Champions League knockout stage : Spurs Win Over Real Madrid at Wembley
Tottenham topped their group and sealed passage into the Champions League knockout stages as Dele Alli inspired a 3-1 win over Real Madrid on a magical night at Wembley. On a night where the Champions League holders were well off the pace, Spurs humiliated the European champions. Although this was only a group stage encounter it will live in the memory of the Spur’s fans for many, many years to come.
They haven’t just beaten Real Madrid, becoming the first team to win a group game against the EURO CHAMPS since 2012, but simply they’ve outplayed them.
Dele and Christian Eriksen were the scorer’s for the Spur’s where it was only Ronaldo for Real Madrid. Madrid’s poor defence and their inability to resist the counter attacks resulted for their loss this night.The crowd at Wembley was mesmerizing as they never stopped to cheer the home team.
“Real Madrid always bounce back and I’m sure we’ll see the team we saw in Cardiff come back”, said Modric.
Real Madrid travel to play Sporting Lisbon on Tuesday evening (20:45 CET) requiring a point to qualify from Champions League group F.
On the other hand Aguero becomes City’s record scorer with other day’s match result : Napoli 2-4 Man City.
While Liverpool eventually broke Maribor’s resistance with salvo of second-half goals making the result 3-0.
PORTO leapfrogged RB LEIPZIG in Group G with a 3-1 win at home.
SEVILLA overcame SPARTAK MOSCOW to keep up the heat on group leaders Liverpool.
2013 finalists, Borussia Dortmund miss chances and draw 1-1 at home against Apoel Nicosia.
Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich, unsurprisingly, will qualify from Group B, with both going through in different fashions. PSG routed Anderlecht for a second straight match behind a hat trick from Layvin Kurzawa, while Bayern conceded late but went back ahead through Javi Martinez to secure a 2-1 win at Celtic.
Elsewhere, Roma thrashed Chelsea 3-0 in a rematch after their 3-3 draw in London, while Manchester United easily handled Benfica 2-0.
Surprises involved a trio of powers, with Barcelona, Atletico Madrid and Juventus all being held to draws on the day.
So the detailed results are :
