ANGE'S LUCK OF THE DRAW

From jeers to cheers for under-fire Postecoglou

- by MIKE WALTERS

THEY got out of jail from two goals down - and in the pantheon of great escapes it was almost up there with Tim Robbins breaking out of Shawshank.

But it took a fluke and a penalty softer than a crash landing on a pillow for Tottenham to burgle their luckiest point of the season.

In the week when they will need to go through the alphabet of virtues from A to Z to survive in Europe against AZ Alkmaar, Spurs sent head coach Ange Postecoglou from despair with his players deservedly booed off at the interval - to the relief of an undeserved draw.

But six points from a possible 30 at home in the Premier League since November 3 is no cause for celebration, nor a resounding case for a happy ending to the Aussie coach's second season.

You know, the one where he always wins a trophy. If Tottenham leave the back gate wide open like this on Thursday night, they will come a cropper, with the return leg with AZ weighing heavily like a beer gut over a couch potato's belt.