Spurs won 3-1 via goals from a Dominic Solanke penalty, Brennan Johnson and James Maddison. The manager later said, "It was a good win, a good performance. Our performances have been good all year but today we got the result as well which is the most pleasing but. We should have won by a fair bit more but we still got the job done."

In the end, Ange Postecoglou had the last laugh where Dominic Solanke was concerned. And, as he will point out, rather than the end, this is just the beginning.The Tottenham manager was a tad exasperated on Friday when asked how worried he was that his brand new £65million striker was still yet to score for Tottenham.

Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ange Postecoglou has defended striker Dominic Solanke from early criticism.Solanke has played only three games for Spurs since joining from Bournemouth back in August. He