Tottenham vs Bayer Leverkusen: Spurs' woes worsen as Leverkusen secure well-deserved Wembley win
A blow by blow account of Tottenham's latest Wembley mishap
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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham returned to Wembley for the first time since their 2-1 loss to Monaco in September, but Mauricio Pochettino's side once again tasted defeat at the national stadium, this time to Bayer Leverkusen.
The pair met two weeks ago in a 0-0 draw but Kevin Kampl's second-half goal put Tottenham's hopes of qualifying for the Champions League knockout stages in real doubt.
Spurs now sit third in Group E on four points, two points and one place behind Bayer Leverkusen with only the top two teams progressing to the knockout phase.
Monaco top the group with eight points, while CSKA Moscow sit bottom on two.
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Wednesday night's Champions League results:
- Tottenham 0 Bayer Leverkusen 1
- FC Copenhagen 0 Leicester 0
- Monaco 3 CSKA 0
- Borussia Dortmd 1 Sporting Lisbon 0
- Legia Warsaw 3 Real Madrid 3
- FC Porto 1 Club Brugge 0
- Juventus 1 Lyon 1
- Sevilla 4 Dinamo Zagreb 0
Ex-Manchester United man Javier Hernandez starts up top again for Leverkusen. Expect him to cause Dier and Vertonghen a few problems tonight.
Can Spurs banish their Wembley demons tonight? Their first Champions League game at the stadium didn't go so well...
They've made history already this year, why not do it again tonight?
Just 15 minutes to go until kick off at Wembley. If Tottenham manage to win tonight, it will put them a huge step closer to qualifying for the next round. Defeat would leave them needed to win their final two games.
The players are in the tunnel. It is an anticipated 87,000 crowd, which will be the biggest attendance to ever see an English club in the Champions League. Can Spurs overcome their Wembley wobbles?
Chicharito likes playing at Wembley, he scored here on his Manchester United debut in the Charity Shield. Also played here at the Champions League final in 2011.
2 mins: Leverkusen are playing with their usual high press and they're causing some mistakes from the Tottenham defenders. Not a brilliant start by Spurs.
4 mins: Leverkusen are causing Spurs a lot of problems. They're finding a lot of gaps to play their football in and Tottenham are only able to hack the ball away at the moment.
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