Published 07:31 IST, September 18th 2020
Tottenham, AC Milan advance in Europa League qualifying
Tottenham needed two late goals to secure a 2-1 victory over nine-man Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Europa League qualifying on Thursday, while AC Milan and Rangers also advanced
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Tottenham needed two late goals to secure a 2-1 victory over nine-man Lokomotiv Plovdiv in Europa League qualifying on Thursday, while AC Milan and Rangers also advanced.
Tottenham went 1-0 down in 71st minute but Harry Kane equalized from penalty spot 10 minutes from time before substitute Tanguy Ndombele netted winner five minutes later to send Spurs through to third qualifying round.
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Plovdiv had two players sent off in incident that led to Kane's penalty, as Dinis Almeida was given a straight red for handball before Birsent Karagaren was shown a second yellow for dissent.
Milan beat Shamrock Rovers 2-0 in Dublin with Zlatan Ibrahimovic scoring opener in first half before Hakan Calhaglu completed victory in second.
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All qualifying games in UEFA’s club competitions are being played without fans in stadiums because of pandemic.
Also Thursday, Dennis Man converted decisive penalty in a shootout after scoring a hat trick to to help Romania’s FCSB beat nine-man Backa Topola in Serbia in a game that finished 4-4 after 90 minutes and 6-6 following extra time.
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FCSB had only 14 players available due to coronavirus infections and most of its coaching staff quarantined.
Rangers routed Lincoln Red Imps 5-0 in Gibraltar. rway’s Rosenborg advanced with a 5-1 victory at Latvia’s Ventspils and Spanish side Granada won 4-0 at Albania’s Teuta.
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Copenhn beat Swedish club IFK Gonburg 2-1, while Wolfsburg cruised past Albania’s Kukes 4-0 in Tirana.
Im credits: AP
07:31 IST, September 18th 2020