Supervisor Ange Postecoglou stated Tottenham had been “the sort of group we need to be” as they shook off a delayed kick-off and a really early crimson card to begin their Europa League marketing campaign with a powerful 3-0 house win over Qarabag.
After kick-off was put again 35 minutes as a result of journey disruption delayed the arrival of Qarabag’s group bus, defender Radu Dragusin was proven a straight crimson card within the seventh minute for a cynical pull on Juninho.
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It didn’t knock Tottenham off their stride although, with Brennan Johnson in a position to rating for a 3rd successive match 5 minutes later earlier than Pape Sarr doubled the hosts’ benefit within the 52nd minute.
Qarabag did usually threaten and Tural Bayramov fired a penalty over earlier than document signing Dominic Solanke scored the third.
Postecoglou stated: “We need to be a group that tackles no matter problem we’ve got in a sure means.
“Once you go all the way down to 10 males invariably at occasions you’ll be able to’t be as aggressive or maintain the ball as a lot or play as fluently however for probably the most half the intent was there.
“I believe for probably the most half the boys confirmed that intent. That’s the sort of group we need to be and no matter problem we’ve got earlier than us, is to deal with it that means.”
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🫡 Sarr volleys house!
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Solanke made it back-to-back objectives with a slick end within the 68th minute after Son’s shot had been spilled and earned the reward of his supervisor after a selfless show in assault.
“He’s getting there and possibly performed longer than I needed for him to play, simply with the circumstances of the sport, however the one factor about him is he simply retains going,” Postecoglou mirrored.
“It was nice for him to get one other objective however his all-round efficiency was actually sturdy.
“Once you’re all the way down to 10 males, you want your striker to have the ability to maintain up the play and do some onerous working, which I assumed he did.”
Qarabag solely arrived a short time earlier than the scheduled begin time and their supervisor Gurban Gurbanov revealed that they had been caught on the group bus for two-and-a-half hours.
Gurbanov stated: “Think about being caught in site visitors for two-and-a-half hours? I don’t need to make excuses, nevertheless it shouldn’t have occurred as a result of we needed to come by ourselves.
“We had no police to escort us and clearly it had a big effect on our footballers, nevertheless it doesn’t take something away from our opponent. They had been a superb group.”
