RICH PICKINGS

Brazilian wins debate with Maddison to score penalty

- Neil McLeman

But Ange Postecoglou's B team needed three fine saves from Fraser Forster to deny AZ Alkmaar in a display as flat as the Dutch countryside.

Richarlison was making his first start of the season after a calf injury. So when Lucas Bergvall earned a second-half penalty, the Brazilian insisted on taking the spot kick until stand-in skipper Maddison relented.

Richarlison stepped up to score his first goal of the campaign with a 53rd-minute Panenka and was later given a standing ovation by Spurs fans when he was subbed off.

Postecoglou, below, had made nine changes from his weekend Premier League team against West Ham with Destiny Udogie and Maddison the only survivors.