Tottenham Hotspur's Europa League campaign is at risk of coming to a premature end after a largely poor showing in the Netherlands

A comical first-half own-goal from Lucas Bergvall consigned a lacklustre Tottenham to a 1-0 loss away to AZ Alkmaar in the first leg of their Europa League last-16 tie. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Lucas Bergvall’s own goal meant Spurs head into the second leg in north London behind but they were fortunate it wasn’t more after an insipid display

The hosts took the lead in the 18th minute of the first leg of the last-16 tie courtesy of a freak own goal, with Spurs teenager Lucas Bergvall swiping at a corner only for his attempted clearance to loop over goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario.

Tottenham will welcome back Micky van de Ven, Cristian Romero and Dominic Solanke for tonight’s Europa League last-16 first-leg clash against AZ Alkmaar. However, Ange Postecoglou will be without Dejan Kulusevski, who is sidelined with a foot injury.