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Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham LIVE: Dominic Solanke penalty secures Spurs’ spot in Europa League semi-finals

Tottenham Hotspur secured a spot in the Europa League semi-finals with a narrow and dramatic 1-0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt courtesy of Dominic Solanke’s first goal in three months.

Ange Postecoglou’s side have endured a dismal domestic campaign and were dealt another blow by Wolves between the two legs of this quarter-final tie, but bounced back with a strong defensive performance amid a hostile atmosphere in Germany.

They came into this tie after a 1-1 home draw and clung on by the skin of their teeth after Solanke put them ahead from the spot in the 42nd minute.

The visitors were awarded a penalty when James Maddison - who was withdrawn shortly before half-time - was brought down by a reckless challenge by goalkeeper Kaua Santos. The youngster was the hero of last week’s tie but could not replicate his heroics at home as Solanke waited for him to dive the wrong way before coolly slotting down the middle.

Tottenham face the winner of Lazio versus Bodo/Glimt, with that quarter-final heading to extra time after the Italian side fought back from 2-0 down in the first leg to finish 2-2 down in normal time in the second leg.

Follow all of the latest from Frankfurt with our live blog below:

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham LIVE

  • Eintracht Frankfurt host Tottenham in Europa League semi-final second leg | Live on TNT Sports with kick off at 8pm
  • Tie is finely poised at 1-1 after last week's first leg
  • Spurs are hoping to salvage a difficult domestic campaign with European success
  • '17 SAVE! Van de Ven challenge denies Ekitike one-on-one with Vicario [SGE 0-0 TOT]
  • '25 SAVE! Brilliant Tel shot forces Santos into fingertip save [SGE 0-0 TOT]
  • '42 GOAL! Solanke scores first goal in three months with composed penalty [SGE 0-1 TOT]
  • '61 CLOSE! Romero knocks header wide as Tottenham battle to stay in front [SGE 0-1 TOT]
  • '77 SAVE! Vicario makes brilliant save with his foot to deny best Frankfurt chance so far [SGE 0-1 TOT]

Eintracht Frankfurt 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur FC

Spurs to face Bodo/Glimt!

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:54 , Flo Clifford

A Norwegian side is into the Europa League semi-finals for the first time!

Bodo/Glimt beat Lazio 3-2 on penalties after their second leg finished 3-3 on aggregate in extra time. A hugely dramatic end and it’s the Norwegians who will play Spurs in the last four!

Who next?

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:50 , Flo Clifford

On a crazy night in Europe, Lazio vs Bodo/Glimt has gone to penalties after a 3-3 goal in extra time.

Elsewhere, Manchester United won a nine-goal thriller with Lyon deep in added time to reach the semis 7-6 on aggregate,

'Couldn't be prouder' - Postecoglou

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:46 , Flo Clifford

More from the manager: “Couldn't be prouder. We earned the right and deserved to go through.

On Solanke: “He was awesome. People look at his goals but what he does for this team his unbelievable. The whole team worked so hard, you have to do it and be disciplined. Credit to all the lads.”

On Maddison: “Courage personified. He has been working so hard for this team. He copped a whack, which he is sore with, but he will take that to go through."

On Romero and Van de Ven: “Romero and Van de Ven are a big part of what we do. I thought the whole back four were magnificent. Ekitike is a top striker and they kept him quiet.”

'People like to mock and ridicule' - Ange Postecoglou

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:35 , Flo Clifford

Postecoglou speaks to TNT Sports now.

On the travelling fans, he says: “Hopefully they enjoy it, they deserve it. Our fans have been through a tough time and we understand their disappointment.

Will this silence the critics? “Doubt it! My pleasure comes from seeing this group of players rewarded. They have never lost belief. Super proud of them.

“I will leave that. People like to mock and ridicule. They diminish my achievements, I will keep doing what I do.

“We are in the final four. Semi-final of a Europe competition. We are not often there.”

'Playing in semi-finals is what we dream of' - Solanke

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:27 , Flo Clifford

"It’s something we have been looking forward to all season, being back in Europe,” he continues. From the start of the season we’ve wanted to win the thing and obviously we’re a step closer now. Hopefully we can do it.”

On responding to the criticism of Ange Postecoglou: “Of course [this is the best way to respond]. We haven’t had the best of seasons in the Premier League but ultimately we want to win trophies.

"We have a good chance to do that this year with this cup.

“Playing in semi-finals is what we dream of. We want to play in big games and we’re definitely looking forward to it.”

How things stand

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:22 , Flo Clifford

We know two of the semi-finalists: Tottenham and Athletic Club are both through, with the latter winning 2-0 over Rangers tonight and on aggregate.

Elsewhere, Manchester United vs Lyon and Lazio vs Bodo/Glimt have both gone to extra time and are at half-time in that ET now. The scores in those two are 2-3 (agg 4-5) and 3-0 (agg 3-2).

Tottenham will play the winner of Lazio vs Bodo/Glimt.

'Worth the wait' to end goal drought - Dominic Solanke

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:16 , Flo Clifford

Dominic Solanke chats to TNT Sports.

Did they deserve to win? “I think so, over the two legs,” the goalscorer says. We probably should have won at home. We knew it would be difficult today. They are a top side, tough stadium to come to, but we got the job done.

On his penalty: “It was always going to be a penalty, I don’t know why it took so long. Great bravery to get there before the keeper [from James Maddison]. We managed to get the goal from it.

“It’s been a few games without [a goal] now so to get one in a game like this was worth the wait.”

Spurs into the last four

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:11 , Flo Clifford

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Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:05 , Flo Clifford

Hugs all around and big smiles on the faces of all Spurs’ players. Postecoglou applauds the small contingent of travelling fans.

Tottenham go through to the semi-finals!

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:04 , Flo Clifford

Spurs withstand a late barrage of pressure to book their spot in the semis!

1-0 on the night courtesy of Dominic Solanke, 2-1 on aggregate. What a night, what a game.

FULL-TIME: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:02 , Flo Clifford

90+7 mins: Total chaos as everyone drives forward, eventually Kulusevski hooks it away and Udogie sprints forward with Santos sprinting back to his goal...

And that’s it!

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 22:01 , Flo Clifford

90+7 mins: We restart and Frankfurt press; Romero (who’s fine) goes into the book for a daft challenge and concedes a free-kick.

Santos has come up...

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:59 , Flo Clifford

90+5 mins: Theate goes into the book for hassling Romero to his feet and having a go at him.

A very tense end to this half.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:58 , Flo Clifford

90+3 mins: Corner to Frankfurt as Vicario comes way off his line to punch the ball back into play when it looked to be heading out.

It heads all the way to Ekitike at the far post but Udogie gets there and drives away. Tottenham have two players down in the box and the medics on to take a look at Romero.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:56 , Flo Clifford

90+2 mins: Weird moment as we restart play with a drop ball in Tottenham’s half. Van de Ven boots it away. Postecoglou not happy with that.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:55 , Flo Clifford

90 mins: Chaibi takes but Solanke gets a brilliant header to it.

Van de Ven hooks out the ball and Kulusevski sprints away as Spurs counter. Now Santos comes out and collides with Solanke again, but we play on!

FIVE added minutes.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:53 , Flo Clifford

89 mins: Bergvall boots a clearance all the way to Santos. Better.

Vicario jumps up to collect a speculative cross, and holds on for a little while. Takes a breather.

Sarr sends it behind for a corner.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:51 , Flo Clifford

87 mins: Spurs keep clearing, but only so far as Frankfurt’s back line, who just recycle it forward again. Both teams are camped out in Spurs’ half. Corner to the hosts.

Ekitike gets his head to it, but also puts too much power on it and it goes behind.

Squeaky bum time.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:48 , Flo Clifford

84 mins: All Frankfurt and Spurs have another let-off as Kristensen tries to sidefoot it this time, but only sends it tamely to Vicario.

Now Tottenham counter but Kulusevski drags a poor effort wide.

Kevin Danso comes on for Johnson.

CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:47 , Flo Clifford

83 mins: Reprieve for Tottenham! Frankfurt send it across goal, Spurs get their man-marking wrong and Kristensen tries to drill it into the bottom corner from just a few yards out - but it’s wide! Huge, huge chance. He covers his face with his shirt.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:45 , Flo Clifford

81 mins: Ten minutes or so for Spurs to see this one out.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:44 , Flo Clifford

79 mins: And a sub for Tottenham: Tel comes off for Sarr.

A moment ago Bentancur went into the book for a late challenge in Spurs’ half.

Now Sarr tries to clear a Frankfurt move but it falls to Skhiri, who hooks in a cross for Wahi - but his knockdown is straight into Vicario’s gloves. Offside anyway.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:41 , Flo Clifford

77 mins: Subs for Frankfurt: Larsson and Brown make way for Wahi and Knauff.

CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:40 , Flo Clifford

76 mins: Chaos! Frankfurt give the ball away cheaply and Tottenham press. Johnson squares it to Solanke, who shoots from the edge of the box, but Koch deflects for a throw-in.

Now back the other end, Ekitike gets the better of Van de Ven and eventually Bergvall hooks it away, but not far enough. Kristensen heads down for Ekitike, who gets a flick at the near post and Vicario gets a foot to it, a brilliant save but the danger is still there and after an agonising few moments of pin-ball in the box it drifts wide of the far post!

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:37 , Flo Clifford

72 mins: Porro’s looping cross falls to Romero but Kristensen clears and Frankfurt press forward.

Dino Toppmoller isn’t very pleased at how quickly play resumed after that check.

Ekitike keeps the ball in the box under a lot of pressure and eventually it falls to Uzun. Vicario runs out to collect.

PENALTY? Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:35 , Flo Clifford

70 mins: Frankfurt press and it bounces around the box for a while, before Ekitike goes down under a challenge by Romero. Spurs nab possession and break, but the crowd is howling for a penalty for handball by the defender!

Tottenham’s move comes to nothing but that challenge is being checked... no penalty.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:31 , Flo Clifford

67 mins: Udogie sends in a delightful cross and Theate does well to get to the ball before Johnson, running down the right, and send it out for a Tottenham corner.

Bentancur heads the delivery over the bar and he’s very annoyed about it.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:30 , Flo Clifford

66 mins: Larsson tries to lay it off for Theate but leaves too much space and Kulusevski nabs it as Tottenham charge forward.

It’s a good break as Porro crosses in, with the ball going behind for a corner. Tottenham recycle it but Tel can’t quite connect properly and launches it over the bar!

CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:26 , Flo Clifford

62 mins: Frantic stuff. Tuta takes a punt from some distance out but skies it over the bar! Vicario dived just to make sure.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:25 , Flo Clifford

60 mins: Back down the other way! Kulusevski pulls it back for Johnson but he’s got too much momentum and trips over his own feet trying to set up for a goal. Kulusevski has a dig of his own but it takes a deflection and goes out for a corner.

Romero gets his head to it but knocks it just wide of the far post!

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:24 , Flo Clifford

59 mins: Frankfurt swap one 19-year-old for another as Can Uzun comes on for Bahoya.

Udogie does brilliantly to set up a Spurs counter but Chaibi tracks back to beat Kulusevski; now Frankfurt try on the counter and get all the way forward before Bergvall does well to punt it away.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:21 , Flo Clifford

57 mins: End to end at the moment. Tottenham press and Udogie does down looking for a foul, but the referee isn’t interested. Now Eintracht nick the ball and counter, with Ekitike weaving his way towards goal, but it’s eventually dealt with.

Spurs need to calm things down a little. This half has had a frantic feel so far and the visitors haven’t been able to impose themselves in midfield since Maddison went off.

Kristensen goes into the book for a challenge and will miss the semi-final, if Eintracht get there.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:18 , Flo Clifford

54 mins: Tottenham play with fire. Ekitike is given loads of time on the ball in the box before laying it off for Kristensen, but Udogie gets there just in time to send it off the Eintracht man and out for a goal kick.

CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham (1-2 on agg)

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:15 , Flo Clifford

50 mins: Kulusevski and Theate collide and the referee stops play. He awards Eintracht a free-kick, with Chaibi to take, pretty central about 30 yards out.

He curls it goalward and Vicario is scrambling to get there, but it drifts a fraction wide of the post! That looked to be heading into the top corner but it’s a lucky escape for Tottenham.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:13 , Flo Clifford

48 mins: Bentancur does well to intercept the ball early doors.

Frankfurt have started this half looking lively but Van de Ven darts in to snuff out a move. He’s been immense so far tonight.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:10 , Flo Clifford

46 mins: Can Tottenham hold on?

TNT Sports comms remind us that the last time they had a clean sheet was the 16th February. With only a one-goal lead they could do with ending that run tonight.

SECOND HALF: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:09 , Flo Clifford

Back underway!

HALF-TIME: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 21:00 , Flo Clifford

Johnson was also shown a yellow for that late challenge. Not entirely sure what the Frankfurt coach was given a red for, though.

The sides have 15 minutes to take a breather after that intense end to the half. As it stands Spurs have one foot in the Europa League semi-finals - but there’s still a long way to go.

HALF-TIME: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:55 , Flo Clifford

45+6 mins: A dramatic end to quite a dramatic half. Both sides really piled the pressure on as momentum swung back and forth in the absolute cauldron that is the Deutsche Bank Park.

In the end it was a reckless challenge by keeper Santos, and an inspired, composed penalty by Solanke, that made the difference. Tottenham lead 1-0 on the night and 2-1 on aggregate.

RED CARD! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:53 , Flo Clifford

45+6 mins: The tension in this game is spilling over. Johnson goes into the book for a crunching tackle on Brown and the pair square up - the teams surround the referee and an Eintracht Frankfurt official is given a red card!

Postecoglou was basically on the pitch and is lucky not to have been disciplined too.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:51 , Flo Clifford

45+5 mins: Bentancur makes a sloppy mistake and gives the ball away, with Chaibi released into space. Spurs scramble to clear Bergvall puts behind for a corner.

Bentancur wins the aerial battle to deal with it.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:48 , Flo Clifford

45+2 mins: SIX minutes added on.

Kulusevski concedes a foul almost with his first touch, coming in late on Ekitike. It’s a silly foul in a bad area, 25 yards out from goal or so. Bergvall heads it away but Kulusevski knocks it out for a Theate throw-in.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:47 , Flo Clifford

45 mins: Maddison goes down again and seems to be limping, clutching his left hip.

Postecoglou is taking no chances and hauls him off. Kulusevski is coming on.

GOAL! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:44 , Flo Clifford

42 mins: Solanke scores!

Cool as you like. He takes a couple of little steps, waits for the keeper to move, and goes down the middle!

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:43 , Flo Clifford

42 mins: The keeper doesn’t like it very much, but it was a foul.

The jeering and whistling from the crowd goes up yet another notch.

Tel has the ball but Postecoglou indicates Solanke should take, and it’s the ex-Bournemouth man who stands over it.

PENALTY! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:42 , Flo Clifford

40 mins: The ref gives a penalty!

Santos goes into the book too for the foul.

PENALTY? Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:41 , Flo Clifford

40 mins: VAR are checking for a penalty and the referee is being called to the monitor...

Maddison is still on the ground being seen to.

Ange Postecoglou is furious on the sideline.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:40 , Flo Clifford

38 mins: Tel crosses in for Solanke but Santos is there to punch clear!

Now chaos in the box as Spurs counter, Maddison makes a brilliant run onto a long ball and gets clattered to the ground by Santos as he heads goalward! It’s a very clumsy challenge, with the keeper flying over the England international, and Tottenham surround the ref calling for a penalty.

He’s saying it’s a coming-together, but Maddison was through on goal...

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:36 , Flo Clifford

35 mins: Porro concedes possession cheaply and Eintracht immediately counter at pace, but Ekitike’s pass to Bahoya is completely overcooked.

Tottenham now try to apply pressure of their own as the momentum swings back. Maddison crosses to Bergvall in the box but Tuta heads it away, before Bentancur lays it off to Solanke - but he’s surrounded by defenders and can’t do anything with it.

Van de Ven looks to make contact with a corner delivery but doesn’t quite make it. That looked like Spurs’ best chance for a while.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:33 , Flo Clifford

32 mins: Frankfurt are pressing now and Chaibi has been excellent since coming on for the injured Gotze. Theate sends in a curling delivery from the left hand side of the box and after some time Spurs win a goal kick.

The hosts press forward again now and tee up Chaibi on the edge of the box, but Romero plants himself in his path and wins the ball.

Now Maddison counters, laying it off for Tel, and Spurs win a corner.

SAVE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:27 , Flo Clifford

25 mins: Brilliant save by Santos! Tel curls in a fabulous attempt from outside the box but the young keeper makes a fingertip save, leaping to the top corner to deny the visitors!

Porro aims his delivery from the resulting corner to Solanke but the hosts clear.

CHANCE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:26 , Flo Clifford

24 mins: Eintracht recycle a corner, with Bahoya lobbing in a long ball, but Porro eventually manages to clear.

Now Bahoya crosses to Chaibi but Vicario is there at the near post to collect a glancing header! Another chance for the hosts. The visiting fans’ nerves will be jangling.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:24 , Flo Clifford

Despite the downpour the atmosphere in here is absolutely electric. Tough place for Spurs to come.

Eintracht Frankfurt unveil a tifo reading 'The eagles are on the prowl' (Getty Images)

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:22 , Flo Clifford

20 mins: Wasted chance for Tottenham on the break. Solanke does well to rob Frankfurt in midfield and finds Johnson down the right, who pulls it back for Tel, but he completely fluffs his shot and skews it wide.

CLOSE! Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:19 , Flo Clifford

17 mins: Gotze appears to have pulled his hamstring; he ambles to the technical area trying to stretch it out.

Now Frankfurt counter! Tel curls in a cross looking for Solanke, but Santos collects and punts it forward into the path of Ekitike, who’s one-on-one with Vicario - but Van de Ven slides in to challenge! Great defending, but where was the rest of Spurs’ back line?

It’s a sad and quick end to the night for Gotze, who has definitely pulled his hamstring. Chaibi is the man to replace him.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:15 , Flo Clifford

14 mins: Decent press by Spurs as Udogie drives down the left, pulling it back near the byline - but there’s no-one in the box, with Solanke at the far post instead.

Van de Ven holds up Bahoya as Frankfurt look to break.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:13 , Flo Clifford

12 mins: Koch is back on his feet and fine to continue. Solanke won the ball fair and square, but the defender went down hard with the follow-through.

Spurs have ridden that wave of early pressure.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:11 , Flo Clifford

10 mins: Romero hoofs a long ball forward to Solanke, but the former Bournemouth man is penalised for handball as he sprints down the right, first knocking it with his shoulder under pressure from Koch and then with his arm. He’s not happy.

Kristensen and Bahoya combine well as they press forward but Udogie does well to neutralise the threat. Solanke and Koch go down in a clash of heads as they duel for the ball - Solanke is quickly back up, but we have a brief pause as Koch is attended to. That looked nasty.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:06 , Flo Clifford

5 mins: All Frankfurt so far. The corner is retaken with the ref not happy about some argy-bargy in the box. Bentancur heads it out but doesn’t fully clear and Gotze shoots, but it’s a feeble attempt and Vicario isn’t troubled.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:05 , Flo Clifford

4 mins: Early let-off for Spurs as Ekitike makes a lovely run into the box, with plenty of white shirts in the area, but the ball falls to Brown and he shoots tamely straight at Vicario.

Johnson gives away a free-kick in a very dangerous area. Gotze curls in a good delivery but Romero heads it behind.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:03 , Flo Clifford

2 mins: Spurs need to be careful of Eintracht Frankfurt’s pace and ability on the counter, especially after being robbed of possession so early on in the opening leg, leading to Ekitike’s goal.

Van de Ven brings Ekitike to ground in a tangle of legs, but no foul is given.

KICK-OFF: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham

Thursday 17 April 2025 20:01 , Flo Clifford

The whistle goes and the visitors get us underway!

Line-ups

Thursday 17 April 2025 19:55 , Flo Clifford

A reminder of tonight’s teams:

Eintracht Frankfurt XI: Santos, Kristensen, Kock, Tuta, Theate, Skhiri, Larsson, Bahoya, Gotze, Brown, Ekitike.

Tottenham XI: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie, Bentancur, Bergvall, Maddison, Johnson, Solanke, Tel.

Who next?

Thursday 17 April 2025 19:45 , Flo Clifford

The winner of this tie will face the winner of Lazio vs Bodo/Glimt, which also kicks off at 8pm.

The Norwegian side have a 2-0 lead from last week’s opening leg.

On the other side of the draw, Manchester United are in action against Lyon and in a similar situation to Tottenham having drawn 2-2 at home last week.

They’ll face the winner of Athletic Club vs Rangers, which was goalless at Ibrox in the first leg.

Tottenham 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

Thursday 17 April 2025 17:05 , Flo Clifford

Tottenham spurned plenty of chances to take a lead into tonight’s deciding leg and were by far the better team in north London last Thursday.

Ultimately though they were left to rue a sluggish start as Hugo Ekitike put the visitors in front just six minutes into the tie, before Pedro Porro equalised 20 minutes later.

A hugely entertaining game ended in stalemate, a state of affairs that suited the visitors far more than it suited Tottenham.

Tottenham vs Eintracht LIVE: Porro cancels out Ekitike opener in Europa League tie

Good afternoon

Thursday 17 April 2025 16:59 , Flo Clifford

Hello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the second leg of this Europa League quarter-final clash.

With the tie finely poised at 1-1, it’s all to play for in Frankfurt.

We’ll have all the team news, line-ups and latest updates so stick with us as we build up to kick-off at 8pm.

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