Little respect for history either, and this was pleasant revenge for their elimination by the same team, at the same stage, last season. In many ways, this was a sign of their rapid and irresistible growth in the last 12 months. Ryan Mason got the ball rolling, Erik Lamela made the tie safe and Fiorentina’s centre-half added a third late on. Tottenham were clinical with their chances, which is more than might have been expected of them given the absence of Harry Kane up front.