Tottenham vs Dortmund: CL Edition Match Thread

walton · Sep 14, 2017

I'm sure it's probably been mentioned here, but Aubameyang's finish for his non-goal was quite exquisite; and in general Dortmund are a great team to watch - hopefully we can both tank Real and proceed to the knockouts...

mill · Sep 14, 2017

Kingstheman said:
Damn, missed it as I'm working out in Pennsylvania this week. Hope we were good and that my dad recorded it...

Haven't you got any gyms in your local area then?

LeSoupeKitchen · Sep 14, 2017

What the hell were the commentators watching to cause so much confusion about the red card? It was a textbook yellow getting pulled out then put back in his pocket then the red came out.

As for Gotze making the most of it - he was lying on his back with medics for about 5mins in a game they were losing. He was caught all right.

Sir Henry · Sep 14, 2017

No doubt about it, Dortmund are bloody good and that was without a few of their big players, ok we had Rose, Alli and Wanyama missing too and with 2 debutants, this was an awesome win against a really good team. Their fans were typically good too, its going to be a great game in Germany. I fucking love the CL.

glacierSpurs · Sep 14, 2017

$hoguN said:
Looked really dangerous last night particularly as he is rapid. Huge potential but should have really made the game his own considering how often he broke

Still only 18, going to 19, is scary how he could just grow his game...

Graysonti · Sep 14, 2017

walton said:
I'm sure it's probably been mentioned here, but Aubameyang's finish for his non-goal was quite exquisite; and in general Dortmund are a great team to watch - hopefully we can both tank Real and proceed to the knockouts...

He is some player

ajspurs · Sep 14, 2017

walton said:
I'm sure it's probably been mentioned here, but Aubameyang's finish for his non-goal was quite exquisite; and in general Dortmund are a great team to watch - hopefully we can both tank Real and proceed to the knockouts...

Yeah, they way he got on top of the ball to control it and almost stroke it in the back of the net was just pure class.

worcestersauce · Sep 14, 2017

Graysonti said:
He is some player

He'll be off to Bayern then.

arunspurs · Sep 14, 2017

Aurier & Eriksen here....

https://twitter.com/Dannemann23/status/908050498057469952

Trippier cannot do this in million years. Great signs for our RW with Aurier-Eriksen combination

Graysonti · Sep 14, 2017

Graysonti said:
He is some player

Agree but he shouldn't be.

Great club BD - great stadium, massive support - quirky

What's not to like.

They should stand up and challenge BM

Graysonti · Sep 14, 2017

worcestersauce said:
He'll be off to Bayern then.

Agree but he shouldn't be.

Great club BD - great stadium, massive support - quirky

What's not to like.

They should stand up and challenge BM

homer hotspur · Sep 14, 2017

I'm sure its been mentioned already but I can't reconcile the fact that the attendance was around 17k down on the Leverkusen match last sseason and the same as Burnley - i assume this must be due to the rules around selling to non members this season - disappointing and surely cannot be allowed to happen for Real Madrid? Even more disappointing was the mass exodus in the last 5-10 minutes. I really don't get this, being someone who never leaves early I understand the traffic /travel issues ( got home at 1 am). but it is really poor after a performance like this for the players to go off to a virtually empty stadium.

spursfan77 · Sep 14, 2017

DCSPUR said:
rotation, rotation, rotation. Son also looked knackered after the game so good to have a fresh Dele Alli back at the weekend.

Thats the most game time Son has had though since breaking his arm. He was always going to tire. Dele will be back in on Saturday of that theres little doubt.

spursfan77 · Sep 14, 2017

C0YS said:
Dunno why but some of the punditry on the game annoys me.If this was Athletico Madrid vs Dortmund, people would be saying what typical strong Athletico performance.

Instead I've heard some pundits criticize our defensive work, insist Dortmund are still clearly the better team. Without stopping to think if our defensive work was bad what does that make Dortmund?

Ultimately we rode our luck on occasion. But apart from the offside decisions they had only one serious chance which was from the corner, when we were already 3-1 up. The other chance was the Pulsic one where he stretches but cant make clean contact. That was a half chance at most because of pressure he was put under, it would of taken an incredible ball to put in a position where Pulsic could get clean contact.

We defended well, very well largely. We created more chances almost all of which pretty clean cut. Dortmund were not actually all that good. For all the pretty passes they were not that effective at breaking us down and were so exposed at the other end. Tactically I think we did very well, and I think today we've learnt a new way to play against a certain kind of team.

They were great the first 25 minutes in attack. So quick, technically spot on, moved the ball well. Better than anything I've seen from premier league clubs in the last year.

Speedy · Sep 14, 2017

I still can't fathom why they brought on a 6ft11 right back near the end. Was it some kind of mind puzzle for Poch?

arunspurs · Sep 14, 2017

We need to start looking at options to rotate Davies at some point in next month or so.

May be Trippier or KWP in LB for 2 or 3 games.

Blackrat1299 · Sep 14, 2017

smallsnc said:
Didn't hurt that they were missing two of their starting defenders including their captain. If they are back when we play at BVB, I would expect a little stiffer test.

But then, we will have Wanyama, Deli, Rose,

arunspurs · Sep 14, 2017

spursfan77 said:
They were great the first 25 minutes in attack. So quick, technically spot on, moved the ball well. Better than anything I've seen from premier league clubs in the last year.

Scary thing is they had at least 3 players making their club debut yesterday. When go away to them in November, they will be even better. But after yesterday we should be backing yourself to do well, especially if they play with same GK

worcestersauce · Sep 14, 2017

homer hotspur said:
I'm sure its been mentioned already but I can't reconcile the fact that the attendance was around 17k down on the Leverkusen match last sseason and the same as Burnley - i assume this must be due to the rules around selling to non members this season - disappointing and surely cannot be allowed to happen for Real Madrid? Even more disappointing was the mass exodus in the last 5-10 minutes. I really don't get this, being someone who never leaves early I understand the traffic /travel issues ( got home at 1 am). but it is really poor after a performance like this for the players to go off to a virtually empty stadium.

I know what you mean but night games always have some early leavers, people have been at work all day and have to be up early for work again in the morning, add to that the queues to get to a station and it is bound to happen, to be honest it was always going to happen at Wembley.
I got home at half past twelve, maybe I'd have got home half hour earlier if I hadn't stayed until the end but I didn't have to go to work today and I'm pretty sure it won't be so noticeable when we are back home.

haxman · Sep 14, 2017

Nice to be able to mix it with and beat Europe's elite sides.

We're fucking excellent.

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