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One of the soundbites of Spurs' campaign has been Ange Postecoglou's quote in September that he always wins a trophy in his second season with a team - a claim that is mostly accurate. The Europa League is Spurs' last chance of silverware this season.

You would not have known, from the flimsy and disjointed nature of their meek performance, that this was a potentially decisive night in Tottenham Hotspur’s season. The Europa League is all they have left this year but,

Progress to the final in Bilbao, and even a first European trophy since 1984, would be vindication for the whole Postecoglou era at the club

The Tottenham Hotspur boss is speaking to the media following the defeat at Alkmaar in the Europa League round of 16 first leg on Thursday

Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League campaign is at risk of coming to a premature end after a largely poor showing in the Netherlands

Tottenham are again sweating over the fitness of Dominic Solanke after the striker appeared to pick up a fresh injury in the defeat at AZ Alkmaar in the Europa League. The striker made his return after seven weeks out with a knee injury suffered in training, coming on with around 20 minutes to play as Spurs pushed for an equaliser.

AZ Alkmaar are now unbeaten in their past 13 UEFA Europa League home matches after securing a potentially crucial 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at the AFAS Stadion in the first leg of their Round of 16 tie.

Tottenham will welcome back Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke for tonight’s Europa League last-16 first-leg clash against AZ Alkmaar. However, Ange Postecoglou will be without Dejan Kulusevski, who is sidelined with a foot injury.

Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dejan Kulusevski is unlikely to return before the international break at the end of the month, Ange Postecoglou has said.