Supervisor Ange Postecoglou stated Tottenham have been “the form of workforce we need to be” as they shook off a delayed kick-off and a really early pink card to start out their Europa League marketing campaign with a powerful 3-0 dwelling win over Qarabag.
After kick-off was put again 35 minutes as a result of journey disruption delayed the arrival of Qarabag’s workforce bus, defender Radu Dragusin was proven a straight pink card within the seventh minute for a cynical pull on Juninho.
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It didn’t knock Tottenham off their stride although, with Brennan Johnson in a position to rating for a 3rd successive match 5 minutes later earlier than Pape Sarr doubled the hosts’ benefit within the 52nd minute.
Qarabag did usually threaten and Tural Bayramov fired a penalty over earlier than report signing Dominic Solanke scored the third.
Postecoglou stated: “We need to be a workforce that tackles no matter problem we have now in a sure approach.
“If you go right down to 10 males invariably at occasions you may’t be as aggressive or hold the ball as a lot or play as fluently however for probably the most half the intent was there.
“I feel for probably the most half the boys confirmed that intent. That’s the form of workforce we need to be and no matter problem we have now earlier than us, is to sort out it that approach.”
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Solanke made it back-to-back objectives with a slick end within the 68th minute after Son’s shot had been spilled and earned the reward of his supervisor after a selfless show in assault.
“He’s getting there and doubtless performed longer than I needed for him to play, simply with the circumstances of the sport, however the one factor about him is he simply retains going,” Postecoglou mirrored.
“It was nice for him to get one other aim however his all-round efficiency was actually robust.
“If you’re right down to 10 males, you want your striker to have the ability to maintain up the play and do some onerous operating, which I assumed he did.”
Qarabag solely arrived a short time earlier than the scheduled begin time and their supervisor Gurban Gurbanov revealed that they had been caught on the workforce bus for two-and-a-half hours.
Gurbanov stated: “Think about being caught in visitors for two-and-a-half hours? I don’t need to make excuses, however it shouldn’t have occurred as a result of we needed to come by ourselves.
“We had no police to escort us and clearly it had a big effect on our footballers, however it doesn’t take something away from our opponent. They have been workforce.”
