There were a host of Tottenham icons on the pitch. Martin Chivers, Steve Perryman, Pat Jennings, Ricky Villa and Ossie Ardiles to name but a handful. They formed part of the post-match guard of honour for Ange Postecoglou and his players, the club’s newly anointed Europa League-winning heroes, the exterminators of the trophy drought. Postecoglou had embraced each of the legends and now they turned to applaud him.
It was a touching moment, one he is unlikely to forget as he luxuriated in the continued afterglow of Wednesday’s victory over Manchester United in Bilbao – and sought to move on quickly from this latest Premier League capitulation. The question that positively screamed in the background concerned whether Daniel Levy will give Postecoglou the thumbs up or down when he carries out his review into the manager’s future.
