Ange feeling the heat with trophy vow on the line

ANGE Postecoglou was pricklier than a voodoo doll as he faced his moment of truth at Tottenham - and that old chestnut about always winning a trophy in his second season.

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In his two campaigns at Spurs, the head coach has restored artistic merit to a club blown off course under predecessors Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte, below.

But his reign risks being cast as a failure if the door slams on Tottenham’s Europa League campaign against AZ Alkmaar tonight and the meter ticks over beyond 17 years without a trophy in N17.

Postecoglou, needing to overturn a 1-0 deficit from last week’s vapid first leg in the Netherlands, did not appreciate the tenor of a legitimate opening question about this game being win or bust for his project.