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The visitors were awarded a penalty when James Maddison - who was withdrawn shortly before half-time - was brought down by a reckless challenge by goalkeeper Kaua Santos.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.
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RED CARD! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham
45+6 mins: The tension in this game is spilling over. Johnson goes into the book for a crunching tackle on Brown and the pair square up - the teams surround the referee and an Eintracht Frankfurt official is given a red card!
Postecoglou was basically on the pitch and is lucky not to have been disciplined too.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham
45+5 mins: Bentancur makes a sloppy mistake and gives the ball away, with Chaibi released into space. Spurs scramble to clear Bergvall puts behind for a corner.
Bentancur wins the aerial battle to deal with it.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham
45+2 mins: SIX minutes added on.
Kulusevski concedes a foul almost with his first touch, coming in late on Ekitike. It’s a silly foul in a bad area, 25 yards out from goal or so. Bergvall heads it away but Kulusevski knocks it out for a Theate throw-in.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham
45 mins: Maddison goes down again and seems to be limping, clutching his left hip.
Postecoglou is taking no chances and hauls him off. Kulusevski is coming on.
GOAL! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham
42 mins: Solanke scores!
Cool as you like. He takes a couple of little steps, waits for the keeper to move, and goes down the middle!
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
42 mins: The keeper doesn’t like it very much, but it was a foul.
The jeering and whistling from the crowd goes up yet another notch.
Tel has the ball but Postecoglou indicates Solanke should take, and it’s the ex-Bournemouth man who stands over it.
PENALTY! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
40 mins: The ref gives a penalty!
Santos goes into the book too for the foul.
PENALTY? Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
40 mins: VAR are checking for a penalty and the referee is being called to the monitor...
Maddison is still on the ground being seen to.
Ange Postecoglou is furious on the sideline.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
38 mins: Tel crosses in for Solanke but Santos is there to punch clear!
Now chaos in the box as Spurs counter, Maddison makes a brilliant run onto a long ball and gets clattered to the ground by Santos as he heads goalward! It’s a very clumsy challenge, with the keeper flying over the England international, and Tottenham surround the ref calling for a penalty.
He’s saying it’s a coming-together, but Maddison was through on goal...
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham
35 mins: Porro concedes possession cheaply and Eintracht immediately counter at pace, but Ekitike’s pass to Bahoya is completely overcooked.
Tottenham now try to apply pressure of their own as the momentum swings back. Maddison crosses to Bergvall in the box but Tuta heads it away, before Bentancur lays it off to Solanke - but he’s surrounded by defenders and can’t do anything with it.
Van de Ven looks to make contact with a corner delivery but doesn’t quite make it. That looked like Spurs’ best chance for a while.
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