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- 10-men Tottenham secured a dominant 3-0 dwelling win over the Azerbaijan facet
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Qarabag supervisor Gurban Gurbanov fumed at pre-match chaos forward of his facet’s Europa League opener in opposition to Tottenham was delayed by half-hour.
The Azerbaijan guests solely arrived quarter-hour earlier than the unique 8pm kick-off as site visitors prompted journey nightmares all through north London that impacted these travelling to the match.
A severely decreased warm-up time did not give Qarabag the perfect preparation for what was one of many largest matches within the membership’s historical past that was filled with flashpoints all through 90 minutes.
Spurs suffered a torrid begin as centre-back Radu Dragusin was despatched off after simply seven minutes of motion, lowering the hosts to 10-men and giving Qarabag an enormous likelihood of inflicting an upset.
Nevertheless, Ange Postecoglou’s facet rallied to attain a breakaway opener as Brennan Johnson bagged his third aim in as many video games and a returning Pape Sarr added one other.
Qarabag supervisor Gurban Gurbanov fumed at pre-match chaos forward of his facet’s Europa League defeat in opposition to Spurs
Tottenham secured a dominant 3-0 victory over Qarabag of their first Europa League conflict
Qarabag gamers missed a number of scoring alternatives in opposition to Tottenham on Thursday
Qarabag then spurned an enormous alternative as Toral Bayramov smashed his penalty in opposition to the crossbar and Brazilian striker Juninho additionally rattling the woodwork as Spurs started to rock.
Dominic Solanke wrapped up the clean-sheet win with a tap-in and Qarabag boss Gurbanov credited Tottenham for enjoying the higher soccer however insisted such journey delays ‘should not occur’.
‘Think about being caught in site visitors for greater than two and a half hours. I can not simply make excuses for this, it shouldn’t have occurred and there was no police to escort us,’ complained the Qarabag supervisor.
Dominic Solanke scored Tottenham’s third aim in opposition to Qarabag within the European win
‘It [travel chaos] had a big effect on our footballers however it would not take away from our opponent. They’re an excellent crew and we do not flip a blind eye to that.
‘As quickly as we arrived, we had been informed to start out in 40 minutes and we weren’t as prepared or ready as we must always have been. This stuff should not occur,’ he added.
The 52-year-old shall be hoping his facet can produce a marked enchancment of their subsequent European outing in opposition to Malmo.
In the meantime, Spurs are looking for to follow-up their win once they journey to play Man United on Sunday.
