Bodo/Glimt 0-2 Tottenham: Spurs reach the Europa League final to face Manchester United after Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro goals

Tottenham will face Manchester United within the Europa League closing as they cruised previous Bodo/Glimt to remain within the hunt for a primary European title in 41 years.

Ange Postecoglou’s males navigated a tough semi-final second leg in Norway to succeed in their sixth European closing – and first for the reason that 2019 Champions League closing.

Dominic Solanke and Pedro Porro struck within the second half to seal a 5-1 combination success and ensure an all-English showdown with United in Bilbao on 21 Might.

Spurs’ trophy drought stretches to a League Cup triumph in 2008, however additional again to 1984 in Europe after they gained the Uefa Cup.

Postecoglou’s daring assertion in September that he at all times wins silverware in his second season at a membership had been met with mockery at instances this time period, with Tottenham sixteenth within the Premier League.

But they’re now one sport away from ending their barren spell to show the Australian proper, regardless of their abject home season.

They succeeded with out the injured James Maddison, Lucas Bergvall and Heung-min Son in what was a historic sport for the hosts, who had by no means reached a European semi-final earlier than.

The three-1 house first-leg win final week gave Spurs a cushion and so they managed the return expertly, limiting energetic Bodo to few alternatives on the bogus pitch.

The hosts, who knocked out Lazio within the quarter-final and beat Porto at house, wanted an early aim but it surely by no means got here, with Guglielmo Vicario turning away Patrick Berg’s free kick.

A textbook tight opening half gave method to a managed second as fears Tottenham would freeze within the Arctic Circle proved unfounded.

Full-back Future Udogie thwarted Kasper Hogh, however Solanke put the tie additional out of attain after 63 minutes when he poked in from shut vary from a Cristian Romero knockdown.

Six minutes later Porro’s looping cross dropped in off the submit to finish any Bodo hopes, with the Norwegian aspect having an injury-time penalty overturned by the video assistant referee (VAR).