Victor Osimhen scored twice to inflict a primary Europa League defeat on 10-player Tottenham and earn a 3-2 victory for wasteful Galatasaray.
Spurs conceded 28 pictures and had simply 5 of their very own but escaped from Istanbul with a good scoreline regardless of having Will Lankshear despatched off within the second half.
Galatasaray stormed right into a sixth-minute lead when Yunus Akgun’s beautiful volley from the sting of the field crashed into the top-right nook however Spurs responded by means of 19-year-old striker Lankshear, who tapped in his first purpose for the membership after Brennan Johnson had squared a cross.
Tottenham’s Will Lankshear, second from left, celebrates together with his team-mates after scoring his aspect’s opening purpose in opposition to Galatasaray
Nevertheless, the guests have been susceptible on the again all through with Osimhen forcing a great save from Forster after which having a purpose dominated out for offside earlier than restoring his aspect’s lead with a intelligent toe-poke after Radu Dragusin gave the ball away.
Forster saved once more from Osimhen however simply 60 seconds later the striker netted his second of the primary half with a cushioned volley from Dries Mertens’ good cross.
Ange Postecoglou introduced on Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur for Brennan Johnson and Heung-Min Son at half-time – however Spurs acquired worse. Abdulkerim Bardakci had a goalbound shot blocked after Forster dropped a straightforward cross earlier than Akgun’s volley was deflected inches extensive and Osimhen missed two probabilities.
Galatasaray’s Victor Osimhen celebrates after scoring his aspect’s second purpose in opposition to Tottenham Hotspur (AP Picture)
Lankshear then picked up his second yellow card, simply seven minutes after his first, for a foolish deal with on the midway line after which Forster made two extra saves.
Solanke, although, cleverly flicked Pedro Porro’s low pullback into the web in opposition to the run of play to place Spurs inside one purpose and Kulusevski might have equalised in injury-time when his long-range shot rolled extensive with goalkeeper Fernando Muslera manner out of his purpose.
Postecoglou: Defeat was self-inflicted, Lankshear will study from crimson
Tottenham supervisor Ange Postecoglou mentioned:
“I just felt it was self-inflicted. We had really simple solutions out there to keep the ball. It wasn’t that hard. We showed it with 10 men. We just needed to be stronger on the ball and play the kind of football we play every week.
“Possibly it was slightly bit the adjustments I made and the setting and environment, however the moments that stick out to me was giving the ball away. We have been taking part in by means of them fairly simply with 10 males however with 11 males we had nowhere close to that conviction and that was disappointing.”
On Will Lankshear: “Will took his purpose properly, he labored exhausting for the workforce. He hasn’t had loads of expertise at senior soccer so he would have learnt lots at this time. The crimson card, it was a little bit of overenthusiasm in that second to offer away a foul, however he’ll study from that.”
Opta Stats: Osimhen loves facing English opposition
- Galatasaray have won three of their opening four games in a major European campaign for the first time since 2009-10, also in the Europa League.
- Tottenham faced 28 shots in their loss to Galatasaray, their most in a game under manager Ange Postecoglou; it is the most efforts faced by an English team in a Europa League group stage match since Everton faced 39 shots against Wolfsburg in November 2014.
- Victor Osimhen has scored 12 goals across his 23 starts in major European competition, netting more times against English opposition than any other nation (2 vs Tottenham, 2 vs Leicester, 1 vs Chelsea).
- Tottenham’s Will Lankshear (19y 201d) became the third youngest player to both score and be sent off in a Europa League game after Aleksandar Mitrovic for Partizan Belgrade in November 2012 (18y 67d) and Federico Chiesa for Fiorentina in December 2016 (19y 44d).
