It was a near-perfect night in north London, until Spurs gave up an 83rd-minute goal to make things nervy ahead of the second leg in Norway next week.

Tottenham beat Bodo/Glimt 3-1 in their Europa League semi-final first leg in north London after a dominant display, which was slightly marred by Ulrik Saltnes’ late strike for the visitors. Spurs appeared to be cruising towards a comfortable victory before the midfielder’s deflected strike gave the Norwegian side a lifeline in the tie ahead of next Thursday’s decider.

It is 17 years since Tottenham won the League Cup, their last bit of silverware. Mauricio Pochettino and serial winners Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte were unable to bring trophies to Spurs. On top of ending that trophy drought, it would give Spurs a Champions League spot - despite sitting 23 points off those places in the league.