Spurs set for Euro group stages

TOTTENHAM ran riot at Tynecastle last night to all but seal their place in the Europa League group stages with a comprehensive 5-0 play-off first leg win over Hearts.

Spurs were last season mixing it among Europe’s elite, beating Inter Milan and AC Milan in the Champions League before being knocked out at the quarter-final stage by Real Madrid — and their class told throughout last night’s contest.

It took little more than four minutes for the visitors to take the lead as Rafael van der Vaart opened the scoring and Jermain Defoe netted a second eight minutes later.