Victor Osimhen scored twice to offer Galatasaray a deserved win over Tottenham and finish the Londoners’ 100 per cent file within the Europa League.
The Nigeria striker was too highly effective and too intelligent for a makeshift Spurs defence and, had it not been for goalkeeper Fraser Forster, the margin of victory would have been a lot higher.
Yunus Akgun additionally scored for the hosts in entrance of a boisterous house crowd with Will Lankshear, who was later sent-off on a bittersweet evening for the teenage striker, and Dominic Solanke heading in the right direction for Spurs.
The Galatasaray followers had created a sometimes hostile environment earlier than kick-off and the noise cranked up even additional after six minutes when their facet went forward from their first severe assault.
Early setback for Spurs
A free-kick into the Tottenham space was headed clear but it surely fell to Akgun and he hammered a left-footed shot into the highest right-hand nook from 25 yards with Forster having no probability.
It was his fourth objective of the season within the Europa League and he tried his luck once more shortly afterwards however this time missed the goal.
What a strike from Yunus Akgun 🚀
Galatasaray take an early lead in opposition to Tottenham because of an absolute rocket of a end 😱
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Spurs have been trying nervous however, out of nowhere, they conjured up a neat equaliser.
Archie Grey’s cross picked out Brennan Johnson on the far submit and his volley throughout objective was good for Lankshear to poke into the roof of the online.
It was to show temporary respite for Ange Postecoglou’s facet as Galatasaray instantly regained the momentum and so they may have gone again forward after 25 minutes. Good work from Gabriel Sara enabled Osimhen to burst by way of on objective along with his shot nicely saved by Forster and Dries Mertens firing the rebound extensive.
Osimhen was proving a menace for the Spurs defence and the offside flag denied him 5 minutes later after he latched on to Mertens’ cross.
Osimhen to not be denied
It was third time fortunate for the pacy striker, who’s spending the season on mortgage at Galatasaray from Napoli, shortly afterwards.
Mauro Icardi pinched the ball from Radu Dragusin and when it fell to Mertens, he performed in Osimhen who made no mistake with a scientific end into the underside right-hand nook.
It was 3-1 six minutes earlier than the break. Osimhen’s preliminary effort was saved by the ft of Forster however he may do nothing as Galatasaray maintained possession and Mertens, who confirmed he had misplaced nothing of his artistic spark at 37 years of age, whipped in an excellent cross that Osimhen sidefooted previous Forster.
Johnson and captain Son Heung-min have been hauled off by Postecoglou at half-time but it surely did little to alter the circulation of the sport and Abdulkerim Bardakci had two efforts at objective after Forster flapped at Sara’s free-kick.
Osimhen fluffed the possibility for a hat-trick by heading over Mertens’ cross from the precise earlier than he was then denied by an excellent save from Forster.
Lankshear loses his head
Spurs’ hopes of navigating a route again into the sport received more and more tougher on the hour mark when Lankshear, who was already on a yellow card, misplaced possession, clattered into Sara and was dismissed.
Issues go from dangerous to worse for Tottenham 😬
19-year-old Will Lankshear receives a second yellow card and is distributed off for Spurs 🟥
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Forster saved from Akgun and Baris Yilmaz to maintain Spurs in it and the guests made essentially the most of their goalkeeper’s excellence by pulling one again on a uncommon foray into the Galatasaray half.
Pedro Porro escaped down the precise and his low cross was turned in cleverly by substitute Solanke.
Icardi was carried off on a stretcher earlier than Dejan Kulusevski got here agonisingly near snatching an underserved equaliser with a long-range lob that drifted simply extensive with Fernando Muslera out of his objective.
