Gareth Bale, who achieved global fame with a pair of devastating performances against Inter in the Champions League two seasons ago, netted an early opener to take his tally to 10 goals in eight games.

After Gylfi Sigurdsson made it 2-0, Bale set up Jan Vertonghen for Spurs' third, although by then he had receiving a booking for diving that will prevent him from returning to San Siro, where he scored a famous hat-trick in 2010.