It may have been chaotic, but 10-man Tottenham Hotspur made a winning return to European football and Thursday nights could be a lot of fun if they carry on like this. Brennan Johnson, Pape Sarr and Dominic Solanke scored the goals that handed Spurs what looked like,

Tottenham made a perfect start to their Europa League campaign as they beat Qarabag 3-0, despite playing with ten men for more than 80 minutes. Kick-off was delayed by 35 minutes in north London due to “severe travel disruption”, and it was a disastrous opening for Spurs when the match finally did get underway.

Tottenham return to European competition after a year’s absence and take on the champions from Azerbaijan at home