Maddison looked sluggish against Galatasaray and in the first few minutes was easily beaten to the ball by Lucas Torreira. When Lankshear attempted a one-two with Maddison, his senior team-mate stopped running. Postecoglou was visibly upset on the touchline.

Ange Postecoglou sees nothing holding back Tottenham ambitions - Spurs have only won two trophies during the past three decades and chairman Daniel Levy was criticised in former captain Hugo Lloris’ autobiography.

Spurs have stumbled recently and lost their past three away games in all competitions. Read more at straitstimes.com.