Tottenham 3-0 Qarabag: Ten-man hosts ease to opening Europa League win

Tottenham overcame nan seventh-minute dismissal of Radu Dragusin to unfastened their Europa League run pinch a 3-0 triumph complete Qarabag.

The kick-off was delayed by complete 35 minutes owed to postulation congestion pinch nan Azerbaijan visitors only arriving astatine nan stadium a quarter-of-an-hour earlier nan original commencement time.

But it was Spurs who looked sluggish early on, peculiarly Dragusin who saw reddish for a tussle pinch Qarabag striker Juninho.

The hosts were superb pinch 10 men, however, and Brennan Johnson put them 1-0 up 5 minutes aft nan reddish card.

Pape Matar Sarr doubled Spurs’ advantage 7 minutes into nan 2nd half and Qarabag’s chances of a comeback were efficaciously ended erstwhile Toral Bayramov blazed a 58th-minute punishment complete nan bar.

Dominic Solanke completed a awesome nighttime for Ange Postecoglou’s men aft 68 minutes.

There were plentifulness of stand-out performances from nan location side. Dragusin’s was not 1 of them.

A nightmare commencement for Radu Drăgușin 😬

The Spurs defender is shown a reddish paper wrong nan opening 10 minutes 🟥

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The Romania centre-half was caught flat-footed erstwhile receiving a backmost pass, allowing Juninho to get done connected extremity and a clumsy situation from down saw referee Willy Delajod person nary action but to nonstop him off.

Lucas Bergvall was sacrificed by Postecoglou pinch Destiny Udogie coming on.

Johnson grabbed nan 50th extremity of his elder profession to group nan 10 men connected their measurement soon afterwards. Solanke won nan shot successful midfield earlier mounting nan Wales world done connected extremity and he vanished calmly.

Brennan Johnson’s good shape continues 🤩

Just moments aft Radu Drăgușin is sent off, Spurs return nan lead!

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Johnson could person made it 2-0 aft 27 minutes but changeable into nan side-netting aft Qarabag goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski came flying disconnected his line.

Qarabag ought to person equalised earlier nan break. Elvin Cafarquliyev crossed from nan near and Juninho someway put his changeable wide erstwhile it seemed easier to score.

Spurs went 2-0 successful beforehand aft 52 minutes erstwhile Sarr was connected manus to volley location astatine nan acold station aft Kochalski had flapped astatine substitute Dejan Kulusevski’s right-wing corner.

Another large infinitesimal for Qarabag came and went six minutes later. Yves Bissouma felled Cafarquliyev wrong nan container but Bayramov’s powerful spot-kick deed nan barroom and flew over.

Toral Bayramov won’t want to watch this punishment miss backmost 🫣

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Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario saved good to contradict Abdellah Zoubir while, astatine nan different end, Solanke was denied by Kochalski.

Juninho deed nan station arsenic Qarabag continued to frighten but their hopes were yet extinguished erstwhile nan hapless Kochalski pushed Son Heung-min’s changeable consecutive into nan way of Solanke and he made nary mistake.

Vicario saved good from Yassine Benzia and Jafarquliyev while Qarabag’s nighttime was summed up erstwhile Juninho saw a header chalked disconnected for offside.