LONDON -- Dele Alli apologised to his Tottenham Hotspur teammates and Gent player Brecht Dejaegere after his horror tackle and red card in Thursday's Europa League game at Wembley.
Spurs crashed out of the competition in the round-of-32 after Alli was sent off for his lunge on Dejaegere -- who had appeared to foul him moments before -- in the 40th minute.
The match finished 2-2 to send Belgian club Gent through 3-2 on aggregate following their 1-0 home win last week.
It was the first red card of Alli's career and centre-back Toby Alderweireld told reporters: "Of course he said sorry.