Tottenham curse finally broken before potential Man Utd Europa League final

Tottenham Hotspur could have the chance to end their trophy drought 17 days after ended his curse by with .

The Bavarians now have an over reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen with two league matches remaining. The latter drew 2-2 with Freiburg on Sunday, a day after with a .

' record goalscorer famously never won anything while playing for them. During his 13 years in the first team, they finished third, second and third in the between 2015 and 2018.

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also twice lost the final to - in 2015 and 2021 - either side of being beaten to the 2019 by . Spurs last won silverware in 2008 when beating to the League Cup.

Kane was in the under-16s then and months away from signing a scholarship when they failed to retain their trophy 12 months later against . However, they are now only one match away from a first final in four years.

Spurs winning the first leg of their semi-final second leg 3-1 against Bodo/Glimt gives them a two-goal advantage for the reverse fixture in Norway. Waiting in the final could be Man United after their 3-0 first-leg win over Athletic Club in Bilbao in the other semi-final.

acknowledged the chances of Spurs advancing during his post-match press conference at the . "It puts us in a good position," he said.

"I thought the players were outstanding. Our performance was everything it needed to be: well-organised defensively, calm going forward, creating good opportunities for ourselves and maintaining pressure.

"They scored the late goal, which doesn't reflect our dominance, but if we repeat that performance next week, it'll be enough for us to get through." He also downplayed the Aspmyra Stadion's synthetic surface as being a deciding factor.

"Look, it's artificial grass, but it's still a game of football," Postecoglou said. "I know the experience.

"We need to replicate what we did today. Irrespective of the surface, if we're organised with and without the ball, it won't matter what the surface is; it'll make it difficult to stop us."

Bodo/Glimt head coach Kjetil Knutsen, however, was heartened by his side scoring a late goal to cut their deficit. "The goal is really important," he said. "First of all, you see, when Tottenham conceded, they were really disappointed; they lost energy, and it gave us a lot of energy.

"If you ask me, we should've gone for the second goal. We can take the energy from this game into the next game, and it's different for us to play at home."