Ange Postecoglou’s decision to place his faith in youth paid off as Tottenham registered their fifth successive win in all competitions – and second in the Europa League – with a 2-1 victory at Ferencvaros.
Postecoglou named four teenagers in his side – Archie Gray, Lucas Bergvall, Mikey Moore and debutant Will Lankshear – and they passed the test with flying colours in an often chaotic game in Budapest.
Pape Sarr put the visitors in front after 23 minutes and substitute Brennan Johnson added a second with his fifth goal in five games with four minutes to go.
Barnabas Varga pulled one back late on but Spurs held on and are now well placed in the Europa League table.
Spurs found themselves under the cosh early on and they required a major slice of luck to avoid falling behind after 16 minutes.
Eldar Civic’s left-wing cross was headed in by Varga but a lengthy VAR check ruled the striker was in an offside position with his knee marginally ahead of the Spurs defenders.
Varga was causing Spurs problems and only a brilliant save from Guglielmo Vicario kept out his close-range effort four minutes later.
Sarr strikes
Having survived the onslaught, the visitors promptly went ahead from their first meaningful attack.
Moore chipped a ball aimlessly into the box and, after some woeful defending, it fell at the feet of Sarr and he finished coolly into the bottom left-hand corner.
Spurs take the lead!
Pape Matar Sarr reacts first and squeezes it into the bottom corner 
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Sarr almost added a second shortly afterwards with a piledriver straight at Ferencvaros goalkeeper Denes Dibusz.
It was frantic stuff with both sides pouring forward with defending an afterthought.
Pedro Porro was next to try his luck, nutmegging Mohammad Abu Fani before curling a shot on to the left-hand post.
The Spanish full-back got forward again two minutes…
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Publish date : 2024-10-03 18:54:51
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