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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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David Hytner at San Mamés

Tottenham clinch Europa League glory on golden night to floor Manchester United

Son Heung-min holds up the trophy after Tottenham beat Manchester United in the Europa League final
Son Heung-min holds up the trophy after Tottenham beat Manchester United in the Europa League final. Photograph: Bernat Armangué/AP

For Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham, there was only one story, one mission. It was not about what happens next with the manager; that can wait. It was about grasping an opportunity that does not come around very often, about emerging from what has felt like a generation’s worth of jibes; about winning.

On a golden night for their longsuffering followers, they chased the baggage from their backs, they changed the narrative. Yet again, Postecoglou won in his second season at a club. For the first time since 2008, Spurs got their hands on a trophy.

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