It was the England forward’s ninth goal in six games for his club.
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The north Londoners are set to fly back to England straight after their European fixture ahead of the visit of Chelsea on Sunday, just over 48 hours later.
But to coin an old phrase, they can only concentrate on one match at a time and at least if Spurs can win against Qarabag, as they did at White Hart Lane by a 3-1 margin, they will have qualified for the Europa League last 32.
And, after Alli turned Toby Alderweireld’s delivery onto the post, Pochettino’s men were rewarded for their endeavour through Kane’s victor. They play Tuesday, we play Thursday, and I think Jose Mourinho will agree that he has a little advantage to prepare for the game.
Tottenham probed for a victor and Alli’s shot from Kane’s inside pass was repelled by Sehic before, on the hour mark, Son unleashed a cracker from the edge of the box which clattered off the crossbar.
The hosts were intent on sitting deep and keeping men behind the ball, but they spurned a glorious in first-half stoppage time when a two-against-one break ended with Dani Quintana firing too close to Hugo Lloris.
ChelseaChelsea will be confident they can continue their winning momentum when they take on Tottenham this weekend.
It wasn’t pretty, but Spurs got the job done and did something that no other Europa League team has done this season: win in Azerbaijan.
Braga tightened their grip on pole position by defeating Slovan Liberec 2-1, with the Czech side dropping down to third as a result of Marseille’s 2-1 win at home to Groningen – Michy Batshuayi with a late victor.
“We buy talent, players who can be Champions League players”, said the Norwegian.
Pochettino believes Spurs “are one of the most attractive clubs in the world for all players” and that is mostly down to the work the Argentine has done in just 18 months.
Lazio continued their Europa League campaign with 3-1 win over Dniepropetrovsk while Sporting Braga went through from Group F thanks to a last-minute victor in a 2-1 home win against Slovan Liberec.
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Basel progressed as Group I winners after they came back from 2-0 down against Fiorentina, managed by the Swiss side’s former boss Paulo Sousa, to draw 2-2. It was Kane’s 10th goal in all competitions, and put Spurs, finally, up 1-0.
