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Pacos de Ferreira 1-0 Tottenham: Spurs slump to a shock defeat in Portugal as Lucas Silva strikes just before half-time to hand Nuno Espirito Santo's men a Europa Conference League play-off loss

Two positives are all Nuno Espirito Santo can take from this.

One being that he and his players will get a second chance in a week’s time back home to fix the many mistakes made here. The second being that Bryan Gil aside, Tottenham really can’t play any worse.

Did this rag-tag line-up need a reminder of the perils of Europe? It was only last year when Tottenham, away in Bulgaria to Lokomotiv Plovdiv, were 10 minutes from elimination in Europa League qualifying. Harry Kane and Tanguy Ndombele came to the rescue that night. Both were spared the flight by Nuno for this one.