Rangers v Tottenham: Ange Postecoglou feeling the heat in Europa League 'Battle of Britain'

Spurs need a quick turnaround after just one win in seven games

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou will be under pressure in the Europa League match against Rangers. Getty Images

Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou returns to Glasgow on Thursday for a 'Battle of Britain' in the Europa League as he tries to overcome speculation over his future.

Spurs have won just once in their past seven games in all competitions to tumble to 11th in the Premier League and ninth in the Europa League.

A 4-3 defeat to London rivals Chelsea encapsulated the unpredictable nature of the Spurs. Tottenham raced into a 2-0 lead, but 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, but there is no sign that they are learning from their mistakes.

Spurs supporters are running out of patience, which was 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 now faces Rangers in the Europa League.

His counterpart and Rangers boss Philippe Clement is "convinced" his team can push Tottenham all the way.

Although Tottenham travel to Ibrox in turmoil, the north London club's resources dwarf those of their Scottish opponents.

Clement knows Thursday's game is a "big challenge", but he insisted his team are used to big European nights.

"Everything can be bridged in one night," the Belgian said.

"I'm getting old so I had luck and it's not only luck, it's also a lot of hard work as a player and as a manager several nights where the gap was amazingly big, and those are also the best nights if you then perform and you get the result.

"Those are also the results you remember for the rest of your life."

Tottenham Hotspur need to quickly recover from the shock loss to Chelsea. Getty Images

Rangers are well behind Glasgow rivals Celtic in the Scottish Premiership, but have 10 points from five European fixtures and remain on course for a place in the knockout stages.

And Clement said money is not the only factor at play when the Ibrox club meet teams with Tottenham's financial muscle.

"It's also about work and what players do together, otherwise it would be easy and every team that has more money, they win every time," he said.

"That's not the case but the others need to work more and that's what we need to do tomorrow evening."

While Postecoglou finds himself under increasing pressure, Clement said: "It's how you see things. I think a few weeks ago I saw them play against Man City. They were not in such a bad place at that moment.

"So it's Premier League, it's the highest level in the world in that way. And things are really close together, so you can lose points there. I think it's still a really good team.

"We played with Brugge against Messi and Neymar, and Mbappe with Monaco also.

"So, before the game, if you show the images of them, what they did in their career, it's better to stay home.

"But it doesn't work that way. That's not football. So, with good collective things, you can do really good things and get results.

"And this team can also do that with very good collective things and individual actions."