Spurs crash out after crumbling in Croatia

Jose Mourinho was left feeling the pressure after Tottenham were embarrassingly dumped out of the Europa League after a 3-0 loss to Dinamo Zagreb.

Spurs had one foot in the quarter-finals after last week's 2-0 first-leg win, but they crumbled in Croatia and succumbed to Mislav Orsic's sensational hattrick, going out 3-2 on aggregate after extra-time.

Even at half-time of the second leg it seemed unthinkable that Spurs would not progress, but Orsic, pictured, struck twice in the second half to send it to extra-time and then won it with 14 minutes remaining.

What made it even more unbelievable is that Zagreb's manager Zoran Mamic was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison on Monday and was forced to resign.

Spurs' demise was a different sort of crime and any hopes of any silverware this season now rest with a Carabao Cup final against Manchester City next month.

But even winning that might not prove sufficient as their European exit closes one avenue into next season's Champions League and they remain off the pace in the top-four race in the Premier League.

Recalled Arsenal captain Pierre-emerick Aubameyang missed a number of chances as the Gunners made heavy weather of progressing to the last eight against 10-man Olympiacos.

Holding a 3-1 win from the first leg, a poor display saw Arsenal lose 1-0 at the Emirates Stadium but advance on aggregate.

Mikel Arteta recalled Aubameyang after axing the striker for the north London derby win over Spurs four days earlier following a breach in pre-match protocol. But the skipper would pass up a number of opportunities to kill off the tie, with Youssef El-arabi scoring to earn the Greeks victory on the night despite the dismissal of Ousseynou Ba.