‘Incredible’… Micah Richards claims two Tottenham players have been transformed by Ange Postecoglou

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Pundit Micah Richards has now been blown away by the evolution of two Tottenham Hotspur players under Ange Postecoglou this season.

Richards was speaking on the BBC’s Match of the Day 2 and was having a lot of fun analysing the 4-1 win over Newcastle United.

A full-back in his playing days, Richards couldn’t quite believe the tactical brief Postecoglou was handing both Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro at Tottenham.

The pundit was so impressed by the pair’s ability to underlap the play, inverting into midfield.

Richards said: “For me the best one, you’ve got your two full-backs in the centre position, Udogie to Porro that leads to the penalty.

“It’s just outstanding play and we talk about full-backs, and when I used to play full-back – you stay in the position or you go on the overlap.

“This is underlap but also playing as centre-midfielders and being effective whilst they are doing it as well.”

Richards continued: “It’s incredible to see players have that confidence to do that and the manager has installed that confidence for them to do that.

“But so quickly, outstanding performance from both of them.”

Micah Richards amazed by Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham plan for Destiny Udogie and Pedro Porro

Of course, Tottenham enjoyed the blessing of having a more familiar starting eleven in yesterday’s emphatic win.

With Pape Matar Sarr returning to the side, a performance that went under the radar, Spurs were close to their strongest XI right now.

Micky van de Ven and James Maddison are both obviously huge losses, but Ange finally had the options available to cope.

Now the challenge will be to sustain this performance into the coming busy period of fixtures.

Cristian Romero’s temperament will still be a worry, with the Argentinian again really lacking any kind of composure yesterday – a player lucky not to see another straight red.

However, Richards would surely insist that Tottenham’s full-backs are now the key under Postecoglou.

And Gary Neville did actually compare Destiny Udogie to a five-time Premier League winner during yesterday’s game.

The mood has turned around in North London, and Ange’s team do look formidable once again.