Barcelona vs Tottenham LIVE – draw seals Spurs place in Champions League last 16!
Re-live the action from the Nou Camp as Spurs avoided group-stage elimination
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Your support makes all the difference.Lucas Moura's dramatic late goal sent Tottenham through to the Champions League knockout stages by earning a 1-1 draw at Barcelona.
Spurs, who had to match Inter Milan's result against PSV Eindhoven, were heading out of the competition and into the Europa League for the second time in three seasons as they trailed to Ousmane Demebele's early goal for most of the game and the Italians came from behind to level.
But, having missed chance after chance at the Nou Camp, Moura finally came to Spurs' rescue as he converted Harry Kane's cross with five minutes remaining.
It was the least they deserved as only an inspired performance from Barca number two Jasper Cillessen protected his side's five-year unbeaten run at home in European football, although ultimately they will be grateful to PSV for their favour in Italy. Re-live the live action below:
Barcelona 0-0 Tottenham, 2 minutes
Clever passing from Spurs to move the ball into the box but Christian Eriksen can't quite manage to get his shot away before Juan Miranda manages to nip the ball away from him.
Good start from Tottenham.
Liverpool 0-0 Napoli, 3 minutes
A bright start for the visitors, but Napoli are perhaps a touch guilty of overplaying in the final third as several players spurn opportunities to shoot and Jose Callejon eventually fails to retrieve a pass inside the Liverpool area.
Barcelona 0-0 Tottenham, 6 minutes
Positive stuff from Kyle Walker-Peters, surging past one Barcelona player and drawing a foul from Juan Miranda.
Christian Eriksen and Danny Rose stand over the free kick on the right...
GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham (Ousmane Dembele, 7 minutes)
Barcelona lead!
It is a poor initial error from Walker-Peters after Barcelona clear Eriksen's disappointing delivery, allowing Ousmane Dembele to dispossess him on halfway.
Dembele presses forward and has support with him, forcing a two-on-two. But the Frenchman opts to go it alone and does so in magnificent fashion, turning the Spurs defenders inside and out and slotting past Hugo Lloris.
Tottenham's tough task just got even harder.
Liverpool 0-0 Napoli, 9 minutes
A flurry of chances at both ends for Liverpool and Napoli, with James Milner the latest to find one, stealing in at the far post but heading over the bar.
Both sides are going for it.
Ousmane Dembele celebrates his superb solo goal that has given Barcelona an early 1-0 lead against Tottenham.
Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham, 12 minutes
Ousmane Dembele seems to be relishing the spotlight tonight. With no Lionel Messi or Luis Suarez the winger is firmly the main man for Barcelona and looks a constant threat to Danny Rose.
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