Tottenham started their Europa League campaign with an impressive 3-0 home win over Qarabag despite playing 83 minutes with 10 men.
After kick-off was delayed due to the late arrival of Qarabag's team bus, Radu Dragusin’s night lasted only seven minutes when he received a red card after dragging Juninho to the ground with the Brazilian through on goal.
It failed to significantly knock Ange Postecoglou’s team off their stride though, with Brennan Johnson able to score for a third successive match five minutes later before Pape Sarr doubled the hosts’ advantage in the 52nd minute.
Qarabag did regularly threaten and Tural Bayramov fired a spot-kick over after Sarr’s strike, which all but ended the visitors’ hopes before Dominic Solanke made it back-to-back goals with 22 minutes left to ensure Tottenham earned a third win in a row before Sunday’s trip to Manchester United.
However, they have have to contest that clash without Son Heung-min, who limped off just after Solanke's goal in a rare sour note on a positive night for Tottenham.
Rangers ran out comfortable 2-0 winners over Malmo in Sweden.
Philippe Clement's side had a dream start with Albania midfielder Nedim Bajrami scoring his first goal for the Ibrox club in less than a minute after Cyriel Dessers had struck a post.
Substitute Ross McCausland sealed matters 14 minutes from time with a crisp, low strike after Malmo’s Isaac Kiese Thelin saw his angled volley ruled out for offside.
Lyon are Rangers’ next opponents at Ibrox and the Ligue 1 club began their campaign with a 2-0 home win over Olympiacos. Rayan Cherki and Said Benrahma scored in the space of six second-half minutes.
Jose Mourinho saw his Fenerbahce side beat Union Saint-Gilloise 2-1 in a game that saw both teams reduced to 10.
Fenerbahce became the ninth side Mourinho has managed in European competition – the Portuguese surpassing the joint-record he held with Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti – and defender Caglar Soyuncu put them ahead after 26 minutes.
Union Saint-Gilloise had Kevin Mac Allister sent off 17 minutes from time and an own goal from former Portsmouth defender Christian Burgess doubled Fenerbahce’s lead.
Bright Osayi-Samuel was dismissed after picking up a second yellow card. Dominik Livakovic saved Franjo Ivanovic’s resulting penalty before substitute Ross Sykes grabbed a stoppage-time consolation for the Belgian visitors.
Teenager Mika Godts scored twice as Ajax thrashed Besiktas 4-0, while Roma and Athletic Bilbao shared a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Olimpico.
Artem Dovbyk’s third goal in as many games gave Roma a first-half lead and Aitor Paredes headed an equaliser five minutes from time.
Portugal international Bruma bagged a late brace as Sporting Braga overcame Maccabi Tel Aviv 2-1 in a dramatic finale.
The winner came from the penalty spot in the fifth minute of stoppage time, and Maccabi then lost their discipline as Gavriel Kanichowsky and Tyrese Asante were sent off.
Eintracht Frankfurt and Viktoria Plzen drew 3-3, with Romanian outfit FCSB beating Rigas FS of Latvia 4-1.
