Ange Postecoglou insisted winning Thursday’s Europa League quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt does not make him a better manager.
He must hope his board disagrees.
After saving Tottenham Hotspur’s season with a brilliant win in Germany, he should embrace it as the turning point of the season and, possibly, an entire reign.
Such defining moments are what top players and managers live for. You sink or swim when the stakes are at their highest, and after a terrible few months Postecoglou has shown his determination to keep his head above the water.