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Participant rankings as Son double places Spurs on brink of Europa League final 16

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Tottenham Hotspur have one foot within the automated final 16 of the Europa League following Thursday evening’s matchday seven victory over Hoffenheim in Germany.

Spurs went forward inside the first jiffy, Pedro Porro sending a protracted go excessive into the trail of James Maddison to regulate and end for a dream begin.

There was a component of fortune in regards to the second of the evening, scored by Son Heung-min. Maddison’s deflected go put the Spurs captain in on purpose and hos deflected shot looped over Hoffenheim goalkeeper Oliver Baumann.

Brandon Austin made a wonderful save to maintain the score-line at 2-0 within the first half, earlier than a Hoffenheim onslaught ensued after the break. The hosts hit the bar via ex-Leicester Metropolis striker Andrej Kramaric, earlier than VAR intervened to overturn a penalty awarded towards Austin.

Hoffenheim then did pull one again via Anton Stach, however Son restored respiration room for Spurs with simply over ten minutes to play with a stepover and low shot throughout purpose from the left. And that proved essential when substitute David Mokwa lowered the deficit once more within the closing phases.

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Anton Stach

Anton Stach pulled one again for Hoffenheim / Alex Grimm/GettyImages

Participant

Ranking

GK: Oliver Baumann (c)

6/1/10

RB: Pavel Kaderabek

6.3/10

CB: Kevin Akpoguma

5.2/10

CB: Stanley N’Soki

6.8/10

LB: David Jurasek

6.5/10

RM: Adam Hlozek

6.3/10

CM: Anton Stach

8.0/10

CM: Finn Becker

7.3/10

LM: Tom Bischof

6.9/10

ST: Andrej Kramaric

7.3/10

ST: Max Moerstedt

6.4/10

SUB: David Mokwa (78′ for Stach)

7.2/10

SUB: Arthur Chaves (80′ for Bischof)

6.5/10

SUB: Florian Micheler (81′ for Hlozek)

N/A

Subs not used: Luca Philipp (GK), Tim Philipp (GK), Luca Erlein, Robin Hranac, Valentin Gendrey, Hennes Behrens, Luka Djuric, Simon Kalambayi.

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James Maddison

James Maddison put Spurs forward early on / DANIEL ROLAND/GettyImages

Participant

Ranking

GK: Brandon Austin

7.7/10

RB: Pedro Porro

7.4/10

CB: Radu Dragusin

6.8/10

CB: Ben Davies

7.4/10

LB: Archie Grey

6.9/10

CM: Lucas Bergvall

7.4/10

CM: Rodrigo Bentancur

8.1/10

CM: James Maddison

8.7/10

RW: Dejan Kulusevski

6.8/10

ST: Richarlison

6.6/10

LW: Son Heung-min (c)

8.9/10

SUB: Mikey Moore (56′ for Richarlison)

6.7/10

SUB: Will Lankshear (79′ for Son)

6.2/10

SUB: Callum Olusesi (89′ for Maddison)

N/A

Subs not used: Fraser Forster (GK), Alfie Whiteman (GK), Dante Cassanova, Malachi Hardy, Damola Ajayi.

Participant of the match – Son Heung-min (Tottenham)

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