"A bizarre own goal gave stuttering Tottenham a home win over Villarreal on their return to the Champions League. Thomas Frank's side controlled the first half and the ever energetic Lucas Bergvall created an early goal when his cross was fumbled into his own net by goalkeeper Luiz Junior. The Brazilian stood up to remonstrate with his defence but it was a dreadful error all of his own doing."
"That threatened to open the floodgates but instead Spurs struggled and had just one shot on target in the rest of the half. Villarreal were much improved after the break, without overly troubling Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal. The hosts struggled in the second half, struggling for any fluency and giving the ball away all too often. Frank shuffled his pack, handing a debut to striker Randal Kolo Mmuani,"
Tottenham took the lead through a bizarre own goal after Lucas Bergvall's cross was fumbled into the net by Villarreal goalkeeper Luiz Junior. Thomas Frank's side controlled the first half but produced only one further shot on target before halftime. Villarreal improved after the break but rarely troubled Guglielmo Vicario. Tottenham struggled for fluency in the second half and gave the ball away frequently. Frank introduced debutant striker Randal Kolo Mmuani. A late challenge by Micky van de Ven on Georges Mikautadze was judged a yard outside the area, earning a yellow card, and Nicolas Pepe's resulting free-kick curled just wide.
Read at 101GREATGOALS.COM
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]