England’s Top Flight off to a bad start in UCL Round of 16 – What we learnt
Two steps forward and then one step back. It’s as if there’s a fine line this Tottenham side cannot pass, stopping them from overcoming these extremely poor performances in between good ones.
If there’s another manager in the world who can overturn any result it is Jose Mourinho. His climb is a lot steeper than his counterpart, Jurgen Klopp. His Spurs side must now go all out away from home at the Red Bull Arena.
Although there is a God and he appears to have some love for Spurs and Jose. The German side will be put through the gauntlet before they welcome Spurs for the second leg. They play Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen, and Wolfsburg. These are all important games to them as they sit a point off from the summit of the Bundesliga standings in second place.
All are must-win events and could pull all of Leipzig’s resources dry, giving Jose Mourinho hope in their European quest. What has counted against the London manager is the fact he knows life’s difficulties without two important figures in Harry Kane and Heung-Min Son.
Other Champions League results
Borussia Dortmund, 2-1 PSG
Atalanta 4-1 Valencia
Leipzig thoroughly outplay Spurs. dark. Next
They must work out a way to stop Timo Werner from finding the back of the net, which is almost near impossible, judging by his tally of 26 goals plus seven assists in 32 appearances across all competitions this season.