They have a resilient and cohesive football team filled with young players who have fast become success stories of the season.
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Carroll made sure that El Shaarawy’s strike was to be a consolation, rather than the start of a comeback, as he made it 4-1 with his first goal for the club.
It was Subasic who contributed largely to the second goal of the game, Lamela scoring again just 14 minutes later, thanks to a huge error from the ‘keeper.
Moments after replacing Scott Allan in the 73rd minute, Commons headed in a Mikael Lustig cross for the point which takes Fenerbahce into the knockout stages with Molde and offered some hope next season for Celtic.
Argentine artist Lamela was in the mood, and when Son brilliantly played him in, he made no mistake in completing an impressive hat trick with another cool finish.
But manager Mauricio Pochettino has urged his players to focus their concentration exclusively on the next game, against Newcastle at White Hart Lane, rather than on the possibility of a crack at the title this year.
Meanwhile Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has told the club’s website that Pochettino told him in the summer Eric Dier would make a brilliant central midfielder.
The two England internationals had to be in their seats on the bench quickly to see the game’s first goal, Lamela producing a first-time finish to Ben Davies’ low cross from the left.
“I am happy for me and for the team because we won and we played well”, Lamela said. “It is hard to explain why we are better away from home, but the team will continue to develop”.
“Lamela has not surprised me, he is a great talent and okay, you always need a little bit of luck to score but he scored three goals and its normal that he deserves all the praise and the headlines”.
Newcastle have beaten Spurs at White Hart Lane in each of the last two seasons and will be dreaming of making that three on the spin on Sunday.
Having beaten one of the league’s most in-form outfits last weekend, the Magpies will arrive in North London more confident than ever in an otherwise disappointing season. Not for the last time, it was Spurs’ trademark pressing under Mauricio Pochettino that proved the undoing of the visitors from Ligue Un.
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“I would have preferred to have had a much more experienced side as we struggle against really top sides like Tottenham”.
