Victor Osimhen scored twice to inflict a first Europa League defeat on 10-man Tottenham and earn a 3-2 win for wasteful Galatasaray.

The Spurs conceded 28 shots and had just five, but escaped Istanbul with a respectable score despite Will Lankshear being sent off in the second half.

Galatasaray took the lead in the sixth minute when Yunus Akgun’s superb volley from the edge of the area crashed into the top right corner, but Spurs responded through 19-year-old striker Lankshear , who scored his first goal for the club after Brennan Johnson. had squared a cross.

However, the visitors were vulnerable at the back throughout, with Osimhen forcing a good save from Forster and then a goal ruled out for offside before restoring his side’s lead with a smart spot-kick after Radu Dragusin gave the ball away.

Forster saved from Osimhen again, but just 60 seconds later the striker scored his second of the first half with a cushioned volley from Dries Mertens’ perfect cross.

Ange Postecoglou brought on Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur for Brennan Johnson and Heung-Min Son at half-time – but Spurs got worse. Abdulkerim Bardakci saw a shot on goal blocked after Forster dropped an easy cross before Akgun’s volley was deflected inches wide and Osimhen missed two chances.

Lankshear then picked up his second yellow card, just seven minutes after the first, for a silly tackle on the halfway line, then Forster made two more saves.

Solanke, however, cleverly sent Pedro Porro’s low cutback into the net against the run of play to put Spurs within a goal and Kulusevski could have equalized in injury time when his long-range shot rolled wide with the keeper Fernando Muslera well out of his goal. .

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