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Tottenham 3-0 Elfsborg, UEL: Spurs Put League Woes Behind As Postecoglou's Youngsters Seal Top-8 Finish

Spurs waited until the 70th minute for substitute Dane Scarlett to break the deadlock before adding two more through substitute Damola Ajayi and 17-year-old Mikey Moore

Super-subs Dane Scarlett and Damola Ajayi helped seal Tottenham Hotspurs' place in the Europa League top eight with a hard-fought 3-0 win over Elfsborg. (More Football News)

The victory sees Spurs finish fourth in the 36-team standings, with a potential tie against AZ Alkmaar, Midtjylland, FCSB or Ajax awaiting in the last 16. 

Spurs started brightly at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium but were unable to make their early chances count, with Isak Pettersson making a string of impressive saves to keep the game level.바카라 웹사이트

Petterson's best moment arrived six minutes before the break, brilliantly tipping over Mikey Moore's close-range effort over the bar after good work from Son Heung-min바카라 웹사이트

But upon their return from the break, Elfsborg squandered a glorious chance when Jalal Abdullai's acrobatic effort cleared the crossbar following Besfort Zeneli's deflected strike.바카라 웹사이트

However, Spurs would get themselves ahead in the 70th minute when Scarlett, on to replace the injured Radu Dragusin, headed home from Dejan Kulusevski's cross.바카라 웹사이트

And with six minutes remaining, Ajayi - on his full Spurs debut - sealed the win after playing a neat one-two on the edge of the box with Scarlett before finding the bottom corner.바카라 웹사이트

Fellow youngster Moore added further gloss to the scoreline in second-half stoppage time, whose driving run ended with him squeezing the ball past Petterson.

Data Debrief: Young guns seal it for Ange

On a big night for not only Postecoglou but for Spurs too, it was their young players who stood up to the task to ensure of their progression to the last 16 in a game that threatened to get uncomfortable at the바카라 웹사이트Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.바카라 웹사이트

Courtesy of goals from Scarlett (20y 312d),바카라 웹사이트Ajayi (19y 34d) and바카라 웹사이트Moore (17y 172d), Spurs became the first English side to have three scorers under the age of 21바카라 웹사이트in a major European match since Arsenal in October 2007 vs Slavia Prague (Theo Walcott, Nicklas Bendtner and Cesc Fabregas).

Moore also became England라이브 바카라 youngest-ever scorer in major European competition, breaking Jimmy Greaves’ record (17y 245d), set in October 1957 for the London XI against Lausanne-Sport.

Ajayi, meanwhile,바카라 웹사이트became the바카라 웹사이트youngest sub to score for Tottenham in major European competition since Harry Kane against Shamrock Rovers in December 2011 (18y 140d).

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