Tottenham wreaked a chastening 4-0 residence loss on 10-male Aston Trip abode as Ange Postecoglou’s males most clearly won this fulcra argument in the race for Champs League certification.
Sunday’s crisis clash in between fourth and 5th was staked out in the build-upward by Trip abode skipper John McGinn as “the many inestimable gallery in the bar’s existent history”.
Unai Emery’s males owned the opportunity to answers eight junctures readable of Spurs in the Premier League’s last made certain Champs League place, but instead the hosts’ captain saw red in an shady 2nd-fifty percent collapse.
Tottenham relocated within 2 junctures of Trip abode wearing a win that initiated wearing James Maddison pivoting residence a vibrant Pape Matar Sarr cross in the 50th minute.
Brennan Johnson scored a excellent 2nd 3 minutes afterwards and McGinn’s rash, annoyed challenge on Destiny Udogie pioneered to a right red card that run out Trip abode hopes of a comeback.
Boy Heung-minutes and substitute Timo Werner struck in standstill time as Spurs pegged a testament win in the Midlands, ending Trip abode’s run of 3 right Premier League productivity in this fixture.
The players materialized to smoke and pyrotechnics at Trip abode Park but there were most clearly no first-fifty percent fireworks to evolve around.
Ollie Watkins jeopardized to punish Spurs’ high queue early on, wearing Micky van de Ven’s recovery price bailing out Cristian Romero after the in-kind striker teemed past past him.
Another example of that philosophy saw Watkins slid wearing before the offside flag conserved the Trip abode striker’s blushes after his undercooked evolve to Leon Bailey was gouge out by Pedro Porro.
Guglielmo Vicario punched away a disinfecting McGinn liberate-kick and Matty Silver coinage pressed wide after a cutback was hampered, while at the other end Trip abode’s 5-male protection was maintaining Spurs’ strike quiet.
Trip abode went comfy to snatching the lead on the stroke of fifty percent-time from a quick edge. The ball was staked recommend for McGinn to hit a well-struck cross and Lucas Digne’s flicked header snarled right wide.
Postecoglou’s males left that menace and came recommend from the respite wearing a pep in their quantify, and not also Van de Ven’s early withdrawal can throw them off kilter.
The shocked Tottenham protector owned to be switched over by Radu Dragusin and pioneered down the tunnel merely as his team-cohorts and the away end teemed into party behind him.
Sarr hit an stellar cross from the right that Maddison met forward of a pair of Trip abode protectors to revolve residence in the 50th minute.
The Spurs male rolled off to memorialize wearing the away end, then swiveled to the residence supporters once bringing out his darts party.
The visiting hordes were on their feet once again 3 minutes afterwards as Ezri Konsa’s unrequested evolve to Tielemans was gouge out vibrantly by Dejan Kulusevski, wearing Boy gain-up up the ball and dabbling on to Johnson to vibrantly bend past Emiliano Martinez.
Emery reacted by adjusting personnel and shape, only to be thwarted by McGinn’s discontinuation in the 65th minute.
The annoyed Trip abode skipper dispelled Udogie wearing a foolish sustain, spearheading to a clash involving both crews as referee Chris Kavanagh sported a right red card.
“2-0 in your cup last” hollered the gleeful hiking supporters, who saw Kulusevski try to contain a 3rd as they coasted against the 10-male hosts.
Vicario spread himself to eschew substitute Nicolo Zaniolo but Tottenham were in orchestrate and struck 2 times more late on.
Boy lashed residence from Kulusevski’s evolve in the 91st minute and substitute Werner completed the shame four minutes into the secondary 10 as the residence supporters dispelled out.
