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.

It was far from plain sailing at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with AZ’s Peer Koopmeiners briefly making the tie 2-2 on aggregate and the visitors failing to make some late pre

Tottenham Hotspur did just enough to overturn their first-leg deficit with a 3-1 victory (3-2 on aggregate) over AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League round of 16.

Wilson Odobert delivered when it mattered most, scoring twice as Tottenham overturned a first-leg deficit to edge past AZ Alkmaar and book their place in the Europa League quarter-finals.

WILSON ODOBERT went from Mr Forgettable to the centre of attention by rescuing Ange Postecoglou in his hour of need. The Frenchman, 20, has hardly played since joining from Burnley in August for