RANDAL KOLO MUANI netted a crucial goal in Tottenham’s win over Frankfurt – the day after crashing his Ferrari en route to Germany.
Spurs forward Kolo Muani sustained serious damage to his pricey motor while driving to the airport but stepped out unscathed.
The “minor incident” was caused by a blown tyre and Tottenham team-mate Wilson Odobert was on hand to help out his pal.
But it was still serious enough to fling debris all over the road and force traffic to drive around the stranded Ferrari.
Kolo Muani and Odobert ended up missing their flight and joined the squad later than planned on Tuesday evening.
Spurs boss Thomas Frank still judged Kolo Muani to be in the right headspace to start at former club Eintracht Frankfurt for a vital Champions League clash on Wednesday.
And the Frenchman repaid his manager’s faith with a tidy finish to put the visitors 1-0 up.
The second half was only a minute old when Xavi Simons’ back-post cross was headed across goal by Cristian Romero for Kolo Muani to turn in.
Spurs went into the game as part of a cluster of teams who could have either made it into the automatic knockout spots or dropped into the play-off positions.
And Frank plumped for Kolo Muani up top despite his underwhelming record since signing on loan from Paris Saint-Germain in the summer.
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The French international had scored twice in 23 appearances across all appearances prior to the Frankfurt trip – and both were in a European clash with parent club PSG.
Further questions have been raised about Kolo Muani’s Spurs future amid links to Juventus.
The Turin club are reportedly keen to re-sign the forward, who scored 10 goals in 22 games for them on loan last season, and talks to cancel his Tottenham loan agreement are thought to be in progress.
Spurs do have centre-forward cover in the recently recovered Dominic Solanke, who netted the second against Frankfurt 30 minutes after Kolo Muani’s opener to seal a 2-0 win and send his side straight through to the knockouts.