Bale On Target As Tottenham Sweep Past Wolfsberg

By Daily sports on February 19, 2021

Gareth Bale scored one goal and created another as Tottenham Hotspur enjoyed a 4-1 win in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 clash with Austrian side Wolfsberg on Thursday.

The Welshman, whose starts have mainly been limited to the Europa League since returning to Spurs on loan from Real Madrid in October, set up Son Heung-min for his side's opener.

Bale struck a classy second goal in the 28th minute, taking his tally for the season to five, before Lucas Moura made it 3-0 with a solo effort before halftime.

Wolfsberg, the home side despite having to play in the Puskas Arena in Budapest because of Austrian Covid-19 travel restrictions, made a match of it after the break with Michael Liendl pulling a goal back from the penalty spot.

Chris Wernitznig almost scored again for the hosts when his shot struck the underside of the crossbar and stayed out before Tottenham substitute Carlos Vinicius, who had replaced Son at halftime, touched home his side’s fourth late on.

It was Tottenham’s first away win in the knockout stages of the Europa League since 2008 and Jose Mourinho, a winner of the competition with Manchester United, is clearly taking it seriously.

Spurs lost four of their last five games in the Premier League and will be hoping the victory kickstarts a revival.

“Winning games breeds confidence and hopefully now this can be the start of a good run,” Bale said.

Bale was given a rare start, as was Dele Alli, and both impressed in a dominant first half for Tottenham.

Bale’s low cross was met with an instinctive stooping header by Son and when he was played in again on the right by Matt Doherty he cleverly backheeled the ball before spinning and firing a left-foot shot past Alexander Kofler. (Reuters)

•PHOTO: Tottenham players celebrating one of their goals against Wolfsberg

Source Daily sports

Posted February 19, 2021


 

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