Ange Postecoglou praised Kevin Danso ’s “really positive” debut for Tottenham on an otherwise miserable night against Liverpool. Spurs beat Arne Slot’s side in the first leg to boost their hopes of reaching the Carabao Cup final at Wembley and lifting their first piece of silverware since 2008.

Everybody’s seen the social media clips, the memes and heard the awkward interviews of Ange Postecoglou snapping at questions he has not liked, and yet Mathys Tel is the latest player to have fallen for the seductive telephone manner of the Tottenham Hotspur head coach.

Ange Postecoglou has praised new signing Mathys Tel for not wanting to be "pushed in a certain direction" after the forward initially stalled over a move to Tottenham.