Brennan Johnson scores the one purpose as Tottenham beat Man Utd to carry the cup and qualify for the Champions League.
Tottenham beat Manchester United 1-0 to win the Europa League last, lifting its first European trophy in additional than 4 a long time 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, through which it’s going to 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 aid for supervisor Ange Postecoglou after he struggled to maintain his workforce on observe all 12 months.
The victory comes six years after Tottenham fell brief towards Liverpool within the Champions League last.
The defeat provides strain on United coach Ruben Amorim, whose workforce sits in sixteenth place — simply forward of Tottenham — within the Premier League. The membership won’t 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 tough save by Tottenham goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.
It had been a fair match, with neither workforce creating many important scoring alternatives, till Tottenham bought 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 in a position to get the equaliser in entrance of a cut up crowd of practically 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 underneath supervisor Jose Mourinho.
The Pink Devils misplaced all 4 matches towards Tottenham this season and is winless towards its rival in seven straight video games, with the final six underneath Postecoglou.
United and Tottenham had met in only one earlier last — 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.
