Ange Postecoglou’s charisma and risk-taking has Tottenham dreaming | Jonathan Wilson

Early days but the Tottenham Stadium swings with an excitement not felt in years, and all thanks to the Australian

How good could this get? What is the realistic ceiling of Tottenham’s aspirations now? After one of the most unexpected and dramatic days of Premier League football in recent memory, almost unnoticed amid the fury over Luis Díaz’s incorrectly disallowed goal and the two Liverpool red cards, Spurs lie second in the table, still unbeaten. And at the end, striding unflustered through the sulphur and the chaos, there was Ange Postecoglou to point out his side should have varied their attack more against depleted opponents but not to worry because these are still early days.

And they are early days. Tottenham’s 2-1 win over Liverpool on Saturday was only their seventh league game under Postecoglou but already he has generated more memories, more moments that will be recalled fondly in 20 or 30 years, than his three predecessors combined. The doubt 10 days ago was that Spurs hadn’t played anyone of any note yet, that it’s one thing to see off a sickly Manchester United or outplay Bournemouth or thrash Burnley or score twice in injury-time to beat Sheffield United, quite another to do it against an in-form member of the elite. But they were the better side after half-time in drawing at Arsenal and, while decisions certainly went their way against Liverpool, there was no sense in which they were outclassed. They looked Liverpool’s equals when it was 11 against 11.