It felt like Ange Postecoglou could even be out of a job before Easter was over had Tottenham Hotspur exited the Europa League.

Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in a lively first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, with Pedro Porro cancelling out the visitors' early opener by Hugo Ekitike.

Tottenham Hotspur knew that if they wanted to not only keep their dream of a Europa League title alive but also potentially keep their manager in a job, they had to do something very difficult: go to Germany and beat Eintracht Frankfurt away.