Spurs were ‘all we need to be’ in Europe win, says postecoglou

Spurs chief Ange Postecoglou says his foreign job will do in Norway after they have taken a big step towards a place in the Europa League final with a first leg from 3-1 to Bodo/Glimt.

Brennan Johnson only took 38 seconds to open scorings at home on Thursday night before James Maddison made 2-0 in the 34th minute.

A third after 61 minutes from Dominic Solanko, the fans for the place sang around this month in the finals in Bilbau, but the point reduced the deficit with seven minutes left through Ulrik Salins to set an intriguing second leg next Thursday.

The point boasts an impressive home record at ASPMYRA Stadium, where they play on an artificial surface, and yet postecoglou knows what to expect after 2022 has experienced a soil with a Celtic.

Postecoglou said, “I think it brings us into a good position. I thought the players are extraordinary today.

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“I thought our performance was all that needed, a really well organized and disciplined defensive and really calmly walking forward and we created good opportunities for ourselves and maintained pressure.

“They obviously scored a goal late, which I don’t think he reflects our dominance in the game, but if we repeat that performance next week, it will be enough for us to pass.

“I lower the point that the point was hard to consolidate, but so it was (Eintracht) Frankfurt and we went there knowing that we had to win to pass and I thought the guys treated it really well.

“I think in Europe this year we were really well managed by any situation we were in. We had some games in which we lost to AZ (Alkmaar), but we had to come back and show a real peaceful and calm to win to go here.

“I think all the experiences give me a belief that we can go there and do a job.”

The English duo Maddison and Solanca in the second half took the knee and four -time injuries to put some muffler in the night.

Spurs play West Ham on Sunday.

Postecoglou added, “Madders felt a tuning in his knee, but it doesn’t sound like it’s nothing serious.

“The home something similar in their quad. They both didn’t think it was too significant, but they thought it was wise to just take them off at that moment.”

Boda chief Kjetil Knutsen believes that a late goal that scored a side could be crucial.

“I think the goal is really important,” Knutsen thought.

“First of all, if you see when Tottenham received the goal, they were really disappointed, they lost energy and I think the Bodo/Glimt gets a lot of energy because of the goal.

“I think we can take the energy from this game to the next game, and then it is completely different to play at home.

“I think we still have the opportunity here. We are not favorites, but we will really go and fight for it.”