Harry Kane has headed Tottenham into the Europa League last 32, the red-hot England striker's ninth goal in six matches earning Spurs a 1-0 win at Azerbaijani champions Qarabag.
Kane's decisive second-half goal assured the Group J leaders qualification into the knockout stages with a game to spare.
"Very happy to be qualified! It wasn't easy but delighted with the win!" tweeted Kane.
The North Londoners could probably have done without the 8000 kilometre-round trip to the Azerbaijan capital just three days before the visit of Chelsea to White Hart Lane.
Despite the imminent arrival of the ailing Premier League champions Spurs coach Mauricio Pochettino fielded a strong side at Qarabag's Azersun Arena in Baku.
He made three changes from the XI that brushed aside West Ham 4-1 last weekend, with Kieran Trippier, Ryan Mason and Ben Davies starting.
Mousa Dembele, Danny Rose and Kyle Walker were rested, while Erik Lamela, Nabil Bentaleb, Nacer Chadli and Alex Pritchard, were sidelined.
Elsewhere, Russian side Krasnodar ran out 1-0 winners over already-qualified Borussia Dortmund to go through from Group C.
Also through were Spaniards Villarreal courtesy of Viktoria Plzen's 1-0 loss to Minsk.
Swiss champions Basel drew 2-2 with 10-man Fiorentina to go through from Group I while Sporting Lisbon boosted their prospects of escaping from Group H with a 4-2 win at Lokomotiv Moscow.
Other sides into the last 32 were Schalke 04 and Lazio.
AFP
