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Jermaine Jenas insists the penalty awarded to Manchester City with the help of VAR is "a step in the wrong direction."
The former Tottenham midfielder was upset at the interpretation after Danny Rose 's hand blocked Raheem Sterling 's shot.
Sergio Aguero would eventually miss the penalty, with Son Heung-min's winner handing Spurs a 1-0 aggregate lead heading back to the Etihad for the second leg.
But the decision divided opinion with many arguing it was not a "clear and obvious error," and Jenas insists the incident points to "worrying times" for the game.
“It’s a huge moment, it really is. I think the fact that he’s going to have a look at it himself is worrying,” Jenas said during commentary.
Show all 22 1 /22Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Hugo Lloris 7 Redeemed all those recent errors with that penalty save from Sergio Aguero early on, diving to his left, turning the course of the tie. Who knows what would have happened without that? Barely had a save to make after that.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Kieran Trippier 6 Closer to World Cup Trippier than we have seen for months. Looked secure in a back four, even up against Raheem Sterling, and helped out going forward too.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Toby Alderweireld 7 Just what Spurs needed at the back, so secure alongside Vertonghen that Spurs could get away with a back four rather than a back five. How Spurs will miss him if he goes this summer.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Jan Vertonghen 7 Another night when his years of experience were crucial for Spurs. Had plenty of defending to do but he always looked comfortable, never letting Sergio Aguero or then Gabriel Jesus out of his sight.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Danny Rose 7 Desperately unfortunate to give away that early penalty but was not punished for it. After that he showed his experience at both ends of the pitch, getting the better of old team-mate Kyle Walker.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Harry Winks 8 This was his first start in a month but you would not know it. He slotted in perfectly and his industry and intelligence were integral to how Spurs played, always on the front foot, putting the pressure back on City.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Moussa Sissoko 8 This is the Sissoko Spurs spent £30million on. Brought power and presence to midfield as well as discipline, giving Spurs a foothold in the game, stopping City’s attempts to play through the middle. One of his best performances for the club.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Christian Eriksen 7 He always produces when it matters: found Son’s run from out wide, setting up the goal, one of the most important assists he has ever recorded for Spurs. No one else in this Spurs team would have played that pass.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Dele Alli 8 The tempo-setter with his pressing from the front, he threw himself into every physical battle, asking the City defence questions they did not want to have to answer. Faded slightly in the second half but can still be proud of all of his hard work.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Heung Min Son 8 He scored the first goal at this stadium, but this goal might be even more important than that. Was finally rewarded for all his running when he ran onto an Eriksen pass, never gave it up, then beat Ederson with a low finish.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Harry Kane 6 Led from the front, challenging the City defence, never letting them rest, and nearly putting Spurs 1-0 up early on. But he became so involved in the physical battle that when he stretched to tackle Delph, he ended up getting injured himself.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Ederson 5 Started commandingly saving and claiming crosses well, and passing calmly, but looked far less comfortable after a painful hip injury, and he will be disappointed by letting Heung Min Son’s shot through him at the end.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Kyle Walker 4 Booed on his return to Tottenham and it got to him. Never looked comfortable and he kept making mistakes in possession. Did not threaten going forward either.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Nicolas Otamendi 5 Relishes the physical battle, but he plays so much on the edge that he nearly let Spurs through a few times. Must have thought he had emerged unscathed with a clean sheet until Son’s crucial goal right at the end.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Aymeric Laporte 7 Was needlessly booked in the first half but once he regained his composure he was important to how City wanted to play, moving up the pitch and setting the tempo in possession. Although it did not work out that way at the end.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Fabian Delph 5 Brought back into the fold to fill in at left-back. He never looked comfortable in possession, and all of his defensive efforts were wiped out when he let in Heung Min Son to score the winner at the end.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Fernandinho 6 City needed his experience here but at times he looked caught up in the occasion, not least when he elbowed Kane in the back of the head, and was lucky it did not get caught on VAR.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Ilkay Gundogan 6 Summed up City’s game: rattled by the physical first half, struggling to make an impression, but came into it more after the break as City tried - but ultimately failed - to take back control. At one point he gave away the ball so badly Guardiola collapsed in agony.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City David Silva 6 He is maybe not the player he was. In the frantic first half he failed to control the game in possession as City would hope, effectively knocked off his stride by Spurs’ intensity. Did grow back into the game after the break, during City’s best spell, although it was all in vain.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Riyad Mahrez 5 Bernardo Silva’s injury meant Mahrez was trusted with his first big game in months. But he did not do enough to convince he should play more often. Never looked in sync with his team-mates and struggled to provide quality when on the ball.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Raheem Sterling 6 City’s most dangerous attacking player, running with the ball, committing opponents, but he could never quite get his shots away, and he went home frustrated.
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Player ratings: Tottenham vs Manchester City Sergio Aguero 5 One of the greatest goalscorers in the game but he missed a huge moment here, telegraphing an early penalty, allowing Hugo Lloris to save. Never looked himself after that and was hooked early on for Gabriel Jesus.
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“If you were PSG, would you be saying that is any different to what Kimpembe did?
“Really worrying signs for the game, in my opinion, really worrying signs. I know the rules are what they are. I feel like that’s a bit of a step in the wrong direction as far as I’m concerned.”
And BT Sport pundit Rio Ferdinand insists anybody who knows football knows that it was not a penalty.
"I understand the rules suggest VAR has to come into play. When you're making this decision, anyone who knows football knows that isn't a penalty," Ferdinand said.
"He's gone down to ground to make the tackle.
Danny Rose blocks Raheem Sterling's shot with his hand (Reuters) "Where do you want his arms to be? If you put your arms by your side in that situation, both arms, you're going to break your neck as a defender. You need your hands as balance."
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