PARIS: Argentina star Erik Lamela scored a memorable wonder goal while Harry Kane grabbed a hat-trick before taking over in goal as Tottenham Hotspur crushed Asteras Tripolis 5-1 in the Europa League on Thursday.

The 22-year-old Lamela, who has struggled to settle at White Hart Lane since moving from Roma, had only scored once for Spurs before Thursday but he made up for lost time in spectacular fashion.

After Kane had put the Londoners in front, Lamela hit the target from 20 yards with a stunning “rabona” goal where he wrapped his left leg around his standing right leg, poking the ball into the top corner.

Lamela then added a left-footed screamer after the break with Kane nudging in a close range tap-in before completing his hat-trick with a header as Tottenham joined Besiktas, who routed Partizan Belgrade 4-0, at the top of group ‘C’.

Kane now has seven goals in the tournament but his evening’s work wasn’t finished as he was forced to take over in goal with five minutes left after regular keeper Hugo Lloris was red-carded for a foul on Anastosios Tsokanis.

Kane’s first job was to pluck the ball out of the net after he had allowed the resulting free-kick from Jeronimo Barrales to squeeze under his belated dive.

Everton retained top spot in group ‘F’ as they battled to a 0-0 draw at Lille following a day of trouble in the French city centre between fans and police ahead of the tie.

The Merseysiders enjoyed the lion’s share of possession but lacked a cutting edge up front as Nigerian number one Vincent Enyeama kept the visitors at bay.

The stalemate lifts Roberto Martinez’s team up to five points from three matches with Germany’s Wolfsburg alone in second on four after they defeated Krasnodar 4-2 with Belgian international Kevin De Bruyne scoring twice.

Celtic remained in second spot in group ‘D’ on seven points after a 2-1 win over Astra Giurgiu of Romania with Salzburg still top on goal difference after breezing past Dinamo Zagreb 4-2.

Stefan Scepovic scored his first goal for Celtic in the 73rd minute, heading in an Anthony Stokes free-kick with Stefan Johansen adding the second six minutes later.

Gabriel Enache bundled the ball over the line in the 81st minute to give the Romanians hope but Celtic clung on.

Inter Milan lost their 100 per cent record in group ‘F’ after a 0-0 home draw with Saint Etienne.

Borussia Moenchengladbach, who are second in the Bundesliga, warmed up for their top of the table clash with Bayern Munich at the weekend with their first win in group ‘A’, a 5-0 mauling of Apollon Limassol.

Ibrahima Traore scored two of the goals for the German side. Villarreal stay top with seven points thanks to a 4-1 home win over FC Zurich.

Results: Group ‘A’:

At Moenchengladbach, Germany: Borussia Moenchengladbach 5 Apollon Limassol 0

At Vila-real, Spain:

Villarreal 4 FC Zurich 1

Group ‘B’: At Bruges, Belgium:

Club Brugge 1 FC Copenhagen 1

At Turin, Italy:

Torino 2 HJK Helsinki 0

Group ‘C’: At Belgrade:

Partizan Belgrade 0 Besiktas 4

At London:

Tottenham 5 Asteras Tripolis 1

Group ‘D’: At Salzburg, Austria:

Salzburg 4 Dinamo Zagreb 2

At Glasgow, Scotland:

Celtic 2 Astra Giurgiu 1

Group ‘E’: At Eindhoven, Netherlands:

PSV Eindhoven 1 Panathinaikos 1

At Estoril, Portugal:

Estoril 1 Dinamo Moscow 2

Group ‘F’: At Kiev:

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 0 Qarabag 1

At Milan, Italy:

Inter Milan 0Saint-Etienne 0

Group ‘G’: At Liege, Belgium:

Standard Liege0 Sevilla 0

At Rijeka, Croatia:

Rijeka 3Feyenoord 1

Group ‘H’: At Krasnodar, Russia:

FK Krasnodar 2VfL Wolfsburg 4

At Lille, France:

Lille 0Everton 0

Group ‘I’: At Bern:

Young Boys 2Napoli 0

At Bratislava:

Slovan Bratislava 0Sparta Prague 3

Group ‘J’: At Bucharest:

Steaua Bucharest 2Rio Ave 1

At Aalborg, Denmark:

Aalborg 3Dynamo Kiev 0

Group ‘K’: Salonika, Greece:

PAOK 0Fiorentina 1

At Borisov, Belarus:

Dinamo Minsk 0Guingamp 0

Group ‘L’:

At Trabzon, Turkey:

Trabzonspor 2Lokeren 0.

Published in Dawn, October 25th, 2014