Tottenham 4-3 Man Utd: Ange Postecoglou sees Spurs keep trophy dream alive

State Postecoglou’s claim that his job is more difficult than the prime minister’s may have been exaggerated – but his own players did their best to support his cause on another chaotic evening with Tottenham’s great entertainers.

Spurs eventually overcame United with a 4-3 victory to reach the last four, but that scoreline barely touches the sides of an extraordinary night at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium – or some might say just an ordinary one given their past form chaos.

In the build-up to their Carabao Cup quarter-final against Manchester United, Postecoglou said: “This job is the hardest in any community. How many times does Keir Starmer have a choice? I have one every weekend and I either get a choice. voted in or out .”

In electoral terms, Postecoglou was headed for a landslide with a 3-0 lead after 54 minutes, but ended up having to settle for a narrow majority.

This was after goalkeeper Fraser Forster gave United two goals, Son Heung-min’s fourth provided some relief in a panic-stricken stadium, before Jonny Evans’ third for United restored tension in the dying seconds.

The big ticket in Postecoglou’s manifesto is total entertainment at full throttle – and in that way he keeps every word of his promises.

“Aren’t you amused?” he asked after a night that was pure theatre, a mixture of high quality and farce, but also actually put Spurs within sight of Wembley and still in contention for their first silverware since their 2008 victory in this competition.

Entertaining? For sure. And Spurs fans who drifted away looking on the brink of exhaustion are likely to agree when blood pressure returns to normal levels.