invited to expand on what had been said to create headlines, Postecoglou replied: "There is some stuff out there and I find - and at the appropriate time I'll call it out - just offensive towards me.

"I just think you know what, I don't know. I'm up here with a silly accent and maybe I don't take things as seriously as people want me to and I'm fairly dismissive of them, but that's alright. I love my life and I'll keep doing what I'm doing."

Spurs should have Destiny Udogie (fatigue) and Timo Werner (illness) back for Liverpool, but remain without eight players for a match which will be a dress rehearsal for their League Cup semi-final.