For Tottenham Hotspur the season remains alive. For Ange Postecoglou he fights on. It felt like it could – that it would – have been over for the head coach had they not over-turned a first-leg deficit to win this Europa League tie and earn a place in the last eight.

After a tentative first half, they clicked into gear after the break, creating enough chances to win the game easily and scoring twice more. Odobert scored his first two goals for Tottenham, producing his best ever display for the club. It was strikingly different from the flat performance in the first leg in the Netherlands last week.

A brace by Wilson Odobert fired Tottenham into the Europa League quarter-finals with a 3-2 aggregate win over AZ Alkmaar to keep their season alive. The pressure was on Spurs and Ange Postecoglou after a 1-0 loss in the last-16 first leg,