A hat-trick from Harry Kane helped Tottenham thrash Greek side Asteras Tripolis and on to a first win in the Europa League group-stage.
5 – Harry Kane has now scored five goals in his last four games for Tottenham (all competitions). Hurricane.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 23, 2014
Spurs TV: @hkane28's night had it all – a 1st senior hat-trick & a brief stint in goal – http://t.co/p3ScpCWAxy pic.twitter.com/RHSxErInXd
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) October 24, 2014
Soon after, Erik Lamela struck twice, the first being a stunning strike that bought White Hart Lane to its feet. The £30 million Argentine wrapped his left foot around his right leg to score brilliantly from 20 yards, a goal many have called upon as ‘simply brilliant’.
Must be the best goal I've ever seen!! @Coco_Lamela 🙈😱😱🙈 congrats to hattrick Kane as well!!! @hkane28 pic.twitter.com/wIDqqbYr1b
— Jan Vertonghen (@JanVertonghen) October 23, 2014
Amazing Rabona Goal Erik Lamela #dirty https://t.co/fWibYLByYr
— Kamui (@LosoAndretti) October 24, 2014
Meanwhile, Everton’s Europa League ambitions remain on course after battling their way to a deserved draw in Lille.
Cheered on by more than 6,000 travelling fans, Roberto Martinez’s men produced a well-organised and increasingly lively display against their French hosts.
Elsewhere, the goals were liberally spread among the games in Europe’s second tier competition with Borussia Moenchengladbach hitting five, Besiktas, VfL Wolfsburg, Salzburg and Villarreal all scoring four goals.
Rijeka’s Andrej Kramaric underlined his status as one of the hottest prospects in European soccer with a hat-trick while trouble flared in eastern Europe again and Napoli lost 2-0 to Young Boys.
Group A
Borussia Monchengladbach 5 – 0 Apollon Limassol
Villarreal 4 – 1 FC Zurich
Group B
Club Brugge 1 – 1 FC Koebenhavn
Torino 2 – 0 HJK
Group C
Partizan Beograd 0 – 4 Besiktas
Tottenham Hotspur 5 – 1 Asteras Tripolis
Group D
Celtic 2 – 1 Astra Giurgiu
Salzburg 4 – 2 Dinamo Zagreb
Group E
Estoril 1 – 2 Dinamo Moscow
PSV Eindhoven 1 – 1 Panathinaikos
Group F
Dnipro 0 – 1 FK Karabakh
Inter 0 – 0 Saint Etienne
Group G
Rijeka 3 – 1 Feyenoord
Standard Liege 0 – 0 Sevilla
Group H
FC Krasnodar 2 – 4 Wolfsburg
Lille 0 – 0 Everton
Group I
Slovan Bratislava 0 – 3 Sparta Prague
Young Boys 2 – 0 SSC Napoli
Group J
AaB 3 – 0 Dynamo Kyiv
Steaua Bucuresti 2 – 1 Rio Ave
Group K
Dinamo Minsk 0 – 0 Guingamp
PAOK Thessaloniki FC 0 – 1 Fiorentina
Group L
Trabz
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