Ange Postecoglou finds unlikely source to do his teamtalk for him as Tottenham fight back

This was the best darts match since the World Championships down the road at Alexandra Palace.

Brentford striker Neal Maupay is the Premier League’s arch wind-up merchant - and yet his antics backfired spectacularly as he only succeeded in winding up Tottenham. Maupay celebrated his opener by mocking James Maddison’s famous darts celebration but it was the Tottenham midfielder who ended up having the last laugh.

Tottenham duly turned the game on its head with Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison all on target at the start of the second half. And the latter two both duly celebrated with darts celebrations of their own much to the delight of court jester Maddison who loved it all.

Tottenham’s win moves them back into the Champions League places while another defeat leaves Brentford just four points above the drop zone ahead of facing Manchester City on Monday.

Maddison, making his first start after four months out through injury, poked fun at Maupay afterwards and also claimed that Tottenham are still in the title race.

Maddison said: “I said to him, he probably hasn't scored enough goals of his own in the last few years, so he had to copy my celebration. I don't think the gaffer wants to put a limit on it, there's no ceiling because there's more chance of something special happening.

“We're three points behind second place, so let's not put a ceiling on it, let's take it game by game. We could go on a run, if you don't believe something special can happen, then nothing can ever happen.”

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou was happy with the win but insisted his players should not have been fired up by the antics.

Postecoglou said: “I’m not a fan of it, I don’t like the whole bravado, pushing people around. We’re out there