Ange Postecoglou's reaction speaks volumes as Tottenham recover from red card in style

TOTTENHAM 3-0 QARABAG: Radu Dragusin was sent disconnected for Spurs aft conscionable 7 minutes, but the Premier League broadside bounced backmost successful benignant to unafraid a comfy Europa League victory

What fans mislaid successful clip - Tottenham undoubtedly made up for successful entertainment.

Though this was not Champions League football, it was inactive box-office amusement arsenic 10-man Spurs kickstarted their Europa League run with an unconventional bang pursuing Radu Dragusin's seventh-minute reddish card.

Spirits up of Tottenham's long-awaited instrumentality to Europe pursuing a 17-month lack were swiftly dampened by intermittent rain, blustery winds and question chaos successful northbound London.

Qarabag, who did not get astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until 7:50pm, could beryllium slapped with a hefty good by UEFA aft the visitors were caught successful postulation - delaying kick-off until 8:35pm.

Spurs appeared determined to marque up for mislaid clip but their eagerness to repay the patience of supporters rapidly backfired wrong the opening exchanges erstwhile Dragusin was dismissed by French referee Willy Delajod.

The 22-year-old Romanian failed to power the simplest of passes from centre-back spouse Micky van de Ven, enabling bare frontman Juninho to nett earlier the Brazilian was brought to crushed by the hopeless defender.

While Dragusin was consoled by Ange Postecoglou upon leaving the tract - the stone-faced Aussie's assemblage connection told its ain story. This was a uncommon accidental for Spurs' £26.7million signing to involvement a assertion for a starting berth but it's hard to envisage him banging connected Postecoglou's bureau doorway anytime soon.

He evidently has overmuch to larn if helium wishes to dethrone indispensable duo Van de Ven and Cristian Romero astatine the bosom of Postecoglou's backline.

Talented teenage playmaker Lucas Bergvall was withdrawn for Destiny Udogie arsenic Romero was serving a one-match UEFA suspension pursuing a 2nd yellowish paper against AC Milan successful March 2023 and 30 seconds later, Tottenham were ahead.

Dominic Solanke drove astatine the Qarabag defence earlier sliding successful Brennan Johnson, who provided different ruthless cross-goal decorativeness to marque it 3 goals successful arsenic galore matches.

A heroic, last-ditch tackle from sub Udogie denied Toral Bayramov a leveller earlier electrical winger Johnson went adjacent to doubling his tally and Tottenham's vantage erstwhile goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski came flying retired of his box, however, Johnson was incapable to find the target.

Though the miss did not look truthful atrocious aft Qarabag's dangerman Juninho, scorer of six goals successful Champions League qualifying and 31 successful each competitions past season, someway missed the people altogether pursuing Elvin Jafarguliyev's inviting shot crossed the look of goal.

The half-time instauration of Dejan Kulusevski provided a wide injection of prime and connected 53 minutes, his country was yet turned successful astatine the backmost station by midfielder Pape Matar Sarr successful scrappy style.

Ten-man Tottenham were inactive not location and hosed though arsenic minutes later, Qarabag were awarded a punishment aft Yves Bissouma chopped down Jafarguliyev. Up stepped Bayramov, who blazed the shot implicit the crossbar with an almighty plaything of his near boot.

Qarabag continued to probe and Juninho erstwhile again went close, erstwhile helium cannoned a debased thrust disconnected the ft of the station connected 65 minutes earlier Solanke enactment the crippled beyond each scope connected 68 minutes.

The erstwhile Bournemouth frontman pounced to slot location a rebound, netting for the 2nd successive match, aft Heung-min Son's thrust astatine extremity was spilled. Though the extremity was somewhat soured by the show of Son dropping to the platform with what appeared to beryllium a musculus issue. He was instantly withdrawn.

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