Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham Hotspur; UEFA Champions League
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham Hotspur. UEFA Champions League.
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Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Tottenham: Spurs qualify for last 16 of Champions League with fourth-placed finish
Report as Tottenham win 2-0 at already-eliminated Eintracht Frankfurt to secure last-16 Champions League qualification; Randal Kolo Muani and Dominic Solanke hit second-half goals to give Spurs a fourth-placed finish; Kolo Muani scored opener just a day after a minor car accident
Wednesday 28 January 2026 22:55, UK
Tottenham qualified for the last 16 of the Champions League with a deserved 2-0 victory at already-eliminated Eintracht Frankfurt as Randal Kolo Muani scored just a day after a minor car accident.
A tyre blowout on Tuesday delayed Kolo Muani's arrival in Germany, but the forward overcame the incident to hit an opener against his former side just 65 seconds after half-time.
Substitute Dominic Solanke's 77th-minute strike made the victory safe to secure a fourth-placed finish, which gives Spurs second-leg home advantage in the last 16 and quarter-finals.
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Tottenham will face either Juventus, Atletico Madrid, Club Brugge or Galatasaray in the round of 16.
Tottenham's European form is in stark contrast to their domestic struggles, with Thomas Frank's side sitting 14th in the Premier League and eight points above the drop zone.
It is deja vu for Spurs after lifting the Europa League last season amid a 17th-placed Premier League finish.
Spurs won at Frankfurt last April on the way to Europa League glory, and it once again proved to be a happy hunting ground as they dominated throughout to avoid next month's two-legged knockout play-off, which will be a huge relief to Frank amid an injury crisis.
Frank: Never any doubt Kolo Muani would not play
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank speaking at his post-match press conference on whether there were doubts around Kolo Muani's involvement:
"No. He was ready. If there was any doubt that he couldn't play, then we wouldn't have done it, but he was fine.
"There was no physical or mental aspect from the accident.
"I was very happy that he scored the goal. He looked like a threat. He was heavily involved in the disallowed goal [Xavi Simons' in the third minute]. He had great actions throughout the game.
"I'm very happy he got the goal, and I asked him, 'Please start scoring against teams other than [just] your former clubs'.
"But we know when you come to a new club and new country, it's never straightforward - and never in the Premier League. I hope it can give him some confidence."
When is the draw for the last 16?
The draw for the round of 16, quarter-finals and semi-finals takes place on February 27.
When are the knockout stages?
Knockout play-offs: February 17-18 and 24-25
Round of 16: March 10-11 and 17-18
Quarter-finals: April 7-8 and 14-15
Semi-finals: April 28-29 and May 5-6
Final: May 30 (Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary)
Opta stats: Only rivals Arsenal boast better set-piece record than Spurs
- Fifty per cent of Tottenham's last six goals in all competitions have been via set pieces (2x corner, 1x free kick), while only Arsenal (26) have scored more set-piece goals than Spurs among Premier League sides across all competitions this season since the FIFA Club World Cup (20).
- Tottenham have scored the opening goal in each of their last five Champions League games, with this their longest ever streak across the European Cup.
- Tottenham Guglielmo Vicario kept the most clean sheets of any goalkeeper in this season's Champions League group stage (6), while it's the most shutouts of any Spurs goalkeeper across a single season in the competition.
- Cristian Romero has been directly involved in nine goals for Tottenham Hotspur across all competitions this season (6 goals, 3 assists), as many goal contributions as he managed in his first four campaigns for Spurs combined.