Townsend turns it on as Spurs rout Tbilisi

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND, FIRST LEG:

Bale sat out last night’s Europa League play-off first leg as he edged closer to a world-record move to Real Madrid.

But Tottenham, often branded a one-man team after Bale’s heroics last term, showed they might not need the Welshman as young Townsend put on an impressive display that Bale would have been proud of.