Spurs haul themselves past Lokomotiv

Kane 80pen; Ndombele 85

Tottenham survived a Europa League scare as they needed two goals in the final ten minutes to beat Lokomotiv Plovdiv 2-1 in the second qualifying round.

Spurs named a strong team in Bulgaria but were facing an embarrassing loss when Georgi Mindev put the hosts ahead in the 71st minute.

But Jose Mourinho’s men saved face with an impressive comeback thanks to a Harry Kane penalty after an incident in which two Plovdiv players were sent off and Tanguy Ndombele’s 85th-minute winner which set them up to face Macedonians Shkendija in next Thursday’s third qualifying round.

Spurs will hope Gareth Bale, pictured, will not have been watching ahead of his pro - posed return to the club as they laboured against a much weaker team.

S o n H e u n g - m i n s h o t a t t h e l e g s o f Martin Lukovs after b e i n g p l a y e d i n b y Giovani Lo Celso inside the opening ten minutes and Steven B ergwijn rattled the crossbar soon after.

Spurs had their best chance eight minutes after the restart when Ben Davies teed up Son but he clipped an easy chance over the bar from six yards.

Mourinho’s men then had the rug pulled out from under their feet as they conceded from a set-play. A corner was flicked on to the back p ost where Minchev ran in to slam past Hugo Lloris. Spurs levelled nine minutes later as Davies’ header was handled on the line by Dinis Costa who was sent off, with teammate Birsent Karagaren following for a second yellow card after strong protests.

K a n e f i r e d t h e s p o t- k i c k high into the net to open his account for the season.

Five minutes later, Ndombel e was o n h a n d to c o nve r t L u c a s M o u r a’s p a s s a f t e r S p u r s h a d g o t i n d o w n the right.