Postecoglou: Spurs players want to change destiny after best start since 1960

Micky van de Ven's first goal in English football fired 10-man Tottenham to the Premier League summit with a 1-0 win at Luton - and manager Ange Postecoglou claimed his players are fully focused on "changing the destiny of the club".

Spurs entered this fixture following a controversial 2-1 victory over Liverpool last weekend, where Jurgen Klopp's side were denied a legitimate goal due to a "significant human error" by VAR operator Darren England.

It meant three points for Postecoglou's team at Kenilworth Road would send them to the summit for at least 24 hours, but they had to work hard for it after Yves Bissouma was sent off in first-half stoppage-time.

Bissouma was booked twice in quick succession by referee John Brooks, the second for simulation, but Van de Ven's close-range finish in the 52nd minute earned Tottenham a hard-fought win.

Speaking to TNT Sports after the narrow victory, Postecoglou said: "I don't think it is fair to compare to last season, and speak about what happened then. It is all credit to the players, the way they have bought into what we are trying to do.

"We are really tight as a group, which you see because not only are we winning games but apart from the football which has been good, the resilience we have shown has been great.

"The players want to change the destiny of this club and that is what they are trying to do on the pitch.

"I thought we needed a little more control. Pierre [Hoijberg] is an experienced player in the middle, and I thought we would still be a threat with Deki [Dejan Kulusevski] and Sonny up front.

"They put some balls in the box that we had to deal with, but he [Hojbjerg] was excellent in there keeping the ball away from our goal."

This was the first meeting between the clubs