Tottenham 2-2 Roma: Hummels grabs last-gasp equaliser

Mats Hummels' late strike ensured Roma grabbed a deserved 2-2 draw against Tottenham in the Europa League.

Spurs, fresh from last weekend's 4-0 win over Manchester City in the Premier League, looked set to get back on track in Europe following their defeat to Galatasaray last time out, as they held firm amid a wave of Roma pressure.

Yet that pressure finally showed in the 91st minute, when Claudio Ranieri's side, who had had two goals disallowed earlier in the second half, pulled through Hummels' close finish to level.

Spurs had started brightly and took the lead through Son Heung-min's penalty in the fifth minute, although Roma hit back when the excellent Paulo Dybala delivered a pinpoint cross that was headed in by Evan Ndicka.

Dybala's sensational lobbed pass was matched shortly afterwards by an equally brilliant volley from Stephan El Shaarawy, although VAR came to Spurs' rescue, with the Roma winger ruled offside.

That was the wake-up call Spurs needed, and not long after hitting the post, Dejan Kulusevski slid a ball across to Brennan Johnson, who slotted home the home side's second.

But Roma had the better of the second half, and they got the goal their performance deserved when Hummels tapped in from Angelino's brilliant low cross, moments after Fraser Forster had made a stunning save to deny Gianluca Mancini.

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Data debriefing: golden oldie

Hummels has become Roma's second-oldest goalscorer in major European competition (35 years, 348 days), behind only club star Francesco Totti (38 years, 59 days vs CSKA Moscow in 2014).

His equalizer ensured Tottenham failed to win a home Europa League match for the first time since October 2014 (1-1 vs Besiktas), with Spurs having won ten consecutive games prior to Thursday's draw.

Roma boss Ranieri, meanwhile, took charge of a Europa League match for the first time since February 25, 2010, 14 years and 277 days ago, the longest period between matches for a coach since the league's rebrand in 2009.