RATTLED AND HUM

Mats late blow rocks leaky Spurs

- MIKE WALTERS

THE great entertainers produced another rip-roaring ride at Big Ange's fairground, from rollercoaster thrills to scares on the ghost train.

When the carousel stopped spinning, Tottenham were still on course to reach the Europa League's knockout stages.

But boss Ange Postecoglou was frustrated by German veteran Mats Hummels' stoppage-time equaliser as Tottenham slipped to ninth in the table.

It was great fun and if truth be told, defeat would have been desperately harsh on one of European football's godfathers.

At 73, Roma coach Claudio Ranieri returned to the front line earlier this month he must be mad.

The Tinkerman's legend is secure in English football after he led Leicester's 5,000-1 no-hopers to the title in 2016.

But instead of having his feet up with a nice glass of chianti, Ranieri was prowling in his technical area, urging his men forward like an orchestra conductor.