ANGE IS A SPIKY SPUR

Postecoglou bristles at tricky question with season on line

- MIKE WALTERS

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

In his two years at Spurs, Big Ange has restored artistic merit to a club blown towards sterility under predecessors Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, or Nuno Espirito Santo's brief dabble in counter-punching.

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.

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