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Ange time? Tottenham boss Postecoglou says late winners always a career trademark

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou says late winners have also always been a trademark of his career.

Postecoglou saw Spurs win late against Luton on Saturday.

"It is something that's been consistent throughout my coaching career," the Aussie said ahead of Tuesday's derby against West Ham.

"If you go back right to the very start, all of my teams had that trademark of being able to turn around results or winning games late.

"When you're so committed to playing a certain way, the score almost becomes irrelevant.

"With a lot of teams, when they fall behind they have to either change their approach or find a different approach or when they're winning they maybe change their approach.

"With us whether we're winning or losing we won't change our approach. Like at the weekend [against Luton], when we concede it's not like the team are going 'what do we do now?'

"We just keep going and when there is that sort of clarity of purpose it makes it easier for the players to look for the solutions in the way we play rather than looking for something that is not a constant in our gameplan.

"I think that helps them because there is always a sense of a little anxiety or desperation particularly when it's getting late in games and you feel it in the stadium and the supporters because they all want to win and you think how do you navigate that?

"I've always felt the best way to navigate that is the clarity of his we're going to go about it and I've seen it with this group of players - there isn't that desperation when we're chasing a result.

"It's about just keep doing what we've been doing."

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