ers. Just seven minutes into the match, Radu Drăgușin found himself in a terrible spot. The Romania international was Tottenham’s last defender and had the ball picked off him by Qarabağ FK’s Juninho. Drăgușin scrambled to try to win the ball back as Juninho raced toward Guglielmo Vicario’s goal. However, he couldn’t pry the ball off Juninho and took him down outside of the Tottenham penalty area. Referee Willy Delajod didn’t hesitate to show Drăgușin a straight red card, meaning Spurs had to play the rest of the match with 10 men.
Brennan Johnson would ease the nerves of the fans in attendance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium by opening the scoring four minutes later to find the back of the net for the third straight match.
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Postecoglou left Spence out of his Europa League squad, with Tottenham set to get their European campaign underway on Thursday.
And Wenham – speaking exclusively to Tottenham News – was not happy with that decision.
“It is frustrating that Spence has been left out,” Wenham said.
I think this would have been the perfect game for him to feature in. After his goal against Coventry City, his confidence will be high.
Therefore, to come off the back of that and make a home appearance for Tottenham would have been positive.
As a result, I do find it frustrating that he isn’t in the squad.”
Djed Spence unable to feature for Tottenham against Qarabağ FK
It seems quite baffling that Spence wasn’t included in Spurs’ Europa League squad.
Postecoglou is expected to make a host of changes for the visit of Qarabağ. Therefore, it would have been a perfect opportunity for Spence to get some much-needed minutes.
The defender proved with his goal in the 2-1 win at Coventry City (18 September) that he can be a useful asset this season.
However, he won’t have the opportunity to demonstrate that in the Europa League, at least not until the knockout stages.
In other Tottenham news, the club have been hailed after Daniel Levy made a U-turn on a behind-the-scenes controversy.
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