Result: Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 Antwerp
Date: 10 December 2020
Venue: Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur clinched top spot in Group J of the UEFA Europa League after beating Royal Antwerp 2-0 in the final group match on Thursday evening.
Spurs made three changes from the side that was held by LASK in a six-goal thriller, as Sergio Reguilon, Harry Winks and Carlos Vinicius were all recalled while Gareth Bale also earned a start.
The hosts came close to grabbing a sixth-minute after Japhet Tanganga met Giovani Lo Celso's corner with a glancing header at the back post but shot-stopper Alireza Beiranvand tipped his effort just wide.
Lo Celso had the best chance with ten minutes left of the first stanza after going through on goal but his curling shot with the outside of the his left foot was parried away by Beiranvand, before Vinicius had his first-time shot was saved by the onrushing Beiranvand just before the break/
After a scrappy opening to the second stanza, Vinicius finally got the breakthrough for the hosts four minutes before the hour-mark with a tap-in after Beiranvand could only parry Gareth Bale's dipping free-kick onto the top post.
Second-half substitute Harry Kane came close to doubling the lead for the Lilywhites in the 67th minute with a glancing header from a corner at the back post that missed the bottom corner narrowly wide.
Lo Celso eventually got the insurance goal for Tottenham in the last 19 minutes with a low strike with the outside of his left foot across Beiranvand after a well weighted through ball by Kane.
Antwerp started surging forward with more energy eager to rescue the game in the latter stages but they could not trouble goalkeeper Joe Hart, as Mourinho's men comfortably won 2-0 to clinch top in the group by one point ahead of the Belgian side.
