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Tottenham talking points
- Updated: October 18, 2016
Tottenham held on for a hard-fought draw at Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday, boosting their Champions League group-stage qualification hopes.
Despite good chances falling the way of both teams, neither managed to break the deadlock in Germany.
Here, we round up the talking points from the goalless draw…
Tottenham rue missed first-half chances
In the end, a point at Bayer Leverkusen, coupled with Monaco’s late equaliser at CSKA Moscow, means Tottenham remain second in Group E, with just three games to play. But Mauricio Pochettino’s men may well have walked away from the BayArena with all three points, had they been more clinical in the first half.
Indeed, they had the ball in the back of the net just 10 minutes in, but Vincent Janssen – still searching for his first Spurs goal from open play – was flagged offside. Had Heung-Min Son – back at former club Bayer Leverkusen – gone alone after being played in by Erik Lamela, rather than unselfishly trying to tee up his Dutch team-mate, the visitors could have taken an early lead.
The South Korea international was then denied by an Omer Toprak block after driving at the Leverkusen box, before Dele Alli headed Kieran Trippier’s whipped cross narrowly wide.
Tottenham’s best chance of the game then came on 39 minutes – and they really should have scored. Alli’s shot from the edge of the box was blocked but the ball came to Trippier who crossed for Janssen. The striker headed against the crossbar and Lamela’s volleyed follow-up was tipped over the bar.
At points in the second half, Spurs were under heavy pressure from …
