spurs beat greece
deepseescribing > 06/11/2014, 23:09
Tottenham Hotspur continued their march towards the Europa League knock-out stages with victory in Greece, yet their shocking second-half display against Asteras Tripolis will be of major concern to Mauricio Pochettino.
Andros Townsend's first-half penalty and a Harry Kane header minutes later proved the difference at the Theodoros Kolokotronis Stadium as Spurs secured back-to-back Group C wins.
It was nowhere near as straightforward as it should have been, though, with Asteras deserving much more than Jeronimo Barrales' late consolation goal and a 2-1 home defeat.
Few could have predicted such a flaky Spurs display after a dominant, if uninspiring, opening period in which Townsend opened the scoring from the spot.
The England winger provided a fine cross shortly afterwards for Kane to net his eighth in as many games, making a scoreline similar to the 5-1 thumping in the reverse fixture two weeks ago look possible.