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Spurs without Heung-min Son as they aim for third straight European victory

Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar LIVE!

Spurs will look to maintain their 100 per cent start to the new-look Europa League tonight. Ange Postecoglou’s side have won both of their opening games in this season’s competition, brushing aside Qarabag on home soil despite going down to 10 men early before travelling to Hungary to defeat Ferencvaros. Tottenham will be strong favourites to record another comfortable victory this evening, having bounced back from their Brighton capitulation by drubbing rivals West Ham in the Premier League.

Now they meet an AZ Alkmaar team who started the season magnificently under Maarten Martens, but have been on a wretched run of form recently, losing four matches in a row across all competitions to drop to fifth in the Eredivisie and 11 points adrift of leaders PSV Eindhoven. They were also beaten by Athletic Club in their last Europa League outing after opening with a win over Elfsborg and have not fared well at all on previous trips to England.

Spurs are without rested captain Heung-min Son once again on Thursday as Postecoglou makes nine changes, while the visitors’ attack is spearheaded by a very familiar face in Troy Parrott. Follow Tottenham vs AZ Alkmaar live below!

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Tottenham 0-0 AZ Alkmaar

Half-time

Goalless at the break in north London, and AZ Alkmaar will be comfortably the happier side so far.

They’ve defended solidly for the most part and have a real threat on the break with the dangerous Poku.

Some good moments for much-changed Spurs but they have yet to really ignite, Werner and Moore missing their best chances.

2 minutes ago

Tottenham 0-0 AZ Alkmaar

47 mins: Bentancur looks to punish a poor clearance but his shot is wild and flies into the stands.

That should do it for the first half.

4 minutes ago

Tottenham 0-0 AZ Alkmaar

44 mins: Lovely feet and skill inside the box from Maddison, but AZ clear their lines before Parrott again gets back to defend diligently and earns a free-kick off a frustrated Gray.

Two minutes of additional time will be played at the end of this first half.

3 minutes ago

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Standard Sport’s Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

You genuinely wonder how and when Timo Werner will ever score again.

It has been another lively enough display from the winger, who is still making all the right runs, but he looks utterly bereft of confidence in front of goal and has missed two big openings tonight.

He probably needs the simplest of tap-ins to stop the rot.

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6 minutes ago

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42 mins: Parrott has spent a lot of time in this first half back defending on the edge of his own box.

He’s caught by Richarlison with no foul given, but the Brazilian scuffs his shot well wide.

9 minutes ago

Tottenham 0-0 AZ Alkmaar

39 mins: Solid goalkeeping again from Forster as he races to the edge of his box to beat Kasius to the ball.

He had to get that right, and did. Excellent timing.

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Tottenham 0-0 AZ Alkmaar

37 mins: Maikuma is caught in possession by Richarlison after a heavy touch and the Brazilian feeds Werner, who fires into the side netting on the stretch.

That was a far more difficult chance for the former Chelsea man.

12 minutes ago

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36 mins: Young Dutch Under-21 winger Poku is causing Tottenham plenty of problems down AZ’s left-hand side tonight - he’s by far their brightest spark.

14 minutes ago

Tottenham 0-0 AZ Alkmaar

Standard Sport’s Dan Kilpatrick at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Not sure what I'm missing but that looked a clear penalty for Spurs for Penetra's lunge on Maddison.

Neither the referee nor VAR showed much interest, though.

Maddison still seems the likeliest to fashion a breakthrough, with Bergvall also lively as the other No8.

15 minutes ago

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31 mins: Tottenham’s penalty appeals are waved away after a risky challenge near the byline from Penetra on Maddison.

VAR check - no penalty. Probably the right decision, but that was clumsy.

He did get a toe on the ball, which has saved him.