Sports 247 – Three goals from Son Heung-Min, Jan Vertonghen, and Fernando Llorente helped Tottenham gain a big advantage before the return match in Dortmund 3 weeks later.

In the first minutes of the first half, the two teams were quite cautious when playing slowly and the team often did not rise too high each time they advanced the ball.

In the 7th minute, the home team had the first notable shot in the match.

It wasn’t until the 15th minute that Dortmund had a chance to score their own goal.

In the second half, when the audience had not yet returned to their seats after the break, Heung-Min Son had a close-range kick from Jan Vertonghen’s more accurate cross on the left wing and opened the score.

While Dortmund faced many difficulties in launching an attack, host Tottenham quite easily penetrated the opponent’s penalty area.

This 3-0 victory for Tottenham will bring them a huge advantage before the second leg of the 1/8 round of the Champions League taking place at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund three weeks later.

Match time: 03:00 February 14 |

The official starting lineups of the two teams

Tottenham: Lloris (GK);

Dortmund: Burki (GK);

Main developments

TIME OUT!!!

86′: GOOOOO!!

84′: Tottenham makes a change: Fernando Llorente comes on to replace Lucas Moura.

83′: GOOOOO!!!

77′: Dortmund makes a change: Zagadou leaves the field, Schmelzer comes on.

76′: DO NOT GO IN!

69′: CHANCE!

61′: DO NOT GO IN!

60′: CHANCE!

59′: CHANCE!

55′: Eriksen takes a free kick but cannot get past Dortmund’s wall.

54′: YELLOW CARD!

47′: INOOOOOO!!!

45′: Second half begins.

FIRST HALF ENDS!

45′: NO GOAL!

38′: Sancho just fell outside Tottenham’s penalty area, but the referee did not blow the whistle.

35′: DO NOT GO IN!

34′: CHANCE!

27′: Tottenham currently has 1 shot on Burki’s goal, compared to Dortmund’s 3 on Spurs’ goal.

23′: Dortmund just had good combinations on the right wing, but in the end there was no shot towards Tottenham’s goal.

20′: CHANCE!

16′: Dortmund has a good attack in the middle, but Sancho fails to handle the ball.

15′: DO NOT ENTER!

12′: YELLOW CARD!

10′: Winks just had a through ball for Son, but unfortunately the ball went too strong and the Korean player couldn’t touch the ball.

7′: DO NOT ENTER!

4′: Juan Foyth just had a technical situation to escape pressure from Dortmund’s strikers.

3′: OFFSISTER!

1′: The first half begins.

Force

Tottenham: Dele Alli, Ben Davies, Harry Kane injured;

Dortmund: Reus, Piszczek, Weigl, Alcacer, Akanji are injured and will sit out;

General perception

Tottenham is showing how strong a team they are.

Dortmund did not have a good momentum before this match against Tottenham.

Both teams have injuries to key players, but with the advantage of playing at Wembley’s home field, Tottenham will be considered the favorite in the first leg of the 1/8 round of the Champions League.

Surrounding information

3 – There have been at least 3 goals scored in the last 5 confrontations between Tottenham and Dortmund in all competitions.

5 – Dortmund kept clean sheets in 5 out of 6 matches in the 2018/19 Champions League group stage.

4 – Four of Tottenham’s six matches in the Champions League group stage ended with a total of three goals or more.

3 – Dortmund’s last three matches in the C1 Cup all had a total number of goals less than 3.