Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou was exuberant following their epic Europa League quarter-final triumph over Eintracht Frankfurt and said: "You're going to have to put up with me for a little longer." After overseeing what many consider to be Spurs' best outing of the campaign, the Australian tactician secured his squad's spot in the semi-finals to face off against Norway's Bodo/Glimt. Reacting to those who doubted him after Dominic Solanke hammered home the decisive goal on German soil, Postecoglou defiantly remarked: "I'm the same manager today that I was yesterday [Wednesday].

Whoever didn't think I was doing a good job yesterday [Wednesday] should be feeling the same way today." He continued, unfazed by outsiders' opinions: "I don't care, it doesn't bother me or affect what I do, for me it's about the dressing room. Do the players believe, do the staff believe? That's much more important than what others think.

Unfortunately for a lot of you, you're going to have to put up with me for a little bit longer so we'll just see how that goes." Nonetheless, Postecoglou remains grounded, not taking for granted that Tottenham 's name is destined for the trophy despite their topsy-turvy campaign, adding: "No, I don't think that way but from our perspective we've had a difficult season. There's some reasoning behind that which was pretty evident tonight when we had our strongest team out there.

" "I'm super proud of the lads, we were playing away from home in the quarter-final against a very good side and we needed to score and show our quality. To a man, I just thought they were outstanding, I am so proud of them and over the two games we deserved to go through. "After a season like ours, it would be very easy for the players and staff, they could have left me in a pretty vulnerable place in terms of them splintering, but I've never felt that.

" In what comes as a significant lift for Tottenham fans, Postecoglou has delivered an upbeat report on James Maddison's condition following a heavy collision with Frankfurt's goalkeeper Kaua Santos during the match-winning penalty incident. Speaking about the talented playmaker, Postecoglou remarked: "He is fine. Unbelievable courage in that moment to put his body on the line knowing full well that he was going to get a pretty severe knock and I was surprised it wasn't a red card.

Super courageous from him. He is sore but I'm sure that has all been numbed knowing that he has helped us progress to the semi.".