Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham LIVE: Dominic Solanke penalty secures Spurs’ spot in Europa League semi-finals
Ange Postecoglou’s men are through to the last four with a hard-fought win over the 2022 champions
Tottenham Hotspur secured a spot in the Europa League semi-finals with a narrow and dramatic 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt courtesy of Dominic Solanke’s first goal in three months.
Ange Postecoglou’s side have endured a dismal domestic campaign and were dealt another blow by Wolves between the two legs of this quarter-final tie, but bounced back with a strong defensive performance amid a hostile atmosphere in Germany.
They came into this tie after a 1-1 home draw and clung on by the skin of their teeth after Solanke put them ahead from the spot in the 42nd minute.
The visitors were awarded a penalty when James Maddison - who was withdrawn shortly before half-time - was brought down by a reckless challenge by goalkeeper Kaua Santos. The youngster was the hero of last week’s tie but could not replicate his heroics at home as Solanke waited for him to dive the wrong way before coolly slotting down the middle.
Tottenham face the winner of Lazio versus Bodo/Glimt, with that quarter-final heading to extra time after the Italian side fought back from 2-0 down in the first leg to finish 2-2 down in normal time in the second leg.
Follow all of the latest from Frankfurt with our live blog below:
CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
83 mins: Reprieve for Tottenham! Frankfurt send it across goal, Spurs get their man-marking wrong and Kristensen tries to drill it into the bottom corner from just a few yards out - but it’s wide! Huge, huge chance. He covers his face with his shirt.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
81 mins: Ten minutes or so for Spurs to see this one out.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
79 mins: And a sub for Tottenham: Tel comes off for Sarr.
A moment ago Bentancur went into the book for a late challenge in Spurs’ half.
Now Sarr tries to clear a Frankfurt move but it falls to Skhiri, who hooks in a cross for Wahi - but his knockdown is straight into Vicario’s gloves. Offside anyway.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
77 mins: Subs for Frankfurt: Larsson and Brown make way for Wahi and Knauff.
CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
76 mins: Chaos! Frankfurt give the ball away cheaply and Tottenham press. Johnson squares it to Solanke, who shoots from the edge of the box, but Koch deflects for a throw-in.
Now back the other end, Ekitike gets the better of Van de Ven and eventually Bergvall hooks it away, but not far enough. Kristensen heads down for Ekitike, who gets a flick at the near post and Vicario gets a foot to it, a brilliant save but the danger is still there and after an agonising few moments of pin-ball in the box it drifts wide of the far post!
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
72 mins: Porro’s looping cross falls to Romero but Kristensen clears and Frankfurt press forward.
Dino Toppmoller isn’t very pleased at how quickly play resumed after that check.
Ekitike keeps the ball in the box under a lot of pressure and eventually it falls to Uzun. Vicario runs out to collect.
PENALTY? Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
70 mins: Frankfurt press and it bounces around the box for a while, before Ekitike goes down under a challenge by Romero. Spurs nab possession and break, but the crowd is howling for a penalty for handball by the defender!
Tottenham’s move comes to nothing but that challenge is being checked... no penalty.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
67 mins: Udogie sends in a delightful cross and Theate does well to get to the ball before Johnson, running down the right, and send it out for a Tottenham corner.
Bentancur heads the delivery over the bar and he’s very annoyed about it.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)
66 mins: Larsson tries to lay it off for Theate but leaves too much space and Kulusevski nabs it as Tottenham charge forward.
It’s a good break as Porro crosses in, with the ball going behind for a corner. Tottenham recycle it but Tel can’t quite connect properly and launches it over the bar!
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