Pochettino said: “Today Besiktas won in Partizan and we are ahead with Besiktas in the group. It was certainly a strange few minutes but, retreating down the tunnel at half-time, Lamela looked as if he felt 10ft tall. The Spurs manager was furious, though, moments later when Lamela dawdled on the ball in midfield when Adebayor should have been fed through on goal. Pochettino, remarkably, did not react at all.

Ben Davies could only put his hands on his head in disbelief. The contact was pure and the direction perfect. He received the ball just outside the area following good work from Emmanuel Adebayor and wrapped his left foot behind his standing right. Kane gave Spurs the lead, receiving the ball from Etienne Capoue and rifling a low shot past the opposing goalkeeper, Tomas Kosicky, before Lamela’s exquisite piece of brilliance in the 29th minute. The small number of travelling supporters at least saw some action but it was all at the wrong end. Two draws from two had eased them into the campaign but, given that Tripolis topped the standings having won in Belgrade and drawn against Besiktas, the unexpected leaders had emerged as the team to beat in their debut campaign. Spurs were in need of a win given their position in Group C before kick-off. Although Tripolis had numerous opportunities, their defending was at times dreadful. Jerónimo Barrales was the grateful recipient of Kane’s late gaffe but the free-kick from 25 yards will have done little to raise the visiting team’s spirits. We gave them the opportunity to play one-on-one with our keeper.” Our defensive line was very high and we gave them the opportunity to play in behind. It was unlucky because it was a red card but I am not happy. I’m disappointed with the last five minutes,” said the Spurs manager.

Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino says he is happy with the result Guardian

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