Football Soccer - Qarabag FK v Tottenham Hotspur - UEFA Europa League Group Stage - Group J - Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, Baku, Azerbaijan - 26/11/15 Harry Kane celebrates after scoring the first goal for Tottenham Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra
LONDON (Reuters) - The value of an in-form striker was underlined as Tottenham Hotspur, Liverpool and Athletic Bilbao needed goals from pivotal front men to grab vital wins that booked places in the Europa League last 32 on Thursday.
Harry Kane's late strike gave Spurs a 1-0 win at Qarabag, Liverpool needed Christian Benteke to dig them out of a spot of bother in a 2-1 win over Girondins Bordeaux and Bilbao had Aritz Aduriz to thank for a 3-2 comeback victory in Augsburg.
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