TOTTENHAM starting XI (4-3-3): Forster, Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray, Kulusevski, Bentancur (subbed for Bergvall), Johnson (subbed for Bissouma), Sarr (subbed for Maddison), Solanke, Son (subbed for Werner)
Bench: Austin, Whiteman, Udogie, Olusesi, King, Williams-Barnett, Hardy
Goals: Son 5’ (Pen), Johnson 34’
ROMA starting XI (3-4-3): Svilar, Mancini, Hummels, Ndicka, Celik (subbed for Zalewski), Paredes, Kone, Angelino, Dybala (subbed for Soulè), Dovbyk, El Shaarawy (subbed for Saelemaekers)
Bench: Marin, Ryan, Cristante, Pellegrini, Abdulhamid, Le Fée, Baldanzi, Pisilli, Sangare
Goals: Ndicka 20’, Hummels 90+1’
Spurs had looked on course to back up Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City with a hard-fought victory against the Italian side.
Captain Son Heung-min scored from the spot and Brennan Johnson scored his usual one-touch finish from a low ball into the box on either side of Evan N’Dicka’s headed goal for Roma.
Ange Postecoglou then watched his team squander a number of chances to set up a nervy finale.
Not long after Fraser Forster, who deputised for the first time since Guglielmo Vicario’s ankle surgery, had produced a truly stunning save to deny Gianluca Mancini, the visitors levelled with a tap in from Hummels.
Postecoglou had made half a dozen changes in each of Spurs’ previous four Europa League matches, but chose a stronger lineup for this game with only four changes from the win at Man City.
AAP
