Carlos Vinicius netted his first two Spurs goals and Harry Winks scored from 50 yards as Tottenham swept aside Covid-hit Ludogorets 4-0 in north London
Vinicius owed much of his first goal to luck with the impressive Dele Alli's pass towards Lucas Moura taking a big deflection into his path, allowing him to run through unchallenged and beat Plamen Iliev from 12 yards
Tanguy Ndombele forced the goalkeeper into a low save after a bursting run from midfield from which Alli unselfishly squared for Vinicius to tap in a second before half-time
Ludogorets failed to manage a shot on target across the game, while Spurs continued to turn on the style, with Winks looking up and firing in from the left touchline, some 50 yards out, to add a third after the break, before Moura put the icing on the victory with a composed finish from Vinicius' lay-off
The win, Spurs' fifth in a row in all competitions, leaves them a point away from qualifying for the last 32 with two games remaining
There had been questions in some quarters whether Thursday night's match would go ahead at all with Ludogorets' preparations so badly hit, but their Covid-decimated side barely put up a fight from the first minute to the last
Within a minute Spurs' first move of the game could have ended in a goal had Moura timed his run to the far post better from Matt Doherty's right-wing delivery, a move which set the tone for a first period which barely saw the ball leave Ludogorets' half
With a quarter of an hour gone, they made the breakthrough, although in slightly farcical fashion as Alli's through-ball, intended for Moura, took a massive deflection into the path of the unmarked Vinicius, who found himself clean through and slotted the ball under Iliev
Gareth Bale curled just over the bar from Vinicius' lay-off before the forward netted his second of the night thanks to some selfless work from Alli, whose pass when he could easily have scored himself put the ball on a plate for the Brazilian forward
Moura went close with another effort within moments of the Ludogorets kick-off, and played a part in another chance when the visitors restarted the game for the second half, too, with Vinicius just unable to get a toe onto his flick-on less than a minute after the break
Winks' wonderful pass then set away Doherty to cushion a header towards Bale, who forced a smart save from Iliev, before the midfielder entered an early effort into next season's Puskas goal of the season award with a 55-yard stunner from on the left touchline, which beat Iliev before bouncing in off the crossbar
 Did he mean it? Only he knows
Three became four as Spurs continued to press Ludogorets from the front, with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg robbing the ball back to feed Alli, whose low cross was touched onto Moura by Vinicius, and the winger beat a stranded Iliev with a rising effort
Jose Mourinho then took the opportunity to give some of his younger players a run-out - including taking off Joe Hart to give Alfie Whiteman a debut in goal, as well as introducing forwards Dane Scarlett and Harvey White
They came close to capping a perfect night for Spurs with Scarlett taking down Winks' excellent long pass and forcing a smart save from Iliev, before moments later teeing up White to miss the far post by a couple of feet
He went close again in added time, taking Vinicius' touch in his stride before side-footing wide from a tight angle, as Spurs kept their intensity until the last to put themselves on the verge of qualification for the knockout stages
Tottenham boss told : "It was important
 There is a risk of every team getting six points against Ludogorets, and if that happens, to qualify you need a lot of points
"Normally nine points would be job done, but it's not done
 You need a result, but if you can finish first, we are going to try
 Today it was important we made lots of changes, it was important to take it seriously, and it was good
"[Harry Winks] is too honest! I'm not happy with him, a goal like that I told him you have to say you wanted to do it
 But he's a good kid, and he told the truth
"Every game is important, we don't look to a certain competition, we look to game after game
 To play the same players is not good for their condition, or the mentality of the ones who are not playing
 If you work hard, you deserve to play, I can only start 11 but I want to give chances to everybody
"By a whisker, Vinicius shaded Alli to be the best player on the pitch by virtue of his two first-half strikes, and his assist for Moura's goal - in a game where the Brazilian showed perhaps he can be the understudy Harry Kane has sought for so long
His first goal, fortuitous though it may have been in its making, showed smart composure to finish before he got himself in exactly the right area for his second
 With a touch more fortune, he could have had a hat-trick inside barely 45 minutes
It is master against apprentice on Sunday when Jose Mourinho's Spurs travel to Frank Lampard's Chelsea on , live on from 4pm; kick-off at 4
30pm
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