Three of Tottenham’s summer additions were named in the starting line-up for that game: goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario, centre back Mickey van de Ven and star midfielder James Maddison.

One could also lump in left back Destiny Udogie into that group given it was his Tottenham debut despite having signed for the club from Udinese last summer.

On paper, three new signings doesn’t seem terribly disruptive, but two of those were key defensive positions that can significantly help or hinder a team.

It didn’t help that not long after scoring the opener against Brentford centre-back Cristian Romero had to be subbed off due to concussion.

But Tottenham remained strong and held out for a 2-2 draw in a game that represented the peaks and troughs of ‘Angeball.’

Going forward, Tottenham were electric but when defending, it was wildly chaotic at times.

“Clearly, it’ll take a bit of time for Postecoglou’s attacking patterns to fully kick into gear,” The Athletic’s Charlie Eccleshare wrote at the time.

“No one, least of all Postecoglou, is suggesting Spurs aren’t a team with lots of flaws and issues to resolve.

“But this game was a lot of fun and a big departure from last season. And that’s a start.”

Yet all eyes quickly turned towards how Postecoglou would fare in his second match against one of the biggest teams in the world: Manchester United.

Postecoglou had faced the Red Devils as a manager once before when he was coaching South Melbourne at the 2000 Club World Championship, but went down 2-0 to Sir Alex Ferguson’s troops.

But the Australian would exact revenge 23 years later in a history-making win via the same scoreline.

United boss Erik ten Hag simply had no answers for the swarms of white shirts running at the Red Devils’ goal as the Tottenham faithful found their voices once again.

Again, it was another old school saloon shootout and on another day the result could have easily swung in United’s favour, but Lady Luck was on Postecoglou’s side.

Result aside, the game was yet another reminder of the departure from the playing style of Postecoglou’s predecessors.

“Under Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, Spurs had shrivelled into a ball of pragmatism in the futile search for silverware,” The Times’ Alyson Rudd said.

“Under Ange Postecoglou, they are expressive, bold, fun and carefree. Erik ten Hag simply ran out of ways to handle it, the way a kindergarten teacher might despair of a class having a water fight.

“Tottenham may need to issue health warnings if this marks just the beginning of what the Australian has planned for the Premier League.”

The unbeaten start continued with a 2-0 and 5-2 victory over Bournemouth and Burnley respectively.

But if there was ever a sign ‘Angeball’ has been well and truly embraced by Tottenham’s players, it was their fifth goal against Burnley that rounded out skipper Heung-Min Son’s hat-trick.

Romero won the ball back on his own byline and just 16 passes later, Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford was picking the ball out of his own net.

‘JUST COPYING PEP’: HOW ANGE HAS POST-KANE SPURS FLYING

The results are there and so too is the playing style, even if there are some teething problems.

So, how has Postecoglou got his troops all singing off his rather complex hymn sheet?

Firstly, there’s the usage of inverted fullbacks.

It’s not a groundbreaking invention from Postecoglou, but it takes an intelligent manager to not only implement it in their system but to ensure it works.

He even joked that he was “just copying Pep (Guardiola)” when quizzed about using the tactic.

What it means is that Udogie and Pedro Porro will drift into the middle third of the field, allowing any one of their central midfielders in Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr or James Maddison to drop from wide positions.

In turn, it opens up passing lanes for the centre-backs when they are on the ball to either feed it wide to a winger or give it to one of their midfielders who have come short to receive.

It also helps create numbers in the middle of the field to form various passing triangles, allowing Tottenham to carve teams open.

But the biggest tactical change Postecoglou has been forced to enact is up front.

Tottenham sold their record goalscorer Harry Kane to German giants Bayern Munich in an eye-watering $168 million deal.

Last season, Kane scored a staggering 30 league goals which contributed to 43 per cent of Tottenham’s goals, which was the highest figure in the league.

Additionally, Kane has scored 32.92 per cent of all Tottenham’s Premier League goals since the start of the 2012/13 season.

Whichever way you wanted to spin it, that number made it hard to disprove the argument Tottenham were a one-man team.

Whether he was dropping deep to link up play and drag opposition defenders with him or being a pest in the box, Kane was central to every attack.

Tottenham’s win rate with and without Kane also painted a rather bleak picture as to just how big of a task Postecoglou would have to revolutionise the squad, even if he insisted he had always planned for his departure.

Per BBC Sport, Tottenham won 167 of the 304 games Kane played for the team for a win rate of 54.9 per cent.

In the 36 games Kane did not play, Tottenham won just 16 of those and lost 12 for a win rate of 44.4 per cent.

It left Postecoglou needing a serious tactical revamp to not only attempt to plug the Kane-sized hole in his attack, but he had to find ways to share the goalscoring burden.

Four league games later and it’s safe to say he’s done that, even if Kane is irreplaceable in terms of his goals and what he brought to Tottenham as a whole.

Six Tottenham players have got on the scoresheet so far with Son leading the way with three goals while Maddison and Romero both have two, and $93 million deadline day signing Brennan Johnson may well quickly find himself on the scoresheet too.

Capable of playing on the wing or up top, the rapid Welshman was on Postecoglou’s wishlist for quite some time and for good reason too.

Son and Richarlison have both had chances as the central striker in a three-man forward line with contrasting fortunes.

Richarlison, who has scored just once for Tottenham in the Premier League, has struggled to insert himself into games.

As for Son, his rapid pace has proven key to how Tottenham play, especially when launching a counter-attack or latching onto a floated ball played over the top of opposition backlines.

The South Korean, who was handed the captain’s armband by Postecoglou after Kane’s departure, is loving his new role.

“He wants to have the ball, he wants to dominate the game and he wants to play as high as possible and in their half of the pitch which our players are really interested in and put a lot of effort into it so everyone is enjoying it and you could see on the pitch that everyone is playing with joy, with the happiness which is very helpful for the team,” Son said.

But it’s not just the players who are falling head over heels for the Aussie boss.

ANGEBALL MEETS … BAZBALL?

Football chants are synonymous with famous songs of both old and present.

No matter how difficult a player’s name may seem to put a musical twist on it, you can bet your bottom dollar that supporters will find a way to make it work.

But for Postecoglou, the Tottenham faithful have managed to bestow two songs on him — at least for now.

One is their take on ‘Waltzing Matilda’, but the most iconic song — and one that even caught the attention of pop legend Robbie Williams — is to the tune of ‘Angels’.

It’s just the latest chapter in an already-blossoming love affair between Postecoglou and Tottenham fans.

From the very first game, the signs were there.

Before Tottenham kicked off against Brentford, their starting team ran towards the away section and applauded them before going into a huddle, sparking vocal cheers from their travelling fans.

If Tottenham’s home ground had a roof it would have been blown into space, such was the noise generated throughout their win over Manchester United.

It was that game that truly made fans fall in love with Postecoglou if they hadn’t already.

He continues to lead the fans in thunderous applause after every game, like a conductor leading his orchestra.

“The post-match celebrations summed up the relationship that’s developing between the Tottenham fans and Ange Postecoglou,” BBC Sport commentator John Bennett said after Spurs’ win at Burnley.

“He was last off the pitch to acknowledge the sustained applause from the away end.”

Socceroos legend Robbie Slater also noted the unique connection Postecoglou has already formed with the fanbase in record time.

“It’s the style of football,” Slater said on Fox Sports News.

“Look at what Son Heung-Min said after the game. It’s those expressions that are giving Tottenham fans a lot of hope and a lot of joy.

“Ange’s connection already with the supporters is amazing, the way he goes to the supporters, he makes the players go to the supporters.”

Part of what has made Postecoglou an instant hit with the Tottenham fans — Celtic supporters will likely attest to this — is his witty rhetoric in press conferences.

There’s an element of relatability to what he says, with many clips of Postecoglou’s press conferences littered with comments along the lines of: “He gets it.”

Postecoglou also isn’t afraid to have playful banter with some of the journalists either, although one may argue the assembled press pack bring it upon themselves.

When one described summer signing Maddison as a “bargain” for £40 million, Postecoglou was flabbergasted that monetary figure could be labelled as such.

It feels like a lifetime ago Spurs fans were this giddy with glee, even if the best days of the Mauricio Pochettino era were less than a decade ago.

But that’s the effect of the soul-destroying and laborious stints of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte at the club.

“At this moment it feels like Tottenham Hotspur supporters are not looking far ahead – they are far too busy enjoying the moment,” The Athletic’s Tim Spiers wrote.

“They have waited a good long while for the kind of sun-kissed scenes of wondrous delirium and beaming pride witnessed at the end of the 5-2 shellacking of Burnley.

“The dreaming will no doubt follow if they keep this up but, as they keep singing, they are just happy right now to have “our Tottenham back.’”

The Guardian’s Max Rushden even went as far as likening the Postecoglou effect at Tottenham to that of a certain New Zealander on English cricket.

“Last year, no-one expected Arsenal to mount a title challenge and realistically no-one expects Spurs to this year,” Rushden wrote.

“But the vibes are good. And vibes matter.

“Angeball might be the Bazball of the Premier League. Make everyone happy, enjoy yourself doing it and the results might follow.”

But how long will these results and the positivity last?

HAS ANGE FINALLY BUCKED NAGGING TREND, OR DELAYING THE INEVITABLE?

Tottenham’s red-hot start to the season has bucked the trend of Postecoglou’s slow starts.

In his first season at Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan, the Aussie won just five of his first 16 games and avoided a relegation playoff only on goal difference.

He also endured a difficult start to life at Celtic as he oversaw three defeats — including a loss in his first Old Firm derby — and a draw in his opening seven games.

The criticism and questioning of his credentials came thick and fast, especially since the spotlight is that much brighter on managers at one of Scotland’s biggest clubs.

Yet Postecoglou soon proved why he was wanted by Celtic, going on to win the Scottish Premiership and League Cup in his first season before completing the domestic treble in his second.

An unbeaten start to the Premier League season is a complete departure from the 57-year-old’s traditional starts which could mean one of two things.

Will the expected slow start simply never arrive?

Or, more worryingly, is it going to arrive but at a later date?

Some may argue Tottenham have been rather fortunate in their fixtures to start the season, but the bigger tests are set to come thick and fast after the international break.

Postecoglou will lead Tottenham into his first North London derby against Arsenal on September 24 before they host Liverpool on October 1.

It is worth pointing out that it has not by any means been a perfect start for Postecoglou.

Tottenham were dumped out of the Carabao Cup in the second round by Fulham, meaning it’s one less opportunity for Postecoglou to bring some long-awaited silverware back to North London.

Given there is no European football being played by Tottenham this season, realistically their only hope for a trophy now solely rests in the FA Cup.

There’s also concerns about the team’s depth, especially at centre back.

Tottenham elected to sell Davinson Sanchez to Galatasaray, leaving a large drop-off from starting duo Van de Ven and Romero to the likes of Eric Dier or Ben Davies.

There’s also the question of who will replace Maddison’s creativity in midfield should he go down with an injury, with Giovani Lo Celso perhaps the only option.

Even then, the Argentinian midfielder doesn’t have the same ability to thread the needle or take players on quite like Maddison does.

Thankfully their summer additions up front, namely Johnson, Manor Solomon and the permanent signing of Dejan Kulusevski means there is plenty of cover in the final third if need be.

Of course, these issues may very well be rectified in the January transfer window, although it is unknown how much Postecoglou will have to spend on new signings.

Who knows how good this feel-good factor at Tottenham will last.