MAYBE Ange Postecoglou should get Neal Maupay to do all of his team talks in future.
Because the problem with being a wind-up merchant is that it quickly backfires if you only succeed in winding up the opposition.
Brentford striker Maupay was on a one-man mission to goad Spurs with a darts celebration to mock James Maddison, together with his full repertoire of backchat and niggling fouls.
But Tottenham clearly had enough and blitzed three goals past Brentford within the space of eight minutes to set themselves up for a victory which lifts them back into the Champions League places.
Destiny Udogie, Brennan Johnson and Richarlison all scored to turn the game on its head straight after half time and the latter two both then produced a darts celebration to make their point to Maupay. Does it sound petty? Yes.
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