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Tottenham boss Postecoglou: Richy can control his football - and he received the rewards today

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou was delighted with their late 2-1 win against Sheffield United.

The Blades had the lead through Gustavo Hamer before Spurs scored twice in injury-time through Richarlison and Dejan Kulusevski. Oli McBurnie also saw red in the final moments.

Postecoglou later said: "Yeah, there was a fair bit going on out there today. A great ending, in terms of what we're trying to build, there's the football side of it but there's also trying to build the spirit and character and resilience within the group and they showed bags of it today. Hopefully it gives us the opportunity to fuel that further. Every time you have to deal with adversity and you overcome it, I think it helps in what you're trying to grow.

"Yeah Richy was great. I thought all the subs who came on really helped. But that's been a consistent theme. And yeah for Richy I think it's the point I was trying to make yesterday - for him to understand that you try and maintain a balance in life. And his football hasn't been that bad, he's still been contributing for us.

"Sometimes when you struggle with certain parts of your life you let it go into other areas. But the football is one area where he can control, and he works hard everyday in training and really got his rewards today. And hopefully that gives him a bit more of a settled feel to deal with the other areas in his life. For everyone, it's about not letting it overwhelm you. And hopefully a day like today helps him.

"No I didn't speak to him. That's not my area of expertise, not just for Richy but for all the boys. If they have issues we have people who are much better equipped to handle those kind of things. For me, I try to provide an environment for the players where they can feel comfortable to come into that space. I didn't want to overwhelm Richy by asking him a million questions or offering advice for stuff I don't really know and probably shouldn't because that's for him to work out with people better equipped than me.

"My role is to provide an environment here at the football club that allows them to feel secure in this part of their life. So I didn't really have anything to say to him. I'm sure it's a group of players and they've been around him, and you saw at the end how happy they were for him."

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