With 13 league fixtures left, Tottenham are 11 points behind seventh-placed Newcastle and while Postecoglou will not get carried away despite the return of key trio Guglielmo Vicario, James Maddison and Brennan Johnson, he senses an opportunity to build momentum.
Amorim lost Kobbie Mainoo, Manuel Ugarte and Amad Diallo in the build-up to the fixture and named a bench largely full of teenagers at Tottenham, with 17-year-old Chido Obi introduced for his senior debut late on.
We’re in the Europa League and we’ve got an opportunity there to make an impact, but I thought we could make an impact in the league.
“If you see Chido playing, he is clever with every ball lost in the box, so I wanted one more player, but I felt the team was good during the game and I didn’t need to change.
Tottenham defender Kevin Danso limped off, while midfielder Rodrigo Bentancur had an ice pack on following his withdrawal, but Postecoglou expects the duo and captain Son Heung-min to be fine for Saturday’s trip to Ipswich.
