Good omen? Tottenham beat Barcelona in Uefa Youth League to reach knockout stages

Winners: Tottenham won 2-0 at Mini Estadi
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Joe Krishnan11 December 2018

Tottenham's Under-19 sides caused a shock with a 2-0 win against Barcelona to seal their place in the knockout stages of the Uefa Youth League.

Much like the senior side, the Spurs youngsters had to win to guarantee their progress after watching Inter Milan beat PSV Eindhoven earlier in the day.

Given that Barcelona were unbeaten in their first five games, it seemed a near impossible task for Tottenham to come away with a victory at the Mini Estadi in Barcelona.

That was until 16-year-old Troy Parrott - who travelled with Tottenham's senior squad at the weeked - opened the scoring on 17 minutes, tapping home from Paris Maghoma's cross to hand the visitors the lead.

Tottenham Hotspur FC via Getty Images

Only some fine work from goalkeeper Arnau Tenas in the Barcelona goal kept the score at 1-0 and Spurs's high-pressing tactics forced back the Catalan side throughout the second half as they protected their one-goal advantage.

Anssumane Fati came close to drawing the hosts level, arrowing a 12-yard shot just wide of the post.

But Tottenham made sure of their progress with just a minute of normal time remaining when substitute Rodel Richards scored with his first touch, prodding home from Jack Roles' deflected effort to hand John McDermott's side a memorable victory.

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