Tottenham Coup To Top Group J Standings After Crushing Royal Antwerp

Tottenham Hotspur's Giovani Lo Celso celebrates his goal against Royal Antwerp (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - Tottenham Hotspur defeated the top of Group J in the Europa League after crushing Royal Antwerp 2-0 in the final match which took place at the Tottenham Hotspurs Stadium, London, England, Thursday local time (Friday WIB).

This last match did not mean so much to the two teams, because they were confirmed to qualify for the last 32 of the Europa League since the fifth match. It's just that, both Tottenham and Antwerp are competing for the top of the group standings.

This victory also became a revans for Jose Mourinho's club because in the previous match they lost 0-1 at Antwerp headquarters.

Launching Antara, for this achievement Tottenham collected 13 points or one point adrift of Antwerp in second place with a collection of 12 points.

The hosts are indeed overpowering the Belgian with a record of 21 kick attempts, 10 of which are right on target. In contrast to Antwerp, which only released two attempted kicks throughout the game.

Tottenham's first dangerous chance came in the 35th minute. Lo Celso's action after passing two Antwerp players ended with a kick, but the visitors' goalkeeper, Beiranvand was still able to save the ball.

Tottenham's advantage only occurred in the 57th minute. Starting from Bale's free kick, the ball was pushed over by the goalkeeper but the bounce instead led to Carlos Vinicuis who escaped the offside trap. He immediately released his cheat into an empty goal.

Kane wasted a chance to double the lead in the 68th minute. It was he who won the aerial duel to welcome the corner kick, unfortunately his header in front of the goal mouth went wide upwards.

Shortly after the opportunity, Lo Celso, who played well in this match, listed his name on the scoreboard. Lo Celso successfully rattled the Antwerp net after completing Harry Kane's measured pass. Tottenham won 2-0.

Meanwhile in another match that brought the Burgaria club Ludogorets against LASK it ended 3-1 for the visitors to win in a match which took place at the Ludogorets Stadium.

The match between these two teams will not have any effect as they have already been eliminated in the Europa League. In the final standings of Group J, LASK is in third place with 10 points behind Tottenham and Antwerp, while Ludogorets is the butt because it hasn't won a single point.