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A draw felt fair. But it also felt like victory for Postecoglou; hard evidence, amid the chaos, that this thing might just be real.

WTF: Manchester City's Erling Haaland, goalkeeper Ederson (left) and Ruben Dias (right) react after referee Simon Hooper (centre) stops play. Photo credit: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.

This was a breezy, while at times deeply confusing, game of football; but a game that will, above all, have felt like a kind of vindication for Ange Postecoglou.

Tottenham Hotspur really, really shouldn’t have been able to come away from this injury-ravaged trip to the champions of Europe with a point, certainly not after falling behind twice; and even more certainly not after playing in the first half like a team intent on walking the opposition backwards into their own goal.