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00:00Below par in that first half, Man United heading up early from the dressing room.
00:05What do they need to change and do better?
00:07The intensity has to go up. You have to go out and win these games.
00:11You've got to go and take the games by the scruff of the neck.
00:13A bit of urgency, play the ball forward.
00:15Get some shots off. Make this keeper work.
00:18You go into a game, you want the keeper to work and see if he's going to be up to standard in a night like this.
00:23But first half, I thought both teams were below and they've got to really step it up, Man United,
00:26if they're going to get their hands on this trophy.
00:29Well, Goodsfurs will be about to end their trophy drought
00:32and Ange-Pasteur Coglouf will fulfil that promise of always winning a trophy in his second season.
00:38They have the lead at half-time. Can they see it through?
00:41Let's rejoin our commentary team. It's back to Ali McCoys.
00:44And first, over to you, Darren Fletcher.
00:48Well, it could be the ultimate mic drop, couldn't it, for Ange-Pasteur Coglouf?
00:51He does win a trophy in his second season.
00:53It would be the first for Tottenham for 17 years.
00:56It's the first European trophy since 1984.
00:59The fact that Manchester United have conceded first in a game this season is no surprise.
01:03The 31st time they've done it, which is the most across all competitions by any Premier League team.
01:09But in this competition, Ali, they've been behind four times this season.
01:14They've won three and drawn one, so they've been a good team in the Europa League from a losing position.
01:19Well, they're going to have to be, aren't they?
01:21So Spurs have the lead, Brennan Johnson with the faintest of touches,
01:26his goal just before half-time.
01:29Significantly, there weren't any Manchester United substitutes warming up during half-time,
01:34no changes made by Ruben Amirim, none made by Ange-Pasteur Coglouf either.
01:38But we were discussing it up here, how long would they leave it before we see the likes of Garnaccio out there?
01:43I'm a little surprised we haven't seen him at half-time, Darren, to garnish it.
01:49Look at the other option you thought of, bringing Irti on and moving Fernandes up one.
01:53But my first substitution, if things don't opt up, would be Garnaccio.
01:58Can a sharpish...
02:00Well, as we say that, he's now gone out to warm up in front of the Manchester United fans,
02:04along with Joshua Xherxe as well, who is back on the bench.
02:10Here's Mason Mount who was starved of the ball in the first half, Patrick Dorgue running out of room.
02:15And it's the Tottenham supporters in full voice, away to our right-hand side.
02:20White is certainly the dominant colour inside the San Mames at the moment.
02:23Certainly, and I think we're both in agreement, we're absolutely ecstatic
02:27that Brennan Johnson got a slight touch on that, we were saying he did anyway, it looked like it.
02:32You have to let everybody who's watching at home know the fact that it was even anywhere near the ball
02:38was enough for you to give him the goal.
02:39I was giving him it anyway.
02:45So what's the Manchester United response going to look like?
02:49Vicarious had nothing really of significance to do in this Europa League final yet.
02:56It's going to have to change.
03:01Luke Shaw.
03:05Dominic Solanke's Shaw back to win it back.
03:08Four at Manchester United now, it's with Casemiro.
03:13Picks up Ahmad.
03:17I certainly agree with the point that Gareth made at half-time,
03:19that he's looked the most likely in a Manchester United shirt to make something happen.
03:23Yeah.
03:24That would actually take it a step further, I think he's been the brightest player on the pitch,
03:28opening 45, mentioning Coleman in the first half, which...
03:35You want to continue giving them the ball as early as possible.
03:42And that's touched to Masraoui.
03:46Bruno Fernandes, Masraoui, here's Ahmad.
03:51Interesting little ball in towards Rasmus Huygens,
03:53it was slightly behind him and they had to adjust his position
03:56and they couldn't get either the accuracy or power.
03:58Yeah, it's just behind him, isn't it?
04:00Probably should duck back into it and just redirect it.
04:08Oh, difficult one.
04:13One thing that has caught my eye in the match so far
04:15is Richarlison's willingness to get back and defend.
04:19Oh, yeah, and Johnson's done it on the other side.
04:22And that's a must now for wide players.
04:27You know, I mentioned the first half, United players do it as well.
04:30Dorgu does it, Masraoui.
04:32You've got to tuck back in defensively when you're not in possession of the ball.
04:36That's a yellow for Ricky van der Ven.
04:40The assistant initially waved his flag to get the attention of the referee,
04:44but they thought he was too aggressive there.
04:49He's got a bit of a nudge in the back, doesn't he?
04:51There.
04:54Bit of a painful one, that.
04:55Here's another one, van der Ven, who hadn't played European football until this season,
04:59here he is in the Europa League final.
05:0150th game for Tottenham as well tonight.
05:05Oh, just missed it.
05:07Just a different team Tottenham when he's on the side, make no mistake about that.
05:13So Bruno Fernandes with a lot of space to put this free kick into.
05:21Didn't be the first man, Bissouma, away by Benson Court.
05:28And Harry Maguire eventually untangles himself from Romero,
05:34and they're still having words, those two.
05:36The two central defenders look right to the edge of the box.
05:42It's an interesting competition, that one, isn't it?
05:49He just throws himself down, doesn't he, Romero?
05:53They've both got their arms round each other.
06:04FANS ROAR
06:09Harry Maguire, who was the hero on the road to Bilbao.
06:14That wonderful comeback in the quarter-final.
06:21That was the one Riyo and Robbie quite enjoyed, if memory serves me correctly.
06:28I mean, being the fella stuck in the middle of the pair of them,
06:31I won't forget it for a while.
06:34He's had my sympathy.
06:44Pedro Oporo plays it forward, Maguire's got time,
06:46they wanted a free kick over there.
06:49Spurs, Romero gets it away despite the pressure from Sarr.
06:52On it goes from Rasmus Hoyland, good header by Udoge.
06:55I think Hoyland's got to take that in.
06:57He's got to take it in his chest, and then play it out wide to Ahmad.
07:01It's all about keeping possession of the ball there.
07:04Patrick Dorg who didn't quite get there.
07:06There's Rodrigo, Bentoncourt.
07:11Maguire to Casemiro.
07:13He went past Sarr.
07:15I tell you, Sarr took up a good position there earlier on.
07:18United back four, dropped deep, he stood where he was,
07:21came a little yard short, he should have been played into.
07:31That's Kasumi.
07:37Just looking at the Manchester United players
07:39who are having the most vigorous warm-ups down there,
07:41you'd say Diogo Dalot and Alejandro Garnacchio,
07:44Kobe Mane who's up and about as well.
07:49I don't think there's any doubt, we're in agreement,
07:51it looks like a stronger bench than Tornos.
07:56You won't be surprised if we don't see that.
07:59You won't be surprised if we don't see some activity from it very shortly.
08:03It just feels as though they've got to try and get Bruno Fernandes
08:06on the ball higher up the pitch.
08:09Spurs at the moment have got everything under control,
08:12and the fact he's gone with a three in midfield
08:14is a real advantage to him now.
08:15Right now it is, you better believe.
08:19What a ball.
08:21It's good defending though by Romero,
08:23spotted the danger quickly.
08:26The key players for United,
08:28you've got to get them on the ball,
08:30Zamad and Fernandes, that goes without saying.
08:38Other than that, Tornos look fairly comfortable.
08:40Just starting to consider the irony of Spurs winning a trophy
08:43in Antos de Coglou's second season
08:45and doing it with a clean sheet in the final
08:47based on the number of goals they've conceded
08:50across the competition this season.
08:52It's a very, very early and brave shout,
08:55that has to be said.
09:04Launched out here towards Richarlison.
09:10It's a foul by Masraoui.
09:12Good will, didn't he?
09:13Plops out the sky, puts his body between the ball and Masraoui,
09:16earns a free-kick, takes the sling out the game.
09:19Nice touch, that, to Tex, as you can see.
09:23I don't know how long Ruben Amorim would leave it,
09:26but it's been eight minutes that followed the same pattern of the first half,
09:29so it's not been any different, has it, for Manchester United?
09:33As I said, I thought he might make a change at half-time,
09:36I can understand he hasn't, he wants to have a look at it
09:38for the opening five, ten minutes of the second half.
09:40But it's much of a muchness,
09:42and he'll need to change it offside.
09:45Offside flag up against Papsar.
09:53It does well to get in behind, but it's clearly a good yard,
09:58alongside a line of Euro.
10:00Manchester United won this trophy at the Jose Mourinho in Stockholm in 2017,
10:05Spurs were the first-ever winners in 72,
10:09and they beat Wolves in an All-English final over two legs,
10:12they won it again in 84 as well,
10:14where they needed penalties to beat Anderlecht.
10:17All in all, English clubs have won this competition nine times,
10:21and it's the team from north London right now
10:24with the advantage and the control.
10:31Turned away by Micky van de Ven,
10:33it's just not really clicking for Manchester United with the ball.
10:35No, it's not.
10:38Big hands in Tottenham,
10:40at this moment in time we're delighted with the way the game's going,
10:43we've still got plenty of time.
10:46That's Rawy.
10:50Quickly on the run-out there to spot the danger was Poirot,
10:53they've done that well so far.
10:55Yeah.
10:56He just couldn't get enough pace on the crossfield pass was Rawy,
10:59it was the right ball but just too much height on it.
11:16Given away by Bruno Fernandes,
11:18in goes Richarlison.
11:20Now Joro.
11:29Maguire.
11:38Patrick Dorgu.
11:40There's Destiny, Udogi,
11:42they're just pressing at the minute, only Manchester United.
11:46Just trying to play passes that are really playing into Tottenham's hands.
11:52That's not a foul, is it?
11:54He's just thrown himself to the ground there,
11:56and then he's hadn't balled it.
11:58The referee spotted that very early.
12:00He's been quite sharp with effort, he's not missed an awful lot.
12:03It's a Tottenham ball.
12:11They start to believe more and more, don't they?
12:13The Tottenham fans with every tick of the clock.
12:33Actually looked as though it was a United ball, I think Ahmad.
12:37For fair reason to be a little bit upset.
12:46And that might have been wrong as well, to tell you the truth.
12:50It's a foul by Bissouma on Fernandes.
12:52Oh, it's scrappy, isn't it, mate?
12:54He's got to do something here to change the game.
12:56That's what shoots Tottenham all day.
12:59No passage of play, no rhythm to the game.
13:03Game breaking down at all,
13:05every couple of seconds, really.
13:11That could be a yellow.
13:13He could have thrown himself at it.
13:15Oh, he does get a touch to it, to be fair to him,
13:17and it's a good save.
13:22That angle was deceptive.
13:24He was brave there, wasn't he?
13:26Yeah, he was.
13:28He certainly got a touch on that.
13:30Excellent delivery, Jan.
13:33That's right, we're on to Ahmad,
13:35who's got Micky van der Ven out here with him.
13:38Now Lenny Yoro.
13:41Casemiro.
13:45Dorgoo.
13:49Luke Shaw looking for Mason Mount,
13:51who's got three over there, but he's still kept the ball.
13:55Despite losing his balance, he prevented it going behind for the goal kick
13:58for the last touch.
14:01Sharpened off there from Shaw, he's protecting it well.
14:04He's gonna lose his balance there, doesn't he?
14:12Three wins over Manchester United already this season for Tottenham,
14:15they've got the lead tonight.
14:17If they were to win tonight, it'd be the first time since the last time
14:20they've won the league.
14:22They've got the lead tonight,
14:24if they were to win tonight, it'd be the first time since the last time
14:27they've won the league.
14:29If they were to win tonight, it'd be the first time since 1984-85
14:32that United would lose to the same team four times in the same campaign.
14:35Ahmad looking to try and do something about it,
14:38but Charlottesville just had to be careful.
14:40Here's Bruno Fernandes.
14:42Lenny Yoro.
14:45Maguire.
14:49Luke Shaw with a cross, but not with any real conviction,
14:52and that's just cleared away by Dominic Solanke.
14:55Yeah, and I'm not sure it was the right option from Solanke again.
14:59I know there's nobody ahead of him, but I just think he should pull that in.
15:02Take a touch.
15:05Dogu.
15:08Nice amount towards Rasmus Hoyland and Vandervanne Cross
15:11to say it back to his keeper.
15:13Yeah, cuts across Hoyland, doesn't he use his body well?
15:24Just steps across him, doesn't he, protects the ball and the goalkeeper.
15:29The attendance has just been put up on the big screen,
15:32we're just short of 50,000 inside the San Mames.
15:36I keep looking at the Manchester United substitutes and the Manchester United manager,
15:40they are staring at him, desperate to get the call to come on,
15:44and he's barely giving them a glance at the moment.
15:52He's got to be thinking about it.
15:54He just has to be thinking about it.
15:59Nice amount managed to slip away down that side,
16:01slipped away from Benton Kerr, but that's an important foot in.
16:09Casemiro to Bruno Fernandes.
16:13Telegraphed his ball, though, straight to Brennan Johnson
16:16and he gets it back again from Papsa.
16:21Dogu back and has he got the ball?
16:25Apparently he has.
16:28Johnson furious, goal kick to Manchester United,
16:30the last touch was actually a Spurs one.
16:32Well, this is going to be interesting,
16:34the referee's assisted, Leitzman's got a perfect view of it.
16:38And he leans into him, doesn't he, but it's a free kick.
16:44Mount.
16:46Dogu.
16:47And it goes here to Ahmad, who's got time to take a touch,
16:50didn't get the shot away though,
16:52it's an excellent challenge inside his own area by Udoge.
16:56Yeah, should have hit it earlier.
16:57That's a lovely touch, what a touch that is.
17:00Udoge now is leading the Tottenham charge,
17:02he's got Dominic Solanke here,
17:04Dominic Solanke's touch was heavy,
17:06and it prevented the opportunity to shoot,
17:08Maguire gets it behind, but they were almost caught on the counter there.
17:13Dear me, I don't want to be critical,
17:15but I'm looking at Casemiro trying to get back there.
17:19Look at him trying to get back, the legs aren't taking him.
17:22They're not taking him.
17:25What a ball across, and it's a wonderful, wonderful chance,
17:27a wonderful opportunity.
17:41He's been pretty calm all night,
17:43it's an easier technical area to stand in when you wonder,
17:47there's been a lot of shouting and gesticulating from Ruben Amiran.
17:51Certainly a lot calmer than he was in his press conference.
17:55And I'm with him in that one as it happens.
18:03Manchester United just applying a little bit more pressure,
18:06but it's not necessarily pressure that's causing any concern to Vicaria.
18:12There's 27 minutes left.
18:16Casemiro.
18:20Dorgan.
18:25Joro.
18:40Gets it on here to Harry Maguire, they're well organised though tonight,
18:43there's been a really nice defensive shape about Tottenham.
18:46Here's Ahmad, up against Richarlison.
18:49Richarlison read it and he did well.
18:55Bruno Fernandes, that's gonna be a throw to Spurs.
18:58That was an important touchdown.
19:00If it had just drifted defensive side of Ferdinand there,
19:04that was trouble.
19:06That's just body strength, isn't it?
19:09Could have mismatched there.
19:17Manchester United have had the same five substitutes
19:20warming up now for about 18 minutes.
19:25FANS SHOUT OUT
19:42What do you think Amarim's seeing at the moment
19:44which is preventing him from making a change?
19:46Cos you said to me you probably would have sent Garnaccio on at half-time.
19:49I would have, to get that attacking threat in a wide area.
19:53I certainly would have.
19:55So in answer to your question, I'm not sure.
19:57For me, I'm making a substitution, certainly before now.
20:05It's not as if they're peppering the Tottenham goal
20:08and they think there's a goal gonna come,
20:10there's an opportunity arising.
20:12That's what surprised me, I could understand if that was the case.
20:16Well, this problem for Richarlison
20:19is giving Amarim the chance to speak to one or two of his players.
20:23Advice for Casemiro.
20:25They're very, very nervous now, the Manchester United supporters.
20:28And it's understandable because they're not seeing too much
20:32in the way of hope out there from their team.
20:36They are.
20:38They are.
20:48They're gonna have to make the change here,
20:50so Richarlison's night is done.
20:52And the club captain, Heung-Min Son,
20:55who must have been disappointed to not make the starting line-up tonight,
20:58he's coming on to replace him.
21:08So Richarlison's worked hard tonight, particularly in a defensive sense,
21:14and on comes the man who's second on the all-time scoring list
21:18in European matches for Tottenham Hotspur, Heung-Min Son.
21:24His 454th match in Tottenham White.
21:32That's a foul by Udoge on Amar.
21:35I didn't think Posta Cogli would be the manager to make the first change.
21:38No, neither did I.
21:45Certainly not after 45 minutes.
21:51Launched forward by Patrick Dogu,
21:53no real chance there for Rasmus Hoyland with Romero behind him.
21:56He's not got any change yet, has he?
21:59He only needs one chance.
22:02They've been really good at that, haven't they?
22:04Getting numbers around the ball.
22:14So the yellow for Bissouma.
22:24Son just catches him there, doesn't he?
22:27Still not allowing the free kick.
22:29Still not allowing the free kick to be taken quickly as a yellow card.
22:40Casemiro's on the move, that's right down the throat of the keeper,
22:43and it's hit him, and Hoyland's had it!
22:45What a clearance from Vande Ven,
22:47and then the shot from Uro that's blocked as well,
22:50and Spurs manage to survive.
22:52But what about that from Vande Ven?
22:54Vande Ven excellent, his goalkeeper not so.
22:57Vande Ven still down in the back of the Tottenham net.
23:07My initial reaction again,
23:09I think Hoyland's got to score.
23:12I mean, your goalkeeper,
23:14you've got to talk to the centre-back,
23:16you've got to be screaming at the centre-back.
23:18That's an astonishing clearance.
23:20I mean, I've no idea what the goalkeeper's doing,
23:22but for Vande Ven to get back and clear that, look at that.
23:26It's a fantastic clearance.
23:28Two things, though, I'll stand by them,
23:30goalkeeper should do better,
23:32and I actually think Hoyland should score.
23:34But, as you say correctly, tremendous defending.
23:39Well, he's back up and about,
23:41it's more disappointment for him.
23:44But Vande Ven, what a clearance,
23:46now they're gonna make changes.
23:48Joshua Xherxey and Garnaccio have been called back to the bench,
23:51eventually, by Ruben Amiri.
23:55And I've got to say, the other three are still out there,
23:57Diogo Dalot, Kobi Meinu and Manuel Ugarte,
24:00but two attacking players are about to be sent on here
24:03by Manchester United,
24:05with a little bit more than 20 minutes
24:07of this Europa League final still to play.
24:14Hamad's not been anywhere near as effective in the second half,
24:16at least he was in the first, has he?
24:19Up goes Harry Maguire.
24:22Bissouma, on by Sarr,
24:24straight into the face of the Manchester United number five.
24:26Casemiro out to Dorgu.
24:49FANS SHOUT OUT
25:05Here's Lenny Yoro.
25:08Casemiro sweeps it on, Mazraoui.
25:10Beautiful, a lot of ball around the corner,
25:12that's not good on a cross-field goal.
25:16Petro Poro, straight to Yoro,
25:18Hamad,
25:20has it taken off him by Son,
25:22but he got a foot in, here's Yoro,
25:24and now Casemiro.
25:27So the free kick means they can make the changes,
25:29and both Garnaccio and Xerxe are ready.
25:31Xerxe was supposed to miss the rest of the season
25:33when he injured his hamstring,
25:35so by a miracle of modern science,
25:37he's going to be coming on,
25:39and he's on to replace Rasmus Hoyland,
25:41so that's the first change.
25:44And Garnaccio for Mason Mount is the other one.
26:0919 minutes to play in the Champions League,
26:1219 minutes to play in Bilbao,
26:14and still, Brennan Johnson's goal just before half-time
26:19separates these two teams.
26:21Placing the Champions League next season up for grabs,
26:23and a trophy as well, Spurs haven't won one for 17 years,
26:27they've not won a European one since 1984.
26:31But they're getting closer and closer and closer.
26:34Probably, you forgot to mention,
26:36the region of £100 million up for grabs as well.
26:39No small matter.
26:47Xerxe, Masraoui.
26:50Bruno Fernandes has got in there and heads it wide!
26:54And that's the first sight of goal he's had tonight,
26:56the Manchester United skipper.
26:58He makes a great run forward, gets too much on it,
27:00he'll be disappointed, he'll be angry with himself for that.
27:02Watch his run, there he goes, nobody picks him up.
27:06Poro's got a decision, you're right,
27:08does he come across and mark him and leave the man behind him?
27:11He didn't do either.
27:13Poor execution on the header for somebody who's capable of doing a lot better.
27:17Having Xerxe on the pitch does give you that,
27:19just dropped into a nice position, nice lay-off,
27:21and that's set up the chance for them.
27:23And the problem that Van de Ven and Romero will have now
27:27is somebody that will drop into that area.
27:29They'd rather mark somebody, they'd rather be hoiling to Mark Fletch.
27:33They've now got somebody that will pose them more problems with his movement.
27:38Might not be as quick, might not run in behind as much.
27:43But will give them a different problem, the two of them.
27:49GARY GILLESPIE I think it's also worth pointing out
27:51that there's been a real practical look to Tottenham tonight.
27:54Defensively, been a lot deeper, good shape.
27:57The vulnerabilities that have plagued them all season haven't been there tonight.
28:03I wonder whether Garnaccio could be the kind of player
28:08just to spark Manchester United into life.
28:11He's played in all of the Europa League games this season,
28:13but he's only scored once.
28:17Here he is in possession.
28:19Up against Petro Poro, delivering the ball into the middle.
28:22Joshua Xerxe won't get there because that's into the gloves of Vicario.
28:33Just takes him one step over.
28:35Poro doesn't take his eye off the ball at all.
28:38Gets the block, makes it comfortable and relatively easy for the goalkeeper.
28:50Garo jumping with Solanke, and it goes from Bruno Fernandes.
28:56They're looking out towards Garnaccio all the time now,
28:59and he's off and running at Petro Poro.
29:02And Vicario makes the save.
29:05See the difference?
29:06I can't believe he's only just come on the pitch.
29:08No, I know, but see the difference?
29:10You get somebody in a wide area willing to take a defender on and get a shot at goal.
29:15You screw Poro's legs.
29:16It's the last thing Poro needs is somebody running at him for the last 15 minutes.
29:20And it's everything United need.
29:27So Bruno Fernandes out to take this Manchester United corner.
29:32It's a good header away.
29:35Christian Romero.
29:39Fernandes gets it on now to Ahmad,
29:41who's looking to get away from Brennan Johnston,
29:43but he didn't completely by him.
29:45No, he didn't.
29:46He wasn't the best of defenders from Basuma and Son.
29:50Allowing them to run off him.
29:52Lovely little ball.
29:54Kouroum shouldn't get split like that.
29:56Look at that.
29:58Lovely little ball.
30:00Kouroum shouldn't get split like that.
30:01Not Meg.
30:02We enjoy them.
30:06Into the final of 15 minutes.
30:08Bruno Fernandes whips in the corner.
30:09Missed by Maguire.
30:10Picked up here by Shaw.
30:13Great closing, great closing.
30:15Papsar was there in a flash.
30:17That's a good ball though by Batraoui to Bruno Fernandes.
30:20On to Casemiro.
30:21Good defending this time.
30:23By Udogi, who wants to sprint away.
30:26Sonno caught by the pacey Dogu.
30:28It's clicking into life now, the final.
30:30Yeah, but Son can't lose that ball there.
30:32He cannot lose that.
30:33He's got to give it left to the Udogi.
30:36Who certainly won't be thanking him running 50 yards
30:38if he doesn't get back in now.
30:40Alejandro Garnacho.
30:41On it goes to Luke Shaw.
30:42Manchester United looking better.
30:44Shaw went over.
30:45Has he given a penalty?
30:46He's given a goal kick.
30:47Oh, I was with you, mate.
30:49I was with you.
30:51And I think there were Manchester United fans
30:53to our left who thought the same, Ali.
30:54I wasn't sure.
30:56I was not sure when he pointed.
31:00That's a great tackle, but Son can't.
31:02He's got to get rid of the ball earlier there.
31:08OK.
31:11I'm not sure that's not a free kick.
31:12He's outside the box.
31:13It wouldn't have been a penalty.
31:14Yeah, but certainly no touch of the ball there.
31:17It was just the mannerisms of the referee.
31:21I'm not sure it wasn't a free kick anyway.
31:24Spurs have got Kevin Danso ready,
31:26so a defender coming on for them
31:29as we move towards
31:31the final 13 minutes in Bilbao.
31:33And Manchester United need a goal.
31:36Tottenham Hotspur getting nearer and nearer.
31:39Garnacho's made a difference, though,
31:40on the United left.
31:41Of course he has.
31:43Lenny Joro!
31:52Hamad!
31:56Son!
31:58Son!
32:01Son!
32:04Son!
32:07Son!
32:11Son!
32:12Bruno Fernandes plays it straight to Papsar, gets it back again.
32:25Shaw.
32:28Casemiro hits it straight at Rodrigo, Benton Cornell, Brandon Johnson.
32:43Well, they're taking off the goalscorer, Tottenham Hotspur.
32:50And Brennan Johnson is going to leave the field in Bilbao,
32:54and if the full-time whistle blows with the scoreline at 1-0 and he's the goalscorer,
32:59then he's going to write his very own chapter in this football club's history.
33:05For sure.
33:08I think it was just a touch there.
33:10Don't want to give him it anyway, well done.
33:14He earns it for attacking that area, I mentioned before, he's done it all season,
33:18Bolger down the left-hand side, that's exactly where your wide player on the right should be.
33:23Coming in at the back post, arriving.
33:25So they've gone to a back-five Tottenham now, Christian Romero in the middle,
33:33Kevin Danso on the right, Micky van de Ven on the left,
33:35and now Udoge and Porro become wing-backs,
33:38although I doubt they're going to be venturing forward too much in the last 11.5 minutes.
33:43The emphasis now on Manchester United to find a way through.
33:51It's going to be a 5-4-1, isn't it? It's not going to move, is it, really?
33:55It will not move, and they might have a wee counter here and there.
34:02Swung in by Casemiro, flicked away by Papsa.
34:10Feels as though those Tottenham supporters all in white behind Beccario's goal
34:14are providing another barrier behind the keeper at this stage.
34:18Casemiro.
34:19Might be required, because it's going to be a long ten minutes, I think.
34:22Lenny Oro.
34:25Casemiro lifts it in, Micky van de Ven heads it away, here's Garnaccio.
34:34Maguire.
34:39Everybody has a defensive job now for Tottenham Hotspur,
34:42who are a bit more than ten minutes away from glory.
34:47Even Solanke, look at Solanke's possession there.
34:5120 yards out.
34:53In by Amad, away by van de Ven, on by Solanke.
34:57They can't get out those spurs.
34:58Yeah, that's the problem.
35:02And it is a long time to be doing that.
35:15The Tottenham fans trying to sing them home, they've got less than ten minutes to hang on.
35:20Time running out for United, here's Amad.
35:22On it goes to Mats Raui, van de Ven across.
35:25Headed away by Bentancur, and then by van de Ven.
35:30Oro.
35:35Crossed in by Oro, but nobody there.
35:37Wasn't the worst ball at all.
35:42Garnaccio back to Fernandes.
35:43Garnaccio pulls it back from the byline, that's smashed away by Bissouma.
35:47They're not bothered where it goes, they just want it away from them.
35:50Couldn't get his half-yard there, Fernandes wanted to head it with his left foot, couldn't get it.
36:03Garnaccio.
36:06Excellently timed challenge over there by Petro Porro.
36:10Well, that's everything they need Solanke to do,
36:12and he's done it quite brilliantly in the Tottenham centre-forward.
36:15Son running on to this one, but Mats Raui got there.
36:17That's brilliant from Solanke, in the circumstances.
36:20It is, but I'm not sure Son should go in there, Darren.
36:23I think Son should pull away to the back post area.
36:27I know what he's trying to do.
36:31I don't know what he's trying to do.
36:33I don't know what he's trying to do.
36:36I know what he's trying to do.
36:43Bruno Fernandes, in it goes towards Joshua Xherxe, but that's through to Vicario.
36:48It is a good challenge, but I think it makes it easy for him.
36:51I think if he goes the other side of the defender, it gives him a bigger problem.
36:55Don't forget we've got three more finals coming up,
36:58the Women's Champions League final on Saturday at 4pm on TNT Sports 1,
37:02between Arsenal and Barcelona.
37:04Next Wednesday from 6.30pm, the Conference League final,
37:08Real Betis against Chelsea.
37:11And then the Champions League final on Saturday 31st May from 6pm,
37:15TNT Sports 1, Paris Saint-Germain against Inter Milan
37:20from the Allianz Arena in Munich.
37:22Manchester United are about to send on Diogo Dalot.
37:32Maguire.
37:37That was hopeful rather than anything else from the big central defender.
37:56Tottenham win tonight, they'll get the trophy,
37:58they'll also get their 150th victory in European competition.
38:07Alejandro Garnaccio, Luke Shaw.
38:11There's only Joshua Xherxe in the box, so they can't just cross it, can they?
38:14No, absolutely.
38:16Gives him a little bit of a problem obviously,
38:18howling the natural number nine off the pitch.
38:20I'd suspect we're not too far away from Harry Maguire going centre-forward.
38:25Over goes Amad, but he wasn't fouled and now they can come the other way, Spurs.
38:29I'm looking at Solanke, he's dead on his feet, look at him.
38:34It's destiny, Udogi, and we're gonna get a yellow card here for Joshua Xherxe.
38:41He's not happy.
38:45Just watch Solanke there, Darren, he's trying to get support to Udogi.
38:50And he couldn't get there.
38:52He's had a hard shift for 84 minutes.
38:55I've got to say, I expected a lot more from Manchester United tonight.
38:59Yeah, I've been disappointed.
39:03Cuts inside there, as he comes across, catches him there.
39:06If I was going to be quite frank, I've not been that overly impressed with the game.
39:13It's been pretty tense, there's Dalot coming on now.
39:15Coming off of Masraoui.
39:17There's not been a lot of quality in the game, Darren, I don't know whether you agree or not.
39:23That won't bother Tottenham right now, if they can hang on.
39:34Well, they've got a bit more than five minutes plus stoppage time.
39:38To fulfil the dream, Tottenham.
39:41To make up for what's been such a disappointing season in so many ways.
39:46But if they qualify for the Champions League, win their first trophy for 17 years,
39:50the Tottenham fans won't give a monkey's about what's happened over the previous nine and a half months.
39:55Sol swings it in!
39:57And he almost got there, didn't he?
39:59Kevin Danso.
40:03The unfortunate thing, the way the kick was taken, it was always getting away from him.
40:12Manchester United have to get on with it.
40:14Lenny Oro.
40:17There's Joshua Xherxey, they've had chances second half,
40:22Garnaccio forced the save from Beccario,
40:25and there was that brilliant clearance off the line from Vicky van der Ven as well,
40:28but there's just not been sustained opportunities and pressure for Manchester United.
40:33Richarlison looks on, his work is done,
40:35and it goes to Maguire, on by Casemiro, the offside flag was up anyway.
40:40Yeah, I think now's the time you don't see Harry Maguire coming back.
40:44I think he steers up the pitch from now.
40:48I also don't think he's going to be sending the Christmas card to Cristian Romero, are you?
40:53Not at all, I've lost it.
40:55They've been at it all night, those two.
40:58He's just gone a little bit early, hasn't he?
41:01Spurs have got a problem because Udogi's been down,
41:03he might be feeling the pace of it, he's back on his feet now,
41:06but he might be cramping up the left back.
41:09That's how close Danso was.
41:11Yeah.
41:12Udogi's been up and down that left-hand side, understandable.
41:15I mentioned earlier Solanke, which is where he's feeling it a little bit.
41:19He's been doing Udogi's up the left, hasn't he?
41:21I like it, I refuse to go there, but I like it.
41:29Tottenham can almost touch it.
41:34Joshua Xherxey.
41:37Still Joshua Xherxey.
41:40They get bodies in the way again though,
41:42they defended so well in situations like that, Tottenham.
41:45Really did, I think it was Basuma that time.
41:47Excellent.
41:50You can see Maguire in that inside left position,
41:52he's warned he'll come back across so he can attack,
41:54he'll go inside right now.
41:57Van der Ven's got hold of him.
41:59Maguire's dug down in the middle of it.
42:01I'm watching the two of them, he's got his arms round them,
42:04but if it was near the box...
42:06Yeah, they're at it again, those two.
42:10England-Argentina in the World Cup next summer.
42:17Look at him just in front of you there.
42:20He's read the situation, Van der Ven,
42:22he's never got a penalty for that, Maguire.
42:26I can tell he's a little bit frustrated.
42:36Well, there we go, there's the flashpoint.
42:38Harry Maguire, Christian Romero, it's been coming.
42:45A yellow card for Maguire.
42:50I think Romero might get up sometime tomorrow morning.
43:04There's absolutely no justification for him to be lying down like that.
43:09Come on, Christian, you're the captain of Tottenham, get up.
43:13Well, he's being looked at, Romero.
43:15Richarlison's acting as a cheerleader down below and whipping up the crowd.
43:19Kobe Meunier's ready for Manchester United,
43:22Archie Gray and Jed Spence ready for Tottenham.
43:31I think the reaction of the Manchester United fans after this game
43:34is going to be very, very interesting,
43:36based on the lack of clear opportunities generated,
43:40the fact they've not really turned up in any way, shape or form for them.
43:43No, I agree, I'll say it again,
43:45I don't think it's been the best final we've watched this year.
43:48A little bit disappointed in some of the quality we've seen,
43:51but United, huffed and puffed,
43:53and it's been a bang-average performance from them so far,
43:57Tottenham won't care.
44:01So Archie Gray for Papsa is the first change.
44:07No, no, no.
44:13Archie Gray has gone from the championship with Leeds United last season
44:17to a major European final,
44:19and we're also going to see Destiny Udogi,
44:22who's been struggling for the last five minutes,
44:24also replaced by Jed Spence.
44:37Yes!
44:45And Patrick Dorgoo of Manchester United making way for Kobi Meinu.
45:03It's all about the fourth official.
45:06So we're into stoppage time,
45:12and at this point we don't have confirmation of how long,
45:15he's going to tell us now, this is what matters to Tottenham supporters right now.
45:19Seven minutes.
45:24That's going to be a Manchester United ball.
45:26Seven minutes, Ali, so there's still time for United,
45:28there's still work for Tottenham to do.
45:30Plenty of time.
45:32Well, they're going to have to get it over on the end of the pitch.
45:39There's an argument going on down below,
45:41something's been said I think from the United bench,
45:43the fourth official's alerted Felix Swier to that,
45:45he's coming over and he's going to show a yellow card to someone
45:49on the Manchester United bench.
45:51It could be anybody down there, a lot of work,
45:53maybe it's Victor Lindelof, I don't know.
45:55Looks like, yeah.
45:58It certainly looks like Lindelof.
46:02Yeah, it's Victor Lindelof, so yellow for him.
46:12Here's Delo.
46:21They're going to have to get it in the box to Maguire at some point.
46:24Here he goes again, moving to the other side.
46:28Amat, first defending for Spence to do.
46:34Straight at Son, here's Diogo Dalot.
46:38Yoro.
46:44Dalot hoisting in towards Harry Maguire,
46:46Harry Maguire was trying to get there, did get there,
46:48but puts it wide, he said it should be a corner.
46:52Christian Romero walks past him, book in the air.
46:55I know, I know.
46:57I know.
47:02It's a diagonal, we've seen Maguire so many times benefit from that.
47:08He does get his head to it, to be fair to him.
47:12Comes across the defender.
47:16When you look at it now, with five minutes of additional time still to play,
47:19when you think about the respective seasons they've had,
47:22we probably should have expected a final lack in quality,
47:25because that's been the story for them all the way through.
47:28Tears inside the stadium from a Manchester United perspective,
47:31but they're only five minutes away from tears of joy at the other end.
47:35Yeah, for sure.
47:36I was hopeful it would go the other way, Fletch,
47:38I was hopeful both managers and both teams would throw caution to the wind
47:42and go for it, but the game effectively...
47:45Tottenham won't bother, as I said to you,
47:47but the game's been played with a sense of fear more than anything.
47:51Celebrations have started at the Tottenham end.
47:56It's an entirely different story at the other end of the sand manor.
48:05Can Manchester United find a moment of inspiration from somewhere?
48:09Can Tottenham Hotspur defend what they've got?
48:13They need that man in the ball further up the pitch, United do.
48:19Hamad, who's been very quiet in the second half.
48:23He was wanting Dalot around him, wasn't he?
48:29Look how deep Bruno Fernandes is.
48:32Shaw.
48:34Garnaccio.
48:37Delivers the ball in towards Xherxey.
48:46Bruno Fernandes volleys one out here.
48:48What a pass.
48:49To Hamad.
48:53His cross into the danger area.
48:55That's a brilliant header in there by Danso, I think it was.
48:57What a header.
48:58What a great defensive header.
49:00United players either side of him, Darren.
49:04Had to be strong, and it was.
49:06Your own.
49:07Three minutes to go.
49:10Dalot.
49:14And he goes towards Maguire again.
49:16That's away by Porro, but only to Bruno Fernandes.
49:20Up against Archie Gray.
49:22Garnaccio.
49:24Manchester United desperate for a goal.
49:26Spurs can't get out.
49:28Fernandes.
49:32Garnaccio.
49:35Yoro's thinking about the shot and smashes it into the Tottenham fans
49:38behind Vicario's goal.
49:40And that's cheered like Spurs had scored at the other end.
49:43I'll tell you who's gonna be really pleased with that,
49:45and that's Cristian Romero.
49:46I can't believe that ball he played out from his own defence.
49:52Yoro's just leaning back, isn't he?
49:54Gets over it.
49:55This is a header.
49:57Excellent header.
49:59Zirkzee in front of him, Maguire behind him.
50:01He's got to get it right, and did.
50:04When you think about it, Ali, this gives Spurs the opportunity
50:08to get things right quicker.
50:10There'll be a Champions League club next season if they win it,
50:13and that's gonna change what they can do in the summer transfer window,
50:16but it makes the road to redemption that much longer for United.
50:20Of course it does.
50:26Has to go forward.
50:27Less than two minutes to go.
50:31Brennan Johnson's goal before half-time,
50:33the difference, the match-winning difference at the moment for Spurs.
50:38Shaw towards Dalot.
50:39Flicked on to Amat.
50:41Plenty of red in the Tottenham penalty area.
50:44Dalot's cross with plenty of spin.
50:46Casemiro's in there, so is Maguire.
50:49There he goes, what's the referee gonna do?
50:51He says no penalty.
50:54He was adamant, wasn't he?
50:56Adamant.
50:57Wasn't a lot of appeals from United players, I've got to say.
51:00And by the way, he's been strong all night, Felix Swayer.
51:02Yeah, well, he has.
51:04Still we play, final minute.
51:11Amat.
51:13Fernandes.
51:17Dalot.
51:18They're queuing up in the middle.
51:20It's crossed in.
51:21What a save by Vicario!
51:23Luke Shaw's header!
51:24Match-winning save from Vicario.
51:26That's exactly what it is.
51:28That's exactly what it is.
51:32The Spurs players can barely watch.
51:34What a moment for the goalkeeper.
51:37The Spurs players can barely watch.
51:39What a moment for the goalkeeper.
51:40Shaw thought he'd equalised.
51:4330 seconds left.
51:45Dalot.
51:46In he goes again, Shaw jumping again.
51:48Danso heads it away.
51:51Fernandes.
51:52Joshua Xherxey trying to get there,
51:54but his international team-mate Van der Ven denied him.
51:57Dalot's cross, they'll get a call.
52:02Shaw's timed his run perfectly.
52:04I think it's a save the goalkeeper should make,
52:06but he just attacks it perfectly.
52:10I tell you what, Ali, it's slightly better
52:12because his weight's going the other way at the start.
52:15Well, this is it, now or never.
52:17Here we go.
52:18Now or never.
52:20Corner for Manchester United.
52:22Amat Diallo to take it.
52:25And as you'd expect, there's all kinds of tangling in the middle.
52:29Goalies, everything, it's all happening.
52:31Everybody's off the Tottenham bench.
52:33I think that if they survive the corner,
52:35they'll win the Europa League and qualify for the Champions League.
52:38This is the moment.
52:41The Tottenham fans hold their breath.
52:43Amat delivers.
52:45Onana was in there!
52:46Oh, it's a side netting!
52:48Garnaccio.
52:51And the chance for Manchester United is surely gone.
52:54It's surely Tottenham's night in Bilbao,
52:56and they believe it now.
52:58Has to be now, has to be.
53:01It's a good header, I assume it is with a header.
53:04I think it might have been Casemiro.
53:06They both went for it, Casemiro and Garnaccio,
53:08and it's looked Casemiro.
53:09Yeah.
53:10Again, communication.
53:12It's got to be it, hasn't it? Surely.
53:26The Tottenham players and staff are ready to celebrate.
53:29The supporters too.
53:30The full-time whistle.
53:32And Spurs have won the Europa League.
53:35It's salvation for Spurs in Bilbao.
53:38And after a 17-year wait, they finally win a major trophy.
53:42They will play in the Champions League next season.
53:45It's glory, glory, Tottenham Hotspur
53:48on a wonderful night for them in northern Spain.
53:50Ange Postacoglu is a winner in his second season,
53:54and he told everybody that's what he was going to do.
53:57And Brennan Johnson, with a goal just before half-time,
54:00is the Tottenham Hotspur hero.
54:02What a night for the team from north London.
54:04Fantastic.
54:05That will be the story tomorrow.
54:07Greg Ange does what he says he does,
54:10wins it second time, look at him.
54:12Thrilled for him, I'm absolutely delighted for him.
54:14I really am.
54:15And it was a lovely shot there just two seconds ago,
54:17having Ruben Amiram in each other's arms,
54:19shook each other's hands, and so they should give each other a cuddle
54:23at the end of the battle.
54:25It wasn't the greatest battle we've ever seen,
54:27but I'll tell you right now, those Tottenham supporters,
54:30those Tottenham players, they do not care, nor should they.
54:34It's not how you get there, it's the fact that you get there.
54:38And Tottenham Hotspur have got there,
54:40they've got their hands on some silverware.
54:42This team has delivered for them in Bilbao tonight,
54:46and they will play in the Champions League next season.
54:49You've got to go back to Juan de Ramos all those years ago,
54:53but this night belongs to Tottenham Hotspur,
54:55Europa League winners in 2025.
54:58They beat Manchester United,
55:00and Brennan Johnson is their hero in the San Mames in Bilbao.
55:13Thank you very much to Darren and Ali,
55:16Tottenham Hotspur making their fans' dreams come true,
55:21making Glenn Hoddle's dreams come true tonight.
55:24Glenn's celebrating with all the supporters,
55:26walking along the touchline.
55:28Yeah, Glenn, you look really emotional.
55:30Oh, incredible. I've got no nails left.
55:32I'm just waving to everyone. It's fantastic.
55:34Fantastic for the club.
55:36It wasn't a classic game by any means,
55:38but Spurs won it.
55:39Cup finals are about winning games,
55:41and they got over the line by hook or by crook,
55:43and it's just a wonderful night for those fans
55:46all around this stadium, or half of the stadium, anyway.
55:49Gareth Bale here as well.
55:51Gareth, it wasn't the best game,
55:53but Spurs come on in there in that second half.
55:56They got it over the line. How do you feel?
55:58Yeah, no, amazing for the club.
56:00It's been a long time coming.
56:02Absolutely delighted for the club,
56:04all the fans, the amount of years they've waited.
56:07I think they'll celebrate this one tonight
56:09with a lot of alcohol.
56:11They needed that so much more
56:13than they needed a good league season.
56:15Yeah, exactly.
56:16Now Ange goes down as a legendary manager
56:18to win the European Cup.
56:20So, yeah, I think you'll look back on this,
56:23like I said at the start of the programme,
56:25and you'll just see Tottenham winning the Europa League.
56:28You won't see anything else in terms of league position.
56:32Yeah, but let Ange be a hero for these fans now.
56:35Sorry, I didn't hear that.
56:37Let Ange be a hero for these fans now.
56:39Of course he will. This night, rightly so.
56:41He got it right in the end.
56:43He played the three in midfield,
56:45and that first half particularly overpowered United.
56:48Second half, it was a case of digging in deep
56:51and hanging on in there.
56:53He went into a back five at the right time,
56:55and in the end they defended like Trojans,
56:58and they've ended up winning this trophy.
57:00It's wonderful.
57:01Hopefully now it's a stepping stone for more.
57:04Such a contrast in emotions out on that pitch,
57:07following that.
57:08A really bad, disappointing night for Manchester United,
57:12and a really complete, what's been a disaster of a season.
57:15Yeah, definitely a disaster of a season,
57:18ending on a bad note.
57:21But I don't think they've done enough to deserve it.
57:23I thought both teams were quite scared to lose the game,
57:26like I said at half-time,
57:27rather than wanting to go out and win it.
57:29There was no real cutting edge in the Man United team today,
57:31no real intensity in the game,
57:33until they went behind,
57:34they showed a couple of glimpses,
57:35but even then, there were no sustained pressure or attacks.
57:38The keeper, I think, made one save in the whole game,
57:41and you can't expect to go and win a trophy like that
57:43when you're playing a little bit reserved and conservative.
57:46You've got to be brave in these moments,
57:48and United probably weren't.
57:49Look at them scenes there,
57:50and Spurs deserve that.
57:52Look at this party going on in the stands here.
57:55Glenn, I feel like you want to get yourself up there.
57:57Oh, my grandson will be back at the stadium rocking.
58:01I've got to do a film.