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A bizarre own goal gave stuttering Tottenham a home win over Villarreal on their return to the Champions League.
Thomas Frank’s side controlled the first half and the ever energetic Lucas Bergvall created an early goal when his cross was fumbled into his own net by goalkeeper Luiz Junior.
CALAMITY at the back for Villarreal! 🫣🟡
Spurs were gifted a early goal as Luiz Júnior turned into his own net 🎁 pic.twitter.com/2Fs7EWYEbV
The Brazilian stood up to remonstrate with his defence but it was a dreadful error all of his own doing.
That threatened to open the floodgates but instead Spurs struggled and had just one shot on target in the rest of the half.
Villarreal were much improved after the break, without overly troubling Guglielmo Vicario in the Tottenham goal.
The hosts struggled in the second half, struggling for any fluency and giving the ball away all too often.
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