As Tottenham agreed a fee of £50million with Bayern Munich for Mathys Tel their Europa League progress was set in motion by three of their academy graduates, all scoring their first goals for the club.
The breakthrough came from Dane Scarlett, who spent the first half of the season on loan at Oxford United and recalled when the Championship team changed their manager and his opportunities dried up.
The plan had been to find him another club on loan to continue his development but last night he came off the bench and to the rescue with his first Spurs goal.