Tottenham’s Resilient Victory in Europa League Opener Against QarabagResilience Shines as Spurs Overcome Early SetbackTottenham Hotspur’s Europa League journey began under challenging

Tottenham return to European competition after a year’s absence and take on the champions from Azerbaijan at home

Tottenham made a perfect start to their Europa League campaign as they beat Qarabag 3-0, despite playing with ten men for more than 80 minutes. Kick-off was delayed by 35 minutes in north London due to “severe travel disruption”, and it was a disastrous opening for Spurs when the match finally did get underway.

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.

Ange Postecoglou looked far from pleased with Radu Dragusin after he was given his marching orders during Tottenham Hotspur's clash against Qarabag. The 22-year-old defender was shown a red card just minutes into the Lilywhites' opening match of the new-look Europa league campaign.

Tottenham star Radu Dragusin was sent off in the early stages of their Europa League match against Qarabag in north London on Thursday night. The Romania international was caught napping on the ball as the last man and was resorted to bringing down his opponent.