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Wilson Odobert became our third-youngest UEFA Champions League goalscorer with his strike in our 4-0 win over FC Copenhagen on Tuesday night.

Leading 1-0 at the break through Brennan Johnson's first Champions League goal, Wilson also opened his account in the European competition when he doubled our lead six minutes after the restart thanks to a sublime assist from Randal Kolo Muani.

The striker, having closed down goalkeeper Dominik Kotarski's attempted clearance from just outside the Copenhagen penalty area, then expertly plucked the high, moving ball out of the night sky inside the box before showing awareness to lay off his compatriot who applied the first-time finish into the bottom corner.

That means Wilson - who turns 21 at the end of this month - sits in third place (20y 341d) behind Dele (20y 240d) vs CSKA Moskva in December 2016 and Ryan Sessegnon (19y 207d) against Bayern in 2019.

Coming in our final outing in Group E, Dele half-volleyed in Christian Eriksen's cross to level against CSKA to become our youngest-ever Champions League goalscorer at the time as we went on to win 3-1 to secure third spot and qualify for the Europa League knockouts.

Three years and four days later, Sessegnon broke the record when he netted the equaliser at the Allianz Arena in our eventual 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich with both sides already qualified for the knockouts in the Group B finale on 11 December 2019. Making his full debut that night, Ryan remains our one and only teenager to achieve this feat in the Champions League.

Moving like an F1 car, life suddenly stood still for Micky van de Ven in front of 17,500 fans in the South Stand.

Having travelled 67.7 metres in 10 seconds, leaving five players trailing in his wake, Micky was confronted by Dominik Kotarski in the Copenhagen goal, and just knew he had to finish it off – which he did in style, a firm, precise side foot home.

Asked what it felt like in the moment, the defender’s first words to us were: “I need to score! That was the thing, at the last point when you arrived at the box, you're just like, nah, I need to finish this one.”

The goal is so similar in style and execution to Heung-Min Son’s FIFA Puskas Award winner against Burnley back in December, 2019, where Sonny took so much care to finish his run, and told us afterwards he absolutely made sure once he was in front of goal.

“I get the ball in our own box, and every time I saw a little gap of space in front of me, and I started dribbling, I was like, hey, every time I can get a bit more," added Micky. "I know when I get my speed and acceleration it's difficult to catch up sometimes, and then in one way I was like, hey, I'm through. I was like, ‘I'm going all the way now’, just try to score.

“When I came through, to be honest, in my head I was like, ‘I know my strike is quite good, my left inside foot is quite strong’ but, at this point, you just say in your head, ‘I need to score this one, man’.

“Another team-mate was next to me, I don't know who it was, and I know their centre-back was in the middle, and of course at one point he needs to make a decision. I was like, ‘nah, I keep going all the way now’ and just try to shoot a short corner. To be honest, I haven't seen it go in. I just heard everyone celebrating, I just knew I had to score.”

Micky was joined by Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert and Joao Palhinha on the scoresheet as we dominated to take a 2-0 lead, and then stepped up another gear with goals three and four in the immediate aftermath of Brennan’s red card in the second half. Micky agreed that it was a result and performance everyone needed after the weekend defeat against Chelsea.

“Yeah, a really important one,” he added. “We had a tough one at the weekend, of course, the derby against Chelsea that we lost, bad performance from our side. We knew it, we all knew it - everybody was gutted after the Chelsea game.

“We needed to switch on, because we needed to play Copenhagen at home, but we were gutted, I can tell you now. The atmosphere was not really good, but we bounced back in a perfect way, I would say.

“We had a really good performance today, even when Brendan got sent off. It's really difficult at that point when you're like, okay, 10 men, I think it was 30 minutes ago or something, so that's quite a long time and it can get you in some trouble, but I think our heads were still cool after that point, and I think we did really well.”

Our Women Under-19s concluded the first phase of the Professional Game Academy League campaign with a 2-1 defeat at Bristol City on Wednesday.

We got off to the perfect start on our return to league action when Heidi Hills made it five goals in two games after she reacted quickest to Mia Endacott’s penalty being saved to slot home on the rebound inside the opening six minutes.

The Robins responded and were back on level terms by the midway point of the first half. A powerful left-footed strike from Chloe Giddings past Sophie Jackson, before the home side took the lead deep in injury-time of the opening 45 minutes as Giddings grabbed a brace with a composed finish.

In a second period hampered by injuries and stoppages in play, we were unable to find an equaliser and consigned to defeat in our final fixture of the first phase. Our young side will now compete in Division Two once the second phase begins later this month.

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Our fine win 4-0 against FC Copenhagen in MD4 of this season's UEFA Champions League had us quickly leafing through the club's history books.

Had we registered four different goalscorers in a UCL match before? And what if we go back almost 65 years to our first appearance in the competition, in the old format of the European Cup (the UCL format was introduced in 1992/93)?

Well, that box was ticked in our first tie and first home game in the European Cup - a legendary 8-1 win against Poland champions Gornik Zabzre in September, 1961 when five players were on the scoresheet and what we know as the 'glory, glory nights' in N17 were born.

Bill Nicholson's double winners were rocked by a 4-2 loss in Poland in the first leg of the preliminary round on 13 September, 1961 but turned it around in style, roared on by 56,737 in the Lane, to rack up eight goals - Cliff Jones led the way with a hat-trick with a double from Bobby Smith and skipper Danny Blanchflower, Terry Dyson and John White also on target.

That famous night remains our record win in the competition and the only time we've registered five different goalscorers in a European Cup/UCL match.

UCL era

So, if you now bring it forward to the UCL era, Tuesday night's win against the Danish Superliga champions represents the first time we've registered four different goalscorers in the competition with Brennan Johnson, Wilson Odobert, Micky van de Ven and Joao Palhinha on target.

It's the sixth time we've registered four-plus goals - a 5-0 win against Serbia side Crvena zvezda (Red Star) the best win - and if you bring both European Cup and Champions League eras together, we've now scored four-plus on eight occasions.

EC/UCL | 4+ goals | 4 different goalscorers

Blanchflower, Dyson, Jones 3, Smith 2, White

Johnson, Odobert, van de Ven, Palhinha

Our impressive unbeaten run at home in European competitions continued on Tuesday night.

Back at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the visit of FC Copenhagen, we ran out 4-0 winners to extend our run at our N17 home to 22 matches without defeat in UEFA Competitions.

In a game which had a bit of everything, Brennan Johnson opened his Champions League goalscoring account with the opener 19 minutes in before Wilson Odobert was unselfishly teed up by Randal Kolo Muani six minutes into the second half to put us two to the good.

Shortly after though, it looked like all momentum would switch in the game as a VAR review saw us down to 10 men with Brennan seeing red, however we actually ended up getting even better, scoring twice more - first of all a goal of the season contender from Micky van de Ven before Joao Palhinha came off the bench to add a fourth.

We could have even more late on with Richarlison twice hitting the crossbar, first from a header before thumping it again from the penalty spot.

Currently unbeaten after four games in this year's League Phase with two home wins and two draws on the road, it has been well over five years since we suffered defeat at home in Europe.

That loss came via Bundesliga side RB Leipzig, who secured a 1-0 victory in the UCL Round of 16 first leg here in February, 2020, before finishing the job in Germany.

Since then, we've put together a sequence of 18 wins and four draws - scoring 60 goals and conceding just 13 - in 22 home matches in all three UEFA competitions - Champions League, Europa League and Conference League.

Sporting CP, AC Milan, Eintracht Frankfurt and AS Roma are the only teams to take a draw away from N17 in that period.

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It's quiz time! Can you name every player to have scored for us in the UEFA Champions League?

After three new players added their names to our Champions League goalscorers list in Wednesday's 4-0 win over FC Copenhagen, we are challenging you to name every Spurs man to have found the back of the net in European football's elite club competition?

Since first qualifying for the competition in 2010, we have had 29 different goalscorers in the competition - we want you to name them...

For clarity, this quiz does NOT cover the competition prior to 1992 when the European Cup was rebranded to the UEFA Champions League.

To take on the challenge, click the green 'Play Quiz' button below to get started before inputting your answers in the box titled 'enter player'.

You will have 10 minutes to name as many of the 29 players as you can. To help, the country the player is from is listed above their relevant answer box.

Tōko Koga became our youngest ever goalscorer in Barclays Women's Super League after she opened her account for the Club in the 2-1 win over Liverpool on Sunday afternoon.

At 19 years and 300 days, Tōko's first goal for the Club – the leveller in the contest after Beata Olsson had opened the scoring for the Reds – became our first-ever teenager to score in England's top flight and subsequently broke the record for our youngest goalscorer in the competition.

It was a record that was previously held by Angela Addison - at 20 years, two months and three days – after she netted in our 2-2 draw with Everton in February, 2019.

Tapping home from close range after Olivia Holdt’s chipped cross into the box to net her first goal in the WSL, the Japan international also toppled a WSL record by becoming the youngest ever Asian player to score in the league.

That was the young defender’s ninth consecutive start since completing the move to north London in the summer, preserving five clean sheets in all competitions.

It was an afternoon of creating history as Bethany England’s second-half strike also saw our captain become the first player to score 50 home goals in the competition.

Watch | Koga breaks Club and WSL record with Liverpool goal

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Thomas Frank spoke to the media after our 4-0 win against FC Copenhagen in MD4 of the UEFA Champions League on Tuesday night.

Here's what he had to say...

Have you seen a better goal scored by a defender in your time as a manager?

Thomas: "I definitely need to think a little bit about that, but it seems like we had Lionel Messi turned into Micky van de Ven, running down from his own goal all the way to the other end and scored a fantastic goal. I think he's our top scorer in all competitions, so he can keep going. He can keep walking past me if he's angry after a game if he delivers like this!"

What did you make of the red card?

Thomas: "I understand why it can be given. But it's a little bit - what I've talked before - that still footage, studs on leg, is what the ref sees the first thing. That's why it looks bad. There was no recklessness in this tackle from Brennan. He goes down into a sliding tackle, you can say 'why give the opportunity?' But when he goes down, there's literally no leg in front of him, so when he slides, then the player steps down, and then it looks bad after that. I think it was a little bit unfortunate, and I think it was harsh."

Did we see the attacking players gel tonight?

Thomas: "I think it was a step forward. I liked what I saw from Brennan, it was classic Brennan, running in behind. I really liked the assist from Xavi, very good assist from Xavi. So happy that it was a goal from Brennan, assist from Xavi. I liked bits from Wilson, and also of course he scored. I think Kolo looked like a handful, in many situations. He could easily have scored one or two goals maybe in the end. I think all of them have much more to come. But it was definitely a step forward."

What did you say to Xavi when he came off? He looked disappointed...

Thomas: "I don't know, I didn't say too much. Of course, everyone wants to play, and he saw the opportunity to maybe play a little bit more. It's just at that point, at 2-0, you don't really know, so I thought 'ok we do a little bit more defensive', swapping Joao, so that's why we did it."

What does Brennan Johnson need to do more to nail down a starting place in the side more regularly?

Thomas: "I think he's started now three in the last four, I think that's definite steps in the right direction. He played a good game against Everton, okay against Newcastle, just a little rotation for Chelsea, and now starting again. He's in a good place."

Did you see Jamie Carragher's comments (on Monday Night Football) on the performance against Chelsea, he said Spurs lacked courage, confidence and ability...

Thomas: "I didn't see his comments. So, not too much to say to that. The pundits are pundits. They need to say something about the games. I've been a pundit myself sometimes. Put it this way, I know it's easier to be that than stand down there. I saw a good performance today, which I'm happy with. We talk a lot about, how can you say that, bounce back mentality because in life and football there will be setbacks. Every team will experience that. It's how we react to that to come out after a bad game or a bad spell and come back to it. That's part of a good team. I'm very happy with the response the players came with today. I think we controlled the game from minute one to the end, more or less. There was, of course, a little bit about the red card and making the side that should not be a problem. Then we won a very good win in the Champions League. It's never easy. I know Copenhagen hadn't had a good start, but I just know they are, in general, very difficult to play against. I'm pretty sure we'll not see them lose 4-0 again in the Champions League."

When you took off Xavi and brought on Joao, was the master plan for Micky to score and then Cristian to charge up the pitch and get the assist?

Thomas: "No, that's the beauty of football. The players take initiative and do a lot of bits on their own. So, yeah, of course, that's fantastic to have players that do that."

What is Randal Kolo Muani offering this team now he's more settled in?

Thomas: "I think he's just taking steps in the right direction and he's getting more and more fit. I will still go as far as I don't think he's fully firing yet, but you can see he's such a handful to play against. The goal is a ball in behind where he just can't really control it, the defender and he's practically on the goalkeeper. Then he shows extreme composure to just take the ball down and a nice assist for Wilson. He's through two or three times and could have scored more. So I think he was a threat, probably also should have scored on the header."

How important was it to bounce back from Saturday?

Thomas: "I think, of course, it was important. You want your bad performance to get out of the way straight away and the quicker you can bounce back, the better. I was happy with the response."

Could this be a turning point?

Thomas: "I would say it was a step forward in terms of how we want to play. Of course, assist and goals for some of the offensive players and also good performances, also the structure was good today."

What did you make of Copenhagen's performance?

Thomas: "Of course, it doesn't always look super good if you lose 4-0. But as a coach I also know that it's never as good or as bad as you think it is, no matter what game you're in. I don't think we created a chance by chance situation in the first half. We had two chances to Kolo and then we scored. If we don't score 3-0, it can be a bit more difficult. Maybe they could have got some momentum then. I see a well-trained, structured team that isn't easy to break down."

Was it easier than you expected?

Thomas: "I definitely didn't expect us to win 4-0. I expected it to be difficult. Copenhagen is a difficult opponent in Europe, at home, even more so. It could have been tricky, but luckily it went the right way for us."

How would you react now if you were Jacob Neestrup?

Thomas: "Jacob is a good coach and knows the game. I don't doubt two things. One he's calm. He's probably irritated because I would be the same when we lose. But he's also calm enough to keep working."

Was that a much better performance from Xavi Simons?

Thomas: "I will say two things. One, I think that was a step forward today. I'm very happy for him. I think it was a good assist and I agree with you. A little bit more sharpness for him and the other players. I think he probably had one more assist. I think he found good pockets, good spaces. I'm really pleased with that. Of course, I understand his disappointment in the moment, but it's always about the team, of course. At that stage, it's 2-0. We are still building layers in this team. I think it's obvious that we are progressing forward, but are not where we want to be. In that situation, we just take no risk and put a more defensive player in. Which afterwards, of course, looks to be an absolutely top decision - but you never know!"

Speaking to us pitchside afterwards, Thomas reflected: “First and foremost, I think the response from the players to a bad performance was fantastic. I think in life and football you get hits and you get setbacks and it's how you react to that.

“That bounce-back mentality from the players, I love that. We talked about it the last two days. They've been really determined to turn things around and show how much more they can. A couple of things - I think the structure was good today in the offensive play, in the phase two – 3-2-5 or 3-1-6, whatever we call it, a little bit of tactical talk there - but also the ability to play forward and to turn forward I think was good.

“This was a good step forward, I'm very happy with that, especially on the offensive play. I think it was a bit more from Wilson, a bit more from Xavi , a bit more for Kolo, a bit more for Brennan, if you take the front four. The relationship gelled a little bit better and there's even more to come. That was positive. I think the way the players stepped up after the red card, wow, that was very, very impressive.

“Before the game, if you said to me, 4-0, I'd say, ah! I've always believed we can do that, of course, but it's a good team. It's a much better team. They will not lose 4-0, I think, in other games in the Champions League. We had two tough away games where not everything was perfect, but we are getting there, you know, step by step, and I think that's important.”