Wilson Odobert is one of the most popular players in the Tottenham dressing room, according manager Ange Postecoglou. Odobert scored his first Spurs goals when he netted a brace in Thursday’s crucial second leg Europa League last 16 tie against AZ Alkmaar.

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

Tottenham Hotspur advanced to the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday evening after beating AZ Alkmaar 3-2 on aggregate. The North London side lost 1-0 in the last-16 first leg at the AFAS Stadium last week but didn’t take long to cancel out the visitors’ advantage via Wilson Odobert at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.