It was one of Spurs’ best performances of a wretched season domestically and leaves them two games away from a first trophy since 2008.

Ange Postecoglou’s side took only 38 seconds to open the scoring as Brennan Johnson headed in from Richarlison’s nod down.

And James Maddison doubled the lead when he brilliantly took down Pedro Porro’s long ball before squeezing the ball into the bottom corner.

Dominic Solanke rolled in a nonchalant penalty for 3-0 after Cristian Romero was fouled.

Bodo/Glimt have made headlines in recent times for an intense style of football that has led to impressive results – but they were outplayed until Ulrik Saltnes’ effort flew into the top corner via a deflection off Rodrigo Bentancur.

That was their only shot on target.

The other concern for Spurs was the loss of goalscorers Maddison and Solanke to injury in the second half.

The second leg in the Arctic Circle is no formality, with Glimt beating Porto, Besiktas, Olympiakos and Lazio at home this season.

Their win rate at home in the Europa League since 2022-23 is 70%, compared to 9% on the road.

An all-English final in Bilbao could be on the cards with Manchester United winning their tie 3-0 at Athletic Club.

The scream of relief the 39-year-old let out as Rasmus Hojlund scored the first of his two goals to level the contest at half-time underlined the strain Amorim is under.

The Portuguese has moved clubs – a third of the way through the season – with a determination to implement a wing-back formation United have no recent history of using. And this at a point in the campaign when fixture congestion is at its greatest.

Amorim had two full training sessions with his entire squad before his first game at Ipswich on Sunday, and two more in the build-up to this European success.

He has already revealed his only was round the situation is to push those who don’t start matches through full training sessions the day after. And Amorim is not sure how it will work.

“I get anxious because I don’t know what will happen,” he told TNT Sports. “We don’t control anything at the moment.

“I don’t know the players and we have not worked a lot together.

“We go to the game excited, but at the same time you are nervous because you don’t know how the game will go.”

‘We controlled more, but we should kill the game’

Although the lengthy injury list that blighted Erik ten Hag’s last weeks at Old Trafford is starting to ease, the lingering issues created by lengthy absences continues.

In his first game for 18 months, Tyrell Malacia lasted just 45 minutes in the left wing-back role that places huge physical demands on the player picked to fill it.

Luke Shaw made a second substitute appearance, coming on for Lisandro Martinez, who was playing his first game since getting injured before this month’s international break.

And Mason Mount started his first game since August after being blighted by injuries since he joined United from Chelsea at the start of last season.

It was a relief for Amorim, therefore, that his team came out on top, having profited from Alejandro Garnacho’s 48-second opener, then recovering – courtesy of Rasmus Hojlund’s double – after falling behind to two first-half goals in seven minutes

“We improved different things since the last game,” he said. “We controlled more of the tempo, pushed the team a bit higher (up the pitch) and created more chances.”

Amorim’s complaint was that “we should kill the game before the end”, as he lamented two wasted opportunities for Garnacho and another that substitute Marcus Rashford flashed across goal, all in the second half.

“I like the way the players tried to play our game,” he added.

“Sometimes we won the ball and have had problems in the past giving the ball away too much – the mindset is keeping the ball.

“They are really trying and I think we deserved the win.”

Hojlund ‘did a great job’ but ‘has to improve’

Amorim stresses his use of wing-backs is not revolutionary but there is no doubt his formation depends a lot on the performance of the man selected in the number nine role.

Whoever it is, he is expected to keep the opposition defence occupied and protect the ball long enough for support to arrive.

Amorim said after the Ipswich game that Marcus Rashford was not suited to the job. Hojlund’s performance against Bodo/Glimt was more encouraging, even if his manager told TNT the Dane was “dead” through tiredness at the end.

Addressing his overall display in the main press conference 20 minutes later, Amorim offered praise for the £72m signing from Atalanta, but also added a few demands.

“He has to improve more because sometimes he gives too many touches when he holds the ball, but he is very important when we are in a low block because he is the guy who connects in the transitions,” said Amorim.

“For the goals he was aggressive in the box. He is a quality player, scores the most difficult goals and did a great job today.”

The games come thick and fast for Amorim – United’s longest gap between fixtures to the end of the year is four days.

Should the club progress in the Carabao Cup, there will not be a bigger gap between games before the end of January.

But Amorim does give the impression he is enjoying himself, with United fans already creating a song for him and offering a warm reception on his way out of the tunnel and an enthusiastic one as he went back in and the game had been won.

“It was special because I came from Portugal and half of the stadium doesn’t know me,” he said.

“I have done nothing for this club yet but the way they support me from the beginning made me feel I am not alone now, that I am one of them. I hope not to disappoint them.”

United scored after just 81 seconds in Amorim’s first game in charge at Ipswich, and took them just 48 seconds to find the net this time around.

A catastrophic error from goalkeeper Nikita Haikin, who inexplicably allowed Rasmus Hojlund to close him down as he went to make a routine clearance, followed gave Alejandro Garnacho a tap-in.

But rather than pave the way for an easy victory, it was the prelude for a period of frustration for the hosts as Bodo/Glimt turned the game on its head with two goals in four minutes to take the lead with just a quarter of the match gone.

Thankfully for United, Hojlund brought a scream of delight from Amorim with an outstanding finish to pull them level before the break.

Hojlund won the game when he turned home Manuel Ugarte’s cross from close range five minutes into the second period.

While Amorim will be pleased with a result that boosts United’s chances of a top-eight finish in the Europa League table and automatic qualification for the last 16 in March, he will be frustrated at the number of chances his side wasted to ease their way to victory.

Garnacho bore a lot of responsibility. The Argentine sent one effort across goal when team-mates were in a better position. He then curled a shot over under no pressure after he had been set up by Amad Diallo.

Substitute Marcus Rashford also drilled a shot wide as United continued to press. But the fourth would not come, leading to a few nervous moments before the final whistle gave Amorim his first win since leaving Sporting earlier this month.

The Gunners now have nine points and just need one more victory to seal their place in the next round of the competition.

Mikel Arteta named a relatively strong side for the trip to Norway, with Saka, Martin Odegaard, Ben White and William Saliba all included in the starting line-up.

Bodo/Glimt – who famously thrashed Jose Mourinho’s Roma 6-1 last season – were searching for a remarkable 15th consecutive home victory in Europe – made a bright start but found themselves behind following a tidy Arsenal team move. After playing an exchange with Albert Sambi Lokonga, Saka gave the visitors a 24th-minute lead with a deflected effort.

But the hosts should have equalised just minutes later when the club’s top goalscorer Amahl Pellegrino was played through on goal but contrived to get his angles badly wrong as he shot wide.

The Norwegian side grew in confidence after the restart and should have been level when Runar Espejord blasted over from inside the box, while Ola Solbakken went close from further out.

Arsenal, like they have done so often this season, managed to grind out victory, even if it wasn’t pretty at times.

The Gunners lead Group A with three wins from three and will progress if they can defeat PSV next Thursday.