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
Monaco are leading in the other game in this group against CSKA Moscow. That makes winning this game all the more important for Spurs.
15 mins: Chances at both ends there! First Hernandez breaks through but can't quite find Mehmedi with his cut-back before Sissoko breaks down the right but his lofted pass to Dele Alli is intercepted on the edge of the area. Everything got a little frantic there!
20 mins: Spurs nearly played themselves into trouble again there! Eriksen was guilty of a wayward pass but again the Germans couldn't capitalise. You have the feeling that one of these mistakes will prove costly at some point.
27 mins: Janssen is coming on for Spurs at this early stage. It looks like it is because of an injury to Dembele but it means a change of system for the hosts.
32 mins: It looks like Eriksen will play more centrally in Dembele's stead and he's just had a decent chance to take the lead. The Leverkusen defence kept retreating and inviting Eriksen to shoot, which he did, straight at Leno.
41 mins: What a miss! Spurs get away with there! Brandt robs Walker of the ball on the edge of Spurs' area but although his shot it blocked it rolls back to Hernandez. Chicharito aims for the corner but it gets the slightest of deflections from Vertonghen to keep the score level at 0-0.
Half time in both games: TOTTENHAM 0 LEVERKUSEN 0
COPENHAGEN 0 LEICESTER 0
Hardly the thrillers we had last night are they?
Spurs are back out on the Wembley pitch which seems to haunt them so much. Will we have an improvement in the second 45 minutes? I hope so.
48 mins: It's Tottenham's turn to press high up the field as they look to stretch Leverkusen at the start of the half. And Eriksen goes within inches of giving Spurs the lead. Fast start by Spurs.
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