Tottenham ended their 17-year trophy drought and earned their place in next season’s Champions League courtesy of Brennan Johnson’s scrappy first-half goal, with Man Utd unable to find a much-needed equaliser to send the game to extra time.

Is. It.For Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur, an entire season of awful results and performances can be forgiven and mostly forgotten with a win and trophy lift in the Europa League final.SPURS vs MAN UNITED — How to watch,

"If you are a team in the Premier League, winning a European trophy is bigger than than winning a League Cup or FA Cup. It's a European trophy and they don't come around very often."

What’s more, if Amad still looked the most productive player on the pitch, Van de Ven was the most effective. He personified Spurs’ defiance, and was central to it. Vicario, for his part, also had his late moment. A stoppage-time save from Shaw was superb.

Tottenham's head coach Ange Postecoglou applauds ahead of the Europa League final soccer match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at the San Mames Stadium in Bilbao, Spain, Wednesday, May 21,

Ann: I am in tears. I am old enough to remember the last time we won in Europe but this feels even better. I have been a fan since 1942. Richard: I've been a Spurs fan for 48 years and I cannot say how happy, over the moon, ecstatic and every kind of emotion going I feel at this moment. Ange, you said you would and you have.