Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League campaign is at risk of coming to a premature end after a largely poor showing in the Netherlands

Ange Postecoglou is hopeful the injury Dominic Solanke suffered 15 minutes into his Tottenham comeback is ‘nothing too bad’. Unlike Spurs’ performance.

A comical first-half own-goal from Lucas Bergvall consigned a lacklustre Tottenham to a 1-0 loss away to AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

AZ Alkmaar await the first encounter with Tottenham Hotspur tonight in the first of two Europa League round of 16 fixtures. Micky van de Ven is rumoured to possibly make his comeback at the AFAS Stadion. As per Voetbal International, this is the probable line-up of Ange Postecoglu’s team.

Ange Postecoglou's Tottenham Hotspur side slipped to a first-leg defeat away to AZ Alkmaar, leaving them with work to do in the return fixture next week. The Europa League represents Spurs' last chance for a trophy this season, as well as their only likely route into the Champions League.

Lucas Bergvall’s own goal meant Spurs head into the second leg in north London behind but they were fortunate it wasn’t more after an insipid display