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

Dominic Solanke's penalty was enough to see Spurs into the semi-finals (Getty Images)

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The visitors were awarded a penalty when James Maddison - who was withdrawn shortly before half-time - was brought down by a reckless challenge by goalkeeper Kaua Santos.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:

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham LIVE

• Eintracht Frankfurt host Tottenham in Europa League semi-final second leg | Live on TNT Sports with kick off at 8pm
• Tie is finely poised at 1-1 after last week's first leg
• Spurs are hoping to salvage a difficult domestic campaign with European success
• '17 SAVE! Van de Ven challenge denies Ekitike one-on-one with Vicario [SGE 0-0 TOT]
• '25 SAVE! Brilliant Tel shot forces Santos into fingertip save [SGE 0-0 TOT]
• '42 GOAL! Solanke scores first goal in three months with composed penalty [SGE 0-1 TOT]
• '61 CLOSE! Romero knocks header wide as Tottenham battle to stay in front [SGE 0-1 TOT]
• '77 SAVE! Vicario makes brilliant save with his foot to deny best Frankfurt chance so far [SGE 0-1 TOT]

[17 April 2025 20:33 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

32 mins: Frankfurt are pressing now and Chaibi has been excellent since coming on for the injured Gotze. Theate sends in a curling delivery from the left hand side of the box and after some time Spurs win a goal kick.

The hosts press forward again now and tee up Chaibi on the edge of the box, but Romero plants himself in his path and wins the ball.

Now Maddison counters, laying it off for Tel, and Spurs win a corner.

[17 April 2025 20:27 · Flo Clifford]

SAVE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

25 mins: Brilliant save by Santos! Tel curls in a fabulous attempt from outside the box but the young keeper makes a fingertip save, leaping to the top corner to deny the visitors!

Porro aims his delivery from the resulting corner to Solanke but the hosts clear.

[17 April 2025 20:26 · Flo Clifford]

CHANCE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

24 mins: Eintracht recycle a corner, with Bahoya lobbing in a long ball, but Porro eventually manages to clear.

Now Bahoya crosses to Chaibi but Vicario is there at the near post to collect a glancing header! Another chance for the hosts. The visiting fans’ nerves will be jangling.

[17 April 2025 20:24 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Despite the downpour the atmosphere in here is absolutely electric. Tough place for Spurs to come.

Eintracht Frankfurt unveil a tifo reading 'The eagles are on the prowl' (Getty Images)

[17 April 2025 20:22 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

20 mins: Wasted chance for Tottenham on the break. Solanke does well to rob Frankfurt in midfield and finds Johnson down the right, who pulls it back for Tel, but he completely fluffs his shot and skews it wide.

[17 April 2025 20:19 · Flo Clifford]

CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

17 mins: Gotze appears to have pulled his hamstring; he ambles to the technical area trying to stretch it out.

Now Frankfurt counter! Tel curls in a cross looking for Solanke, but Santos collects and punts it forward into the path of Ekitike, who’s one-on-one with Vicario - but Van de Ven slides in to challenge! Great defending, but where was the rest of Spurs’ back line?

It’s a sad and quick end to the night for Gotze, who has definitely pulled his hamstring. Chaibi is the man to replace him.

[17 April 2025 20:15 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

14 mins: Decent press by Spurs as Udogie drives down the left, pulling it back near the byline - but there’s no-one in the box, with Solanke at the far post instead.

Van de Ven holds up Bahoya as Frankfurt look to break.

[17 April 2025 20:13 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

12 mins: Koch is back on his feet and fine to continue. Solanke won the ball fair and square, but the defender went down hard with the follow-through.

Spurs have ridden that wave of early pressure.

[17 April 2025 20:11 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

10 mins: Romero hoofs a long ball forward to Solanke, but the former Bournemouth man is penalised for handball as he sprints down the right, first knocking it with his shoulder under pressure from Koch and then with his arm. He’s not happy.

Kristensen and Bahoya combine well as they press forward but Udogie does well to neutralise the threat. Solanke and Koch go down in a clash of heads as they duel for the ball - Solanke is quickly back up, but we have a brief pause as Koch is attended to. That looked nasty.

[17 April 2025 20:06 · Flo Clifford]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

5 mins: All Frankfurt so far. The corner is retaken with the ref not happy about some argy-bargy in the box. Bentancur heads it out but doesn’t fully clear and Gotze shoots, but it’s a feeble attempt and Vicario isn’t troubled.