Geoff: Great going forward, horrible at the back and completely ran out of steam. A win was critical and puts us in a great position to avoid extra play-off games. Scary having to rely just on school kids from the bench, though, and if there aren't two or three first-team level signings in the next week, this might be as good as it gets.

In the midst of a difficult domestic campaign, Tottenham Hotspur's focus switches to continental competition when they face Hoffenheim in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday. Despite the inconsistencies that have been on display this season,

Four of the absentees, Antonin Kinsky, Djed Spence, Sergio Reguilon and Min-hyeok Yang, are fit but ineligible in Europe – partly a consequence of the club's squad mismanagement – but 10 are injured, with Pape Matar Sarr the latest to go down after taking a knock in Sunday's defeat to Everton.