There is nothing in football that can’t be healed by a dominating European competition victory. Tottenham Hotspur went into today’s home match against Copenhagen in the Champions League group stage with the vibes in the toilet after a horrible home loss to Chelsea this past weekend. As poor as that match was, this one was the polar opposite. Spurs got a first half goal from Brennan Johnson and a second from Wilson Odobert, assisted by Randal Kolo Muani to put them up 2-0.
Johnson then was sent off for a bad sliding challenge that was controversially upgraded to a red card by VAR. It looked as though Spurs might be set for a nervy spell of sufferball to see the game out. Instead, Spurs ran riot after going down to ten men.
Micky van de Ven scored what in a fair world would be a Puskas Award contender, basically recreating Son Heung-Min’s goal against Burnley, but as a central defender. Second half substitute Palhinha then scored again to put Spurs up by four, and there was no doubt who the eventual winners would be. Spurs took their foot off the gas afterwards, but still nearly had a fifth at the death after Dane Scarlett earned a penalty, but substitute Richarlison put the spot kick off the bar and out.
But never mind that. It was the kind of glory, glory night we all remember, and the kind of performance that banishes all the bad feelings that built up over the past few matches. What a performance!
Here are my match reactions from a dominating win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Match Reactions