Tottenham 3 Elfsborg 0: Dane Scarlett unlikely hero as academy products combine to book spot in Europa League last 16

DANE SCARLETT was Tottenham’s improbable leader successful each sense.

The 20-year-old was lone recalled from his indebtedness astatine Championship broadside Oxford earlier this period owed to a deficiency of game-time - with the club’s volition to workplace him retired again.

That was made intolerable erstwhile Ange Postecoglou brought him connected for the injured Radu Dragusin - Spurs’ crock curse striking again - successful the 66th minute.

Players are not permitted to play for much than 2 clubs successful a play truthful different impermanent power was disconnected arsenic soon arsenic helium took to the transportation here.

But fixed what helium past produced, and Spurs’ hopeless deficiency of options with truthful galore players sidelined, they astir apt would privation to support him anyway.

Because wrong 4 minutes of coming on, Scarlett had his archetypal elder extremity erstwhile heading location an inswinging transverse from chap sub Dejan Kulusevski.

It broke Elfsborg’s absorption and confirmed Tottenham’s harmless transition to the past 16 of the Europa League, without the request of a pesky two-legged play-off successful February.

Scarlett adjacent had an assistance to his sanction with six minutes to spell arsenic helium traded passes with different sub Oyindamola Ajayi who fired location connected his debut for 2-0.

There was inactive clip for 17-year-old wonderkid Mikey Moore to marque it a hat-trick of maiden goals for the nine erstwhile helium drilled location successful stoppage time.

It brought immoderate much-needed alleviation to brag Postecoglou, who astatine 1 constituent made airy of his huffy wounded concern by pretending to drawback his hamstring connected the touchline.

The Aussie has felt the vigor for the club’s disastrous league signifier which has seen them plummet down to 15th.

A relegation conflict cannot beryllium ruled retired fixed their signifier and wounded problems.

But Postecoglou has kept the religion that things volition crook astir erstwhile they get their players back.

While helium has besides pointed to the imaginable glory of the cups, fixed they are successful the Carabao Cup semi-finals, the FA Cup and present the knockouts successful Europe.

Spurs person severely missed cardinal defender Micky van de Ven for the past 7 weeks owed to his latest hamstring injury.

So the large cheer erstwhile the Dutchman’s sanction was work retired earlier kick-off was understandable - arsenic would person been immoderate nerves implicit the imaginable of reinjury.

He ended up lone playing the archetypal 45 minutes successful what was apt a planned determination to easiness him backmost mildly - and successful information helium had next to nary antiaircraft enactment to bash successful his clip connected the pitch.

Elfsborg are inactive successful their pre-season for their home run and person lone played 2 competitory games since December 12 - albeit some wins successful th Europa League - and sat backmost throughout.

Captain Son Heung-min has struggled for his ain signifier amid Tottenham’s hard season.

But helium has been amended successful the past week, netting doubly successful the 3-2 triumph astatine Hoffenheim past Thursday and being Spurs’ champion subordinate successful Sunday’s 2-1 horror amusement against Leicester.

Here helium was astatine his twinkle-toed best, dancing circular Elfsborg’s defenders and leaving Simon Hedlund peculiarly dizzy.

One clever spot of question saw the South Korean chopped the shot backmost for Pape Sarr who was denied by a good halt from Isak Pettersson.

The Elfsborg stopper had said connected Wednesday his broadside would “not beryllium scared” erstwhile taking connected Spurs.

And helium made a brave prevention erstwhile facing down Moore’s goalbound onslaught aft much clever feet from Son.

Lucas Bergvall whitethorn person felt an other tendency to impressment fixed the Swede was up against absorption from his location country.

Perhaps it affected his attraction arsenic helium gave the shot distant sloppily respective times successful the archetypal half, incurring the wrath of Postecoglou who angrily urged the 18-year-old to calm down.

Dragusin came connected for Van de Ven astatine the interruption successful a triple alteration for the hosts.

Besfort Zeneli’s changeable deed the Romanian’s limb soon aft and looped up, allowing striker Jalal Abdullai to propulsion disconnected an acrobatic volley which went narrowly implicit the bar.

The anti-Daniel Levy chants reached fever transportation successful the contiguous aftermath of Sunday’s nonaccomplishment to Leicester, with galore fed-up fans calling for ownership change.

That dissension was much a murmur present that each truthful often would harvest up, either successful the signifier of a ‘We privation Levy out’ taunt oregon the fashionable Kulusevski opus which besides takes purpose astatine the supremo.

All of a sudden, Dragusin went down clutching his close knee.

He had attempted to hack distant a escaped shot and instantly felt a occupation and aft receiving treatment, yet had to beryllium withdrawn.

On successful his spot came academy merchandise Scarlett, who wrong 4 minutes was wheeling distant aft heading successful Kulusevski’s transverse for his maiden Spurs goal.

There was different archetypal onslaught 14 minutes aboriginal arsenic 19-year-old debutant Ajayi played a one-two with Scarlett and fired a low, left-footed changeable into the corner, sidesplitting disconnected Elfsborg and raising the roof.

Spurs had 4 teenagers connected the transportation by the extremity successful Archie Gray, Bergvall, Ajayi and Moore - who struck successful stoppage clip to circular disconnected a fabulous nighttime for Tottenham's kids.