Tottenham 2-2 Gent: Europa League as it happened

That is all for this particular live blog, be sure to read IBTimes UK sport editor Nick Howson's take on a sorry night to forget for Spurs.

We will be back on Saturday to bring you live coverage of resurgent Swansea City's trip to Chelsea. Tottenham vs Stoke and the small matter of an EFL Cup final meeting between Southampton and Manchester United will also be on the agenda this weekend.

Goodbye for now.

Plucky Gent, mired in domestic mid-table mediocrity, march on. They will join Manchester United in tomorrow's last-16 draw that takes place at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

Here are the last-32 results in full:

Another harrowing night in Europe for Tottenham, who succumb to a team that you really would have expected them to dispatch with relatively minimal fuss. Alli's moment of madness cost them dearly, as did some diabolical defending for Gent's killer second goal. The Wembley curse continues.

Pochettino's side, currently third in the top-flight and 10 points adrift of leaders Chelsea, will have to shake off this disappointment quickly ahead of a home Premier League meeting with Stoke City at White Hart Lane on Sunday. They also host Millwall in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup later this month.

Tottenham are out of the Europa League

Full-time

Tottenham 2-2 Gent (2-3 on aggregate)

Lloris produces a fine low shot to deny Gigot. However, the offside flag had already been raised.

Another attempt from Kane fails to trouble Kalinic. Vincent Janssen, on for Dier, is unable to register a shot on target.

Lovely play from Kane to escape his marker and get into the box. He bends a shot narrowly wide.

Two more Tottenham corners produce no goals, despite the best efforts of Wanyama.

The fourth official signals only three minutes of added time. This one is surely over.

Kane releases Son, but the South Korean international blazes over from a fantastic position. That lack of composure has really cost Tottenham.

Wanyama and Winks have their names taken as Spurs lose their heads in front of a rapidly emptying Wembley Stadium.

Tottenham have preciously little time to find two more goals. A frustrated Dier gives the linesman a mouthful and is cautioned for his troubles.

Bar a miraculous late turnaround, Tottenham are heading out of the Europa League.

The sting had just gone out of the hosts' attack over the last few minutes and Gent capitalise to devastating effect.

Dier and Vertonghen get their wires hopelessly crossed when trying to play offside, allowing Coulibaly to charge forward into the box.

His cross hits Dier and falls kindly for substitute Perbet, who prods home with the outside of his right boot via a deflection off the hapless Spurs centre-back.

Goal: Tottenham 2-2 Gent (Jeremy Perbet)

Another Eriksen corner is headed well wide by Alderweireld. That was a difficult chance, it must be said.

Just over 10 minutes plus stoppage time remaining for Tottenham to find the goal that, providing they do not concede another, would put them into the hat for tomorrow's last-16 draw.

Walker deservedly has his name taken for a frustrated sliding tackle on Gershon.

A change apiece now as Dembele makes way for Winks and first-leg hero Perbet replaces Simon.

Son falls too easily in the box under pressure from Gigot. No penalty.

Gent, who have looked extremely leggy over the last few minutes, try to put the final nail in Tottenham's Europa League coffin but Moses Simon can only guide his header into the side netting after a searching left-wing cross from Saief.

The away fans thought that was in.

Son gets away from Verstraete and produces a low cross that is just too quick for Kane to reach. Eriksen's latest corner is flicked on by Alderweireld and Gent almost score a headed own goal of their own.

Walker hammers a shot into the side netting. Gent are clinging on for dear life just at the moment.

Vertonghen protests one of Sousa's decisions and is promptly shown a yellow card.

Eriksen gets clear beyond the Gent defence and is stopped by a brilliantly-timed tackle from Gigot. Pochettino appeals vociferously for a penalty, but there was nothing wrong with that.

Tottenham's latest attack ends with Vertonghen picking out row z with a wild shot.

That Wanyama strike gives Tottenham the lead on the night and levels the aggregate score at 2-2. However, as it stands, Gent will go through on away goals.

Still plenty of time left for Spurs to find another.

Now then. After Eriksen's goal-bound effort is accidentally blocked by Kane, who cannot get the ball out of his feet, Tottenham come again.

Walker combines nicely with Eriksen before Wanyama, an unlikely scorer, curls an unstoppable drive into the top corner. Son making his presence felt already.

Game on.

Goal: Tottenham 2-1 Gent (Victor Wanyama)

Pochettino signals his attacking intent by replacing the ineffective Davies with Son.

Kane guides a difficult header wide after being picked out by Walker.

What a chance for Kane to give Tottenham real hope with over 30 minutes of this tie remaining.

Running onto a pass from Eriksen, the England striker pulls his powerful shot wide of the far post.

Tottenham try to force a couple more shots, but committed Gent are equal to both.

Dejaegere has battled on bravely after that petulant challenge from Alli. He finally limps off to be replaced by Louis Verstraete.

Gershon is the latest Gent centre-back to ensure that he gets to a Walker cross before any white shirt.

With his defenders expecting an offside flag, Kalinic then dives bravely at the feet of Eriksen after the latter plays a useful one-two with Kane.

Nick Howson at Wembley Stadium

"Clearly it won't be, but the dismissal of Dele Alli should be the major story of the night. England's best young player is allowing himself to be consumed by ill-discipline. Needs looking at."

The home fans are trying to galvanise Tottenham with a hearty rendition of "When the Spurs go marching in".

Eriksen capitalises on a sloppy pass from Saief. The Dane fails to direct his weak shot on target, however.

We are back underway at Wembley. No changes from Pochettino, but Gent boss Hein Vanhaezebrouck has opted to send on experienced Belgian midfielder Thomas Matton in place of Milicevic.

Dejaegere does not make way despite struggling in the aftermath of that Alli challenge.

That Alli 'tackle' just gets worse and worse upon each viewing. It's a real shocker. Dejaegere is fortunate to have avoided serious injury.

While we wait for the second half to begin, here is more from IBTimes UK on the news that Leicester have sacked Claudio Ranieri...

Not that it matters much now, but we should mention that replays prove that Gent should never have been awarded the corner from which Kane headed into his own net.

The last touch came from Milicevic.

After such a promising start, Tottenham are now really up against it. Down to 10 men, they need to score twice to avoid their second demoralising European exit of the season.

It's going to be a tall order.

Half-time

Tottenham 1-1 Gent

Eriksen drives inside from the left flank but his poor shot was never likely to bother Kalinic.

That should do it for this opening 45 minutes.

I think Kalinic has just been booked for time wasting.

Kane intercepts a rogue pass and tries to lob the Croatian 'keeper, who is standing on the edge of the 18-yard box, from just inside the Gent half. However, his hopeful effort goes over.

Two minutes of added time to be played at the end of this first half.

Vertonghen ignores the run of Ben Davies and powers a left-footed shot into the stands.

Dejaegere limps off the field to receive treatment. Normal service then resumes as Walker's latest cross is deflected over his own crossbar by the knee of Gigot.

It's clearly a corner but the referee points for a goal kick. Bizarre decision.

Things go from bad to worse for the hosts. Alli miscontrols the ball and launches into an extremely dangerous and shin-high studs-up tackle on Dejaegere.

He can have no complaints about being shown a straight red card. Awful, awful challenge.

Red card: Dele Alli (Tottenham)

Gent really, really need to do something about Walker. The marauding right-back's latest centre for Kane is repelled by Mitrovic.

Gent spring forward on the counter and cause all sorts of problems with another corner.

Coulibaly gets the knockdown this time and Dembele makes a crucial tackle to dispossess Dejaegere before Dier hacks clear.

Walker terrorises Saief yet again and forces a strong save from Kalinic at the front post. Gigot heads clear Eriksen's latest corner.

Eriksen releases Walker on the overlap and his near-post cross towards Kane is turned behind by Samuel Gigot. Excellent defending.

Tottenham opt for a short corner and the pressure on Gent's goal is relieved after Dembele fouls Foket.

An Eriksen corner flies beyond Alli at the near post and travels across the six-yard box with no white shirts seemingly willing to take the gamble. Victor Wanyama was the closest player to it.

Replays show that Dier was not even looking when the ball was delivered.

Alderweireld crashes a free-kick straight into the wall.

Looking to atone for his error, Kane is just unable to connect with a low ball from the left.

The Spurs striker is then scythed down by Saief, who joins Dejaegere in the book.

Eriksen skews a shot wide and Brecht Dejaegere picks up the first yellow card of the night for a foul on Tottenham's goalscorer.

Against the run of play, Gent are level.

After some find defending from Alderweireld to thwart Danijel Milicevic, Mitrovic powers a corner back into the six-yard box and Kane ends up inadvertently heading the ball beyond Lloris.

Despite starting this game well, Tottenham now need to score two unanswered goals in order to progress. This tie will definitely be settled in 90 minutes.

Nick Howson at Wembley Stadium

"Spurs' Wembley blues coming back to haunt them once again as Harry Kane heads into his own net. Pochettino's side had started so well, but they've allowed Gent back into the tie and now need two to progress. Meanwhile, celebrations in the press gantry, as extra time and penalties are ruled out. It's cold."

Goal: Tottenham 1-1 Gent (Harry Kane OG)

Gent try to pose some sort of attacking threat but Vertonghen is alert to clear Coulibaly's flick-on.

The Belgian defender then races up the pitch, plays a fine one-two with Alli and skips past the challenge of Mitrovic before seeing a low cross booted clear.

Walker finds acres of space down that right-hand side once again. He runs well at Gershon before firing an effort over the crossbar.

This could be a long night for Gent if they don't sharpen up defensively.

Tottenham's tails are well and truly up. Alli flashes an attempt wide before blasting his latest shot into the arm of Thomas Foket from close range.

He wants a penalty, but the referee disagrees.

Tottenham level the tie within the opening 10 minutes of this second leg.

Alderweireld sends a long ball forward down the right channel and a costly defensive mix-up between Gershon and Mitrovic allows Eriksen to stride through on goal.

The Danish playmaker keeps his composure to slot his eighth goal of the season past Kalinic.

What a start.

Goal: Tottenham 1-0 Gent (Christian Eriksen)

Walker beats Kenny Saief and whips in a dangerous low cross towards Kane that is smothered by Kalinic.

Walker, who has seen plenty of the ball during the opening six minutes, cuts inside from the right flank. His pass to Kane deflects off a Gent defender before being dispatched well wide under pressure from Alli.

No real chances to speak of just yet.

A through ball from Walker intended for Dele Alli is claimed by goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic.

At the other end, Coulibaly balloons an awful cross into the stands.

Tottenham immediately look to put themselves on the front foot. Walker's low cross is cleared by Stefan Mitrovic.

Portuguese referee Jorge Sousa gets us off and running. Tottenham will kick from right to left in this opening half.

More on that stunning story to come, but let's now switch our focus back to Wembley. The players are out and kick-off is just moments away.

Leicester have now confirmed that they have "parted company" with Ranieri. Wow.

It's fair to say that Ranieri's reported sacking, just nine months after helping Leicester to complete one of the greatest shocks in sporting history, has been met with widespread dismay across social media.

The eccentric Italian was given the dreaded vote of confidence earlier this month amid a woeful run that had seen his free-falling side regress from Premier League champions to relegation candidates.

While their top-flight form had been admittedly awful, it was hoped that last night's spirited 2-1 Champions League last-16 defeat at in-form Sevilla would act as a catalyst for the rest of the campaign.

Wayne Rooney and this Tottenham vs Gent game have both been trumped in terms of tonight's biggest football story. No official confirmation from Leicester as of yet.

More on that breaking news on IBTimes UK across the evening...

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Pochettino held clear-the-air training ground talks with his players in the aftermath of last week's loss, with those constructive discussions appearing to bear fruit if that easy win at Fulham is anything to go by.

Speaking ahead of a second-leg clash he has likened to another Wembley final, the Argentine knows that Tottenham cannot afford to underperform in front of 90,000 supporters.

I still feel bad. For them, it was a big, big victory. I listened to how they were after the game and it was a big party in the dressing room. It was a big impact for us and now we need to use that to try to win and go to the next round.

How good is it when you win games? It's a better spirit, a better atmosphere and a better mood and that's always important when you prepare for a final, like we will play against Gent.

The first leg was tough for us, we didn't play well and we all felt that pain after the game. Now, in front of our supporters at Wembley, we need to show our quality, our aggression and show from the first moment that we want to go into the next round and deserve to be there.

Nick Howson at Wembley Stadium

"Tottenham have not won a competitive game at Wembley in 90 minutes since 1999's League Cup final win over Leicester City. Though they may need extra time tonight, the dynamic of playing at the home of the England team is clearly hindering Spurs; an issue Mauricio Pochettino badly needs to address. Tonight could go a long way to confronting such issues."

Gent, who drew 1-1 with Standard Liege at the Stade Maurice Dufrasne on Sunday, name first-leg match-winner Perbet as a substitute. Kalifa Coulibaly gets the nod up front instead.

Israeli defender Rami Gershon replaces Nana Akwasi Asare.

Gent subs: Rinne, Matton, Kalu, Perbet, De Smet, Verstraete, Ibrahim

Gent XI: Kalinic, Gershon, Gigot, Mitrovic, Sayef, Foket, Milicevic, Dejaegere, Esiti, Coulibaly, Simon

While we wait for the visitors to confirm their lineup, a reminder that Spurs have won just one of their last seven games at Wembley - a 3-1 Champions League triumph over CSKA Moscow in December that secured their place in the first knockout round of European football's secondary club competition. They lost their other 'home' group stage fixtures against Bayer Leverkusen and free-scoring AS Monaco.

Spurs were also defeated in two League Cup finals in 2009 and 2015 and lost two FA Cup semi-finals in 2010 and 2012. Tonight's fixture provides a great opportunity to turn that slump around.

Nick Howson at Wembley Stadium

"If you needed any convincing over whether Mauricio Pochettino is taking the Europa League seriously, then tonight's team underlines his intent. Bar the injured Danny Rose, Spurs have named their strongest possible side - with four changes made from the FA Cup win over Fulham."

Pochettino makes two changes from that first-leg defeat, with the fit-again Vertonghen and Christian Eriksen both returning to a full-strength starting XI. Harry Winks and Moussa Sissoko drop to the bench.

Michel Vorm, Kieran Trippier, Winks and Heung-Min Son are the players to make way after the cup win at Fulham. Hugo Lloris, Kyle Walker, Eric Dier and Mousa Dembele are all restored.

Tonight's official team news is imminent...

Storm Doris does not seem to have prevented Gent's travelling fans from enjoying the sights and sounds of London today...

Nick Howson at Wembley Stadium

"You might have heard that it has been a little stormy around parts of the United Kingdom today, with areas of London failing to escape the inclement conditions. Wembley is seemingly the epicentre of the carnage, and should the wind swirl around the home of the senior England team it could play havoc with tonight's game. In short, football + wind = an unwatchable spectacle."

Spurs fans will have been buoyed to see influential defender Jan Vertonghen last the full 90 minutes of a comfortable 3-0 FA Cup fifth-round victory over London rivals Fulham on Sunday in what was his first appearance since suffering ankle ligament damage against West Brom in mid-January.

Harry Kane sustained a late knock to his knee during that surprise loss in Belgium seven days ago, yet looked in fine condition as he plundered an impressive hat-trick at Craven Cottage.

Tottenham remain without vastly improved left-back Danny Rose tonight, with the England international still said to be a "number of weeks away" from making a return after being forced off with a knee injury during the goalless draw at Sunderland on deadline day.

On Erik Lamela, who has not kicked a ball in anger since October due to a mysterious long-running hip problem, Pochettino said: "Lamela is making progress and is now working on the field. No date is yet confirmed for a return to full training."

Good evening and welcome to IBTimes UK's live coverage of what feel like a particularly pivotal night for Tottenham Hotspur.

Not only must Mauricio Pochettino's side beat mid-table Belgian outfit KAA Gent in order to join Manchester United in the last 16 of the Europa League, they also have to start turning Wembley Stadium into more of a fortress with the likelihood that they will spend the entire 2017-18 campaign at the home of English football while their new stadium is being constructed on the existing White Hart Lane site.

Stay tuned for all the latest injury news, a match preview and manager quotes. We will also, of course, have regular updates after kick-off at the slightly unusual time of 20.05 GMT.

Sport editor Nick Howson is in attendance at Wembley and will be providing insight throughout the evening.