GettyImagesTottenham enjoyed a highly successful evening in Georgia.
Tottenham Hotspur have all but secured their place in the Europa League group stage after beating Dinamo Tbilisi 5-0 in Georgia in the first leg of their play-off.
Andros Townsend opened the scoring with a superb solo goal before outpacing his marker to supply assists for Roberto Soldado’s first goal of the night and Paulinho’s maiden strike for the club.
Danny Rose scored his first goal for Tottenham since his wonder strike against Arsenal in 2010, and Soldado added a second to round off the victory.
Goals in either half from Alexander Meier saw Eintracht Frankfurt to a 2-0 victory over FK Qarabag in Azerbaijan.
The 30-year-old scored in the sixth and 75th minutes to put the German side in control of the tie.
Feyenoord’s dismal start to the season continued as they went down to a 1-0 defeat in their match at Russian side Kuban Krasnodar, with Ibrahima Balde netting the only goal on the hour mark.
The Eredivisie side have lost all three of their domestic fixtures so far.
Fellow Dutch side AZ Alkmaar enjoyed a better evening, beating Atromitos 3-1 away, with Iceland international Johann Berg Gudmundsson netting a brace.
Information from the Press Association was used in this report.
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