Pressure On Ange Postecoglou For Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League Trip To Rangers

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou returns to Glasgow on Thursday for a Europa League Battle of Britain against Rangers in desperate need of a victory to calm speculation over his future. Spurs have won just once in their past seven games in all competitions -- a spectacular 4-0 rout of English champions Manchester City -- to tumble to 11th in the Premier League and ninth in the Europa League. A 4-3 defeat to London rivals Chelsea on Sunday encapsulated the Jekyll and Hyde nature of the Australian's side in 90 minutes.

Tottenham raced into a 2-0 lead, but gung-ho Postecoglou refused to sit on that advantage and the in-form Blues hit back in a thrilling encounter that swung from end to end.

Postecoglou bemoaned his team's indiscipline after conceding two penalties, converted coolly by Cole Palmer, but there has been little sign that they are learning from their mistakes 18 months into his reign.

Last season at home to Chelsea it was two red cards that cost Postecoglou's men in a 4-1 defeat.

Including that result they have won just 18 of their past 43 Premier League games and signs of the Spurs supporters running out of patience were evident in an angry confrontation between Postecoglou and fans in the away end after last week's 1-0 defeat at Bournemouth.

Injuries have not helped the former Celtic manager, who beat Rangers to the Scottish Premiership title in each of his two seasons in charge in Glasgow.

Goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario is set to be out for months with a broken ankle, while Postecoglou could have just one fit centre-back available after Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven had to be replaced against Chelsea.

But playing with the intensity Postecoglou demands runs the risk of injuries mounting, particularly during