'Made in Tottenham' players put on a show to please Ange Postecoglou

Ange Postecoglou paid tribute to Tottenham's academy after three youth-team products grabbed first goals for the club in a 3-0 win against Elfsborg which sealed their progress into the Europa League’s last 16.

Spurs knew a point would likely secure a top-eight berth and help them avoid next month’s play-off phase, but Postecoglou watched two unlikely figures come off the bench and earn a precious three points.

Dane Scarlett, 20, only returned to the club earlier this month from a mixed loan spell at Oxford but scored four minutes after his second-half introduction with a fine header for his first Tottenham goal on his 18th appearance.

Damola Ajayi, a regular for the Under-21s, followed it up with a superb second six minutes from time before Mikey Moore grabbed a brilliant third in stoppage time to clinch fourth spot in the league phase for Postecoglou’s men.

It was not a completely positive night for Spurs, however, as while Micky van de Ven’s comeback passed by without note, fellow centre-back Radu Dragusin was forced off.

But Postecoglou toasted a memorable occasion for the club’s youth set-up, saying: "It was 'Made in Tottenham’ tonight. It’s brilliant for the club and I’m sure there are academy coaches and players who won’t sleep because they are pretty excited.

"We’ve got a big week coming up and we’ve got to try to manage the load of our players and try to protect them.

"We kind of knew we would have to rely on some young players tonight and all the way through this campaign, to be honest. I thought they stood up really well.

"The whole group played well but we were going to need some young boys to make an impact and not just the three goalscorers.

"We had a couple of 18-year-olds in there as well who continue to drive us