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Eintracht Frankfurt exit UEFA Europa League after quarter-final defeat to Tottenham Hotspur

Eintracht Frankfurt were knocked out of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League following a narrow home loss to Tottenham Hotspur in their quarter-final second leg.

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Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs win 2-1 on agg.)Goals: 0-1 Solanke (pen. 43')

It was all set up to be another memorable night for 2021/22 Europa League winners Frankfurt following last week's 1-1 draw in London. Hugo Ekitiké was on target in the first leg, but the Frenchman ploughed a lonely furrow for long periods at Deutsche Bank Park. Eintracht weren't helped by the 17th-minute loss of Mario Götze to injury, and their task was made a whole lot harder on the strike of half-time, when Dominic Solanke scored from the spot after Kauã Santos had been penalised for a rash challenge on James Maddison.

Frankfurt substitute Farès Chaïbi fired off a long-range warning shot after the restart, before Spurs defender Cristian Romero ratcheted up the tension in the air by sending a very presentable header off target. Chaïbi forced a superb save from Vicario at the other end as Eintracht turned the screw, with Rasmus Kristensen unable to convert on the rebound. Ekitiké misfired from a late corner as Dino Toppmöller's side - the Bundesliga's last team standing in Europe this season - exited the competition.

Match stats

Teams

Frankfurt: Santos - Kristensen, Koch (c), Tuta, Theate - Skhiri, Larsson (Wahi 76') - Brown (Knauff 76'), Götze (Chaïbi 17'), Bahoya (Uzun 58') - EkitikéUnused subs: Grahl, Siljevic, Amenda, Dahoud, Chandler, Nkounkou, Batshuayi, CollinsOut: Matanović (ineligible), Trapp (ineligible)Coach: Dino Toppmöller

Tottenham: Vicario - Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie - Bergvall, Bentancur, Maddison (c) (Kulusevski 45'+1) - Johnson (Danso 85'), Solanke, Tel (Sarr 79')Unused subs: Austin, Whiteman, Bissouma, Richarlison, Gray, Spence, Odobert, Davies, MooreOut: Dragusin (knee), Son (foot)Coach: Ange Postecoglou

As it happened!

First-leg report

Hugo Ekitiké was on target as Eintracht Frankfurt drew 1-1 with Tottenham Hotspur in their UEFA Europa League quarter-final first leg.

Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Eintracht FrankfurtGoals: 0-1 Ekitiké 6' (assist: Skhiri), 1-1 Porro 26' (assist: Maddison)

Dreaming of a repeat of their triumphant 2021/22 Europa League campaign, Frankfurt got off to the perfect start in London. Elyes Skhiri picked off James Maddison's errant pass and found Ekitiké, who matched the quality of the Tunisian's razor-sharp assist with a fabulous finish from 18 yards. Tottenham slowly wrestled back the initiative, though, and were level 20 minutes later courtesy of a well-taken strike on the turn by Pedro Porro. Frankfurt almost got their noses back in front on the stroke of half-time, but Guglielmo Vicario was well placed to deny Ekitiké's attempt following a corner.

Eintracht did well to weather a testing Tottenham storm early in the second half. After Lucas Bergvall rattled the woodwork, Kauã Santos did really well to deny former Bayer Leverkusen playmaker Heung-Min Son before Rodrigo Bentancur sent a corner onto the crossbar and Santos thwarted Maddison at close quarters. Spurs continued to ask all the questions as Bentacur put a header wide and Santos kept out Micky van de Ven's last-gasp attempt, but Frankfurt held on. They now need to win at home on 17 April to reach the last four.

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