Ange Postecoglou makes Tottenham style vow after Europa League draw with Roma

Asked if his broadside would beryllium little entertaining and much businesslike successful their remaining 3 games to guarantee they debar the play-offs, Postecoglou said: “No.

“Why can’t it conscionable beryllium entertaining? Isn’t it wherefore we each come? Would you truly similar america to sketch retired a mates of 0-0 draws and a 1-0 triumph and we get through. I don’t know.

“I would overmuch alternatively we’re breathtaking to ticker and possibly it is borderline of the spot worldly and sometimes we don’t get the reward, similar we could person tonight, but no, if you privation those benignant of games, determination are plentifulness successful satellite shot you tin ticker each weekend.

“I’d similar to deliberation erstwhile you tune into america you’ll beryllium entertained.”

Heung-min Son opened the scoring from the punishment spot aft Hummels caught Pape Matar Sarr wrong 3 minutes.

Roma levelled done Evan N’Dicka’s person but Brennan Johnson’s archetypal clip decorativeness restored Spurs’ pb earlier the break.

Roma had 3 goals disallowed for offside and deed the crossbar, portion Dejan Kulusevski, Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke each struck the woodwork for the hosts.

“Frustration with the mode the crippled ended,” Postecoglou said.

“Yeah we should person killed it disconnected a batch earlier. We should person killed it disconnected successful the archetypal fractional with the chances we had. At 2-1 you're ever keeping the absorption successful the crippled and they're throwing men forward, truthful disappointing we weren't capable to spot the crippled out. Ultimately we're inactive successful a decent position.”

Moments earlier Hummels scored, Spurs’ stand-in goalkeeper Fraser Forster made a superb prevention to contradict Gianluca Mancini, portion helium besides doubly saved from Paulo Dybala successful the archetypal half.

“I don’t deliberation he’s lacking successful confidence,” Postecoglou said, erstwhile asked if Forster would beryllium boosted by his display.

“He is an experienced feline and has astir apt thought to himself that, that is wherefore helium is there, if needed to travel successful and beryllium that reliable goalkeeper for us. It’s helped he’s already played this year, it wasn’t his archetypal game.

“He’s played his portion contiguous and it’s conscionable disappointing we weren’t capable to capitalise connected the shot we played to get the 3 points. I don’t deliberation he’s lacking successful confidence, but ever bully for him to astatine slightest propulsion disconnected a mates of large saves for america contiguous and get him backmost into the group.”