This chaotic defeat will not stop Tottenham progressing in the Europa League, but there’s every chance it will linger. The ringing in the ears of Ange Postecoglou and his players when they wake in London will see to that.
Remind them it was not just some sort of fever dream. For the first hour, Spurs were mauled by Galatasaray. Sliced open with astonishing regularity, their goal peppered with 27 efforts by the Turks, who scored three before half-time.
Victor Osimhen gave a lesson in the art of centre forward play and only Fraser Forster’s heroics kept humiliation at bay before, having been reduced to 10 men on the hour, they summoned some sort of fightback as Galatasaray ran out of energy and ended up hanging on.