Brennan Johnson scores the one purpose as Tottenham beat Man Utd to raise the cup and qualify for the Champions League.
Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League ultimate, lifting its first European trophy in additional than 4 many years to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League.
It’s the first main title for Tottenham because it gained the English League Cup in 2008, and its first European triumph because it gained its second UEFA Cup — the equal of the Europa League now — in 1984.
Brennan Johnson squeezed within the winner on the finish of the primary half on Wednesday to assist Spurs salvage a dismal season, wherein it can end close to the underside of the Premier League standings.
The title ensures Spurs a spot in subsequent season’s Champions League, and brings some much-needed reduction for supervisor Ange Postecoglou after he struggled to maintain his crew on observe all 12 months.
The victory comes six years after Tottenham fell brief in opposition to Liverpool within the Champions League ultimate.
The defeat provides strain on United coach Ruben Amorim, whose crew sits in sixteenth place — simply forward of Tottenham — within the Premier League. The membership is not going to play in any European competitors subsequent season.
United got here near equalising the match on Wednesday when a header by Rasmus Hojlund was cleared on the purpose line by Tottenham’s Micky van de Ven within the 68th.
Deep into stoppage time, a header by Luke Shaw prompted a troublesome save by Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
It had been a fair match, with neither crew creating many vital scoring alternatives, till Tottenham obtained on the board within the forty second minute after a cross by Pape Sarr into the realm.
The ball ricocheted off Shaw and fell in entrance of Johnson, who appeared to get simply sufficient of it to poke it throughout the purpose line.
United pressed ahead after conceding, however was not capable of get the equaliser in entrance of a cut up crowd of almost 50,000 at Athletic Bilbao’s San Mames Stadium.
United had final gained a trophy within the 2024 FA Cup, and its final European triumph was on the 2017 Europa League beneath supervisor Jose Mourinho.
The Crimson Devils misplaced all 4 matches in opposition to Tottenham this season and is winless in opposition to its rival in seven straight video games, with the final six beneath Postecoglou.
United and Tottenham had met in only one earlier ultimate — the 2009 League Cup when Alex Ferguson’s United gained 4-1 on penalties after a 0-0 draw.
Tottenham striker Son Heung-min, who got here off the bench within the 67th, lastly ended his decade-long trophy drought with Spurs.
