Spurs found a much-needed opener just before the stroke of half-time as Toby Alderweireld rose to meet a Lamela corner and headed home at the near post to make it 2-1 at the break.
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‘We lost 2-1, ‘ replies the Spurs supporter, before being faced with bellowing laughter.
“We’ve got some fantastic fans here at Tottenham and it’s a great club to play for and the whole team are sorry we didn’t win”.
Jardim’s side – eliminated in Champions League qualifying last season – have three wins and a draw in Ligue 1, overcoming Paris St-Germain and Lille in the process.
“We feel good at White Hart Lane because it’s our home and we need to feel good at Wembley”, Pochettino, who masterminded Tottenham’s first domestic title challenge for decades last season, said at a news conference.
On Wednesday they host Monaco at Wembley Stadium in their first Champions League fixture for five years. We’ll try to enjoy it and try to win the game, because that’s the important thing.
Though he failed to find the net on his first Champions League group-stage appearance in six years, Radamel Falcao was singled out for praise by Jardim after the Colombia international’s industrious display in only his second game since recovering from a thigh injury.
Spurs will now have to take this experience into the next round of games – they face CSKA Moscow away in a fortnight’s time – and learn that at this level small errors, as Pochettino said, can be costly indeed.
“Today was an opportunity to give to our fans a good victory and it is a shame for our fans”. We need to finish strongly as well and be a lot more clinical.
Spurs jogged in to a hopeful roar from the crowd but Pochettino remained still with his arms folded and when the players emerged for the second half the Argentinian had replaced Son with Mousa Dembele, pushing Alli into a more offensive position behind Kane.
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Tottenham’s plans to redevelop their White Hart Lane home will see them make a move to play all their matches at Wembley this seasons, with Redknapp fearing they will surrender home advantage by the venue switch.
