Three simple words became synonymous with Ange Postecoglou during his time as Celtic boss as he led the Bhoys to trophy after trophy. «We never stop» was a phrase he said regularly and it summed Celtic up to a tee as they dominated in Scotland.
Those three words can be used to describe the late show at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Having claimed the Premier League manager of the month award 24 hours earlier, the famous curse looked set to strike the Australian with Spurs heading for their first defeat in the league under his guidance.
Trailing to Gustavo Hamer's well-taken strike in the 73rd minute, the Lilywhites tried everything to get back into the contest but they just couldn't make that all-important breakthrough. It felt that if Spurs managed to get one back, they would go on to get a winner, yet the issue was getting that first goal.
Eight minutes into stoppage time and it finally arrived as substitutes Ivan Perisic and Richarlison combined as the latter headed home the former's corner. Now sensing a winner with four minutes remaining from the 12 added on, 120 seconds later and Spurs were ahead for the first time in the game.
Dejan Kulusevski was the matchwinner as he took control of Richarlison's pass and found the back of the net with a sublime reverse shot. It sparked pandemonium inside Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tottenham players ran in completely different directions as they didn't know who to celebrate with, those not involved in the matchday squad celebrated wildly on the sidelines and those in the stands were more than likely a good few rows from their seats as they took in the moment. Postecoglou quite simply held his arms aloft and punched the air a couple of times.
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