Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Borussia Dortmund: Champions League – as it happened | Soccer

So that's your lot. Tottenham Hotspur had a huge performance in the second half. The leaders of the Bundesliga have been swept away and now the Spurs have a foot in the quarters. A good night's work in the Westfalenstadion in three weeks should be enough. Our man, Daniel Taylor, was at Wembley and here is his report. Thank you for reading! Night night!

And here is Mauricio Pochettino, who really won his corn tonight at half-time. "It was a fantastic second half. It was a very difficult match from the beginning and difficult to find our best positions in both directions. We had trouble playing as we wanted to play. But then we played with more confidence. In the second half, we played a very good game. Faced with a very good team like Dortmund in the Champions League, the task is difficult and there is still much work to be done. 3-0 is a very good result, but we need to think about how we can finish the job. We have an amazing team, the only problem we have is that I can only pick 11, not 22. "

Jadon Sancho just spoke. "Aw, I do not have words for the second half, we did our best but tonight Tottenham was the best team, in the first half we played very well, but in the second half we have lost a bit of ground and have lost our concentration.Next step, we have to stay focused for the whole game Jan Vertonghen is a good player, but I hope we can handle it a bit better next time. But I'm happy to be at home and playing in front of my friends and family, I'm happy to be here, we're still there, we're still focused and we'll take the next step thinking we can score enough The 18-year-old winger from Dortmund is an impressive interviewee, despite his obvious disappointment.

Here is the man of the moment – the man of the match – Jan Vertonghen. "We do not create too many opportunities, they had the best of the game in the first half. But in the second, they dropped a bit and our quick goal helped us. They were happy with 1-0 so we could continue to attack. It was just one of those nights. A superb Serge center for the purpose, who saw me running. "

Her friend Heung-Min Son adds: "Jan is technically amazing, he could play any post. I am happy for him with his only purpose and help. The cross for my goal was incredible, unreal, I just touched the ball. I'm sorry because when I scored I did not run to him! I am honored to play with him and he can play as an attacker for me!

It should also be noted that the Spurs have not reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup or the Champions League twice before. The Blanchflower, White and Mackay glory team qualified for the semi-finals in 1962, while a Crouchigol took Harry Redknapp's team beyond of Milan and in the quarters in 2011. No one in Spurs will count his hens, but a third participation in the end of affairs of this tournament is now within their reach.

It is easy to forget that the Spurs were the second best in the first half, even if their distance is not very great. However, they were great in the second half and simply blew Dortmund! Heung-Min Son and Christian Eriksen both excelled, but the applause will go to Jan Vertonghen, the substitute back wing, whose performance in front of the camp as an ersatz winger in the second period was quite impressive. And he also did not neglect his defensive duties, not allowing Dortmund to snort after the restart. Mauricio Pochettino moves away with a smile, another tactical plan having been developed.

How about Jan Vertonghen, huh.

90 min +1: Victor Wanyama replaces Moussa Sissoko. It's a party atmosphere in Wembley.

90 min: Just two minutes to come. Guerreiro hits a hair curler for the first time in the top left of 25 meters. If it had been framed, it was a goal because Lloris could not do it. But Dortmund did not score an away goal that would give them an essential boost for the second leg. Inches wide.

89 min: His Heung-Min – who would be the man of the match another day, but you do not win this trophy with Jan Vertonghen – gives way to Erik Lamela.

87 min: Raphael Guerreiro replaces Jadon Sancho. The leaders of the Bundesliga do not know what strikes them. Tottenham is remarkable since the restart!

What a second half showing that it comes from Spurs! Eriksen makes his way to the left. He takes the piece himself and places it in a six-yard box where Llorente clamps in front of Diallo and heads sharply down right and inside! The roof of Wembley is now turning on the Severn Bridge.

84 min: Lucas Moura gives way to Fernando Llorente. The roof of Wembley is now halfway on the M4.

Vertonghen was the star of the show tonight, and now he has put the seal on it! Aurier, deep right, loop a center in the center where Vertonghen made an attacking run. It's a perfect center, falling right in front of Vertonghen, and he managed to deceive Burki for the first time. Who needs Harry Kane when you have Jan Vertonghen?

82 min: Winks sends his son spinning into the space on the left through a deep quarterback, but can not really mobilize the energy needed to head for the Dortmund area. He is forced to check and the movement collapses.

80 min: Sancho was a hit in the first half, but he was not so proactive in the second half. He had the chance to run on the Spurs' back line, but he turns his tail and, although his talent deserves the free kick, Sissoko is in the middle of the park and does not serve at all in Dortmund.

78 min: And here is Wayne Ziants: "I do not know the game, but I'm delighted that every player in Dortmund in the starting lineup has between five and seven letters under his name. The camp chooses itself. Oh, Schmelzer! How can you!

77 min: Dortmund made the first change of the evening by replacing Dan-Axel Zagadou by Marcel Schmelzer.

76 min: The flat delivery of Eriksen crosses a maquis of players and heads to Moura, bombarding from the left. Moura bads up on the right; the ball is blocked by Delaney's back and out for a corner. There is a quick VAR control for a handball scream against Delaney, but nothing happens. And then, from the second corner, Moura floats the bar from a distance, and that's the end of it all.

75 min: Vertonghen digs a deep center from a tight point on the left. His recycles on the other flank and lifts Eriksen, whose low shot from the edge of the box is diverted to a right corner. Eriksen to take himself.

73 min: Dortmund, in turn, probes one way or the other. Dahoud tries to push Pulisic out through the left inner channel, but the bullet hits Lloris, who can free and put Spurs on a break. Moura drives left and His free right. Hakimi is the only player back in Dortmund! But the defender managed exceptionally to refuse Moura the opportunity to give a pbad for Son, and the ball is finally returned to Burki, who tidies.

71 min: The Spurs soar the midfield with such style that the crowd complains of spontaneous applause during their crisp triangulations. Of course, almost immediately, Alderweireld gives up the possession of a clunker. Timing is everything in comedy.

69 min: Lots of space for Dahoud, 25 meters from the goal, prepared by Delaney. But his shot, a wire attempt in the bottom right, has no punch. Lloris bit without drama.

67 min: Dortmund continues to struggle. Their fans continue to make a wonderful sound. Their drummers have been doing metrology all night. Jaki Liebezeit would be proud.

65 min: Aurier moves to the right. He has Moura in the middle, but his cross is hung by Toprak. It's great to defend. The Spurs are causing all sorts of trouble in Dortmund.

63 min: The magic of Vertonghen's wing continues. Now he's driving down into Dortmund's surface from the left, his almost coming home from close quarters. But three yellow shirts meet Son and the ball for a corner. And the fixed room does not come to anything. The Spurs – and in particular Vertonghen and Son – have been excellent since the restart.

62 min: Pulisic dribbles into the Spurs box from the left. For a second, it looks like it's going to open for him, but Sanchez is pressing him from behind and the ball slams between his legs. The spurs are clear. This is the first time that Dortmund seems dangerous since the restart.

61 min: Alderweireld pbades a long pbad on the left to free Eriksen in acres. Dortmund was fast asleep! Eriksen tears himself in the box and just needs to find Sound in the middle for a tap-in. But his cross came out just in time by Zagadou. The resulting corner also almost leads to a goal. Eriksen's left strike was almost projected in the upper left corner by Alderweireld. But Burki gets together.

59 min: This wonderful help poured Vertonghen's juice. He ended up channeling his interior, Tom Finney, dribbling left, cutting himself inside and getting ready for a shot. He should probably slip into his, but he is caught in the mood and sends a shot instead.

58 min: However, Dortmund fans always give all they have. They contribute to the great atmosphere at Wembley.

57 min: The Spurs press is so much more intense in this second half. Dortmund continues to work accordingly.

55 min: It takes a while to find a ball so that the free kick can be taken. That is not worth the wait, Eriksen introduced in the wall of Dortmund.

53 min: Dortmund is naturally a bit flat since the beginning of the second half. They have trouble making more than two pbades. The Spurs want to make hay while the sun is shining. Vertonghen tears the left and slips a pbad inside for Son, for whom Cruyff turns Delaney and gets nailed. A reservation for Delaney, and a free kick in an extremely dangerous position to the left of the D.

51 min: Eriksen tries to find Moura with a pbad in the center. Just a little too much juice on the ball, allowing Burki to gather.

49 min: Wembley has erupted, the roof is currently turning on the Hanger Lane roundabout. A great start to the second half and it will be interesting to see how Dortmund – who was balanced, the best team in the first half – reacted to that.

A little more than a minute in the second half and the Spurs lead! Alderweireld runs long on the left. Moura throws a head into the surface, but Burki gets together. No matter, because the Spurs are back in Dortmund, Vertonghen tight on the left sideline. The great defender places a perfect cross in the center, a few centimeters from Zagadou's head. He falls on His, who throws himself powerfully on the top left! A good race and finish with Son, but what a cross of Vertonghen!

We are back! The Spurs begin the second half. There was no change at half-time.

Half-time animation. For those of you who can not be bothered to click, the answer is no.

It's for the first 45. Interesting rather than exciting, although both teams will wonder how they did not score. Lucas Moura and Dan-Axel Zagadou went very close, while Jadon Sancho was a handful.

45 min: … Dortmund almost scored! They are short, Sancho's chips at the far post, Zagadou rises the highest and should plant a close head. But the balloon takes a slight deviation from Foyth, and Lloris is able to approach and iron with a strong hand. Great save! Another corner follows, but it is useless.

44 min: Goetze fights his way through two challenges and wins a corner. From which …

42 min: Hakimi goes on a power wander on the right. He looks for Goetze in the middle of the field, but the ball deviates a lot of Vertonghen and wraps in Lloris' arms.

40 min: Sancho was livid from the lack of decision of the referee. You can not blame him. But it was a great and thrilling race from the young Englishman, who was the star of the first half of this season.

38 min: Sancho tears the right inner channel and slides to the center. Sissoko, after being burned for his speed, cynically squeezes Sancho's foot. It's a free kick to the right of the D and a booking for Sissoko, but the referee continues to play. It's a very bad decision. Sissoko and Spurs are drawn with one.

37 min: A strange Burki cameo, holding the ball at his feet, slam it between his legs, turn 360 degrees in confusion, then rediscover his balance enough to pbad over Moura in the direction of Toprak on the left . From ridiculous to sublime.

36 min: Eriksen finds His free on the left. He enters the area and hits a shot towards the ground towards Moura in the center. Burki, at the very far post, walks away from danger.

35 min: Delaney has a crack from the position to the left of the D. It is heading down to the left. Lloris is doing well, but can only go straight to the surface. Sanchez can not quite clear; Sancho can not quite shoot. Spurs end up erasing their lines.