Tottenham had to ask for the goalposts to be changed ahead of their 3-1 win over Shkendija on Thursday to reach the final round of Europa League qualifying.
Son Heung-min and Harry Kane struck in the final 20 minutes to set up a playoff round tie at home to Maccabi Haifa next Thursday on an eventful night in Macedonia for Jose Mourinho’s men.
Mourinho said his goalkeepers noticed before the game that the goalposts at both ends of the ground were around five centimetres too small.
“I thought I had grown but then I realised the goal was 5 centimetres lower,” Mourinho posted on Instagram alongside a picture of him nearly stretching to reach the crossbar.
“The goalkeepers they live hours and hours in the goal so they know when the goals are not the right dimensions. I felt immediately something was wrong and we got the Uefa delegate to confirm and it was 5cm too small. We…