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Penalty imposed in the second half Mohammed Jerusalem And xavi simmons Helped Tottenham to a routine 3-0 win slavia prague to keep them alive Champions League Top-eight prospects.
Excited about Saturday’s much-awaited home win brentford, Thomas Frank Spurs secured back-to-back wins in front of their own fans after David Ziema’s 26th-minute suicide goal put the hosts on course for the three points.
Kudus’s 50th-minute penalty almost made the game safe, before Xavi took the shine with his spot-kick with 11 minutes remaining, sending Tottenham temporarily up to ninth in the league stage ahead of next month’s final two matches. borussia dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt.
Spurs were invited Europa League-Reigning captain Son Heung-min returned for this match to say an official goodbye following his pre-season departure and after his mural was unveiled on the High Road earlier in the day, the club great addressed the home crowd before kick-off.
A bright start followed after Son’s serenade and Tottenham almost went ahead after 36 seconds.
Wilson Odobert, one of only two changes from Saturday, is out and out ahead of David Doudera richardson But his first-time shot missed the shoulder of Slavia goalkeeper Jindrich Stanek.
It was an amazing save and Kudus tested Stanek for form early on. richardson The 25-yard attempt went wide.
Slavia had failed to score in four of their previous five league outings, but showed their potential when Lukas Provod sent a half-volley wide.
mickey van de ven He was then booked for dissent, ruling him out of the following month’s trip to Dortmund, and to make matters worse, Guglielmo Vicario had to come off to save Provode’s latest effort.
The home crowd began to show signs of getting restless when Michael Sadilek headed in Doudera’s cross for Slavia moments later, but the opener arrived for Spurs after 26 minutes.
The captain flicked on Pedro Porro’s corner. Christian Romero And Zeima inadvertently put the ball into his own net for Tottenham’s 100th Champions League goal.
However, Spurs failed to make the breakthrough, as Vicario saved from Yusuf Sanyang and Sadilek before half-time.
The French were hoping for a faster start to the second period and got their wish when they won a penalty when Poro was caught by Sanyang in the 48th minute.
Richarlison, who missed the spot-kick CopenhagenLooked set to take it until captain Romero advised otherwise and Kudus scored his third goal for the club.
The trademark celebration of Kudus on a stool by advertising hoardings followed and Stanek later had to disown Odobert.
Frank then started the Matthies tale – after the club decided to include the forward in the Champions League squad this week as a replacement for the injured Dominic Solanke.
Tell’s first involvement was to test Stanek, who performed even better to save the follow-up by another substitute in Pep Sarr.
Stanek soon thwarted Xavi but Netherlands The attacker made it 3-0 in the 79th minute when he finished a comfortable night for Tottenham by scoring from 12 yards after being fouled by Igoh Ogbu.