Calamitous own goal gives Tottenham 1-0 win against Villarreal
Real Madrid win 2-1 at home to Marseille as Alexander-Arnold off injured
Juventus snatch 4-4 draw with Dortmund in remarkable game, Qarabag come back to stun Benfica
Arsenal beat Athletic Club 2-0 as subs Martinelli & Trossard both score
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Felix Nmecha (65 mins)
Another wonderful goal!
Karim Adeyemi can't find a way past the defenders at the edge of the area so he pulls it back to Felix Nmecha.
The Dortmund player has one thing on his mind and whips the ball into the top corner.
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Feels like a Villarreal equalizer is just a matter of when, not if.
Dan
Image source, Getty ImagesKenan Yildiz (63 mins)
What a strike!
Juventus needed something to get them back level - and they've done it with something spectacular.
Kenan Yildiz picks the ball up on the edge of the box, wide to the left-hand side, and steadies himself before bending one inside the far post.
Image source, Getty ImagesReal Madrid 1-1 Marseille
Marseille break forward and former Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stings the gloves of Thibaut Courtois.
Chance!
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Spurs’ heads are still in the changing room. Complete lack of awareness all over the pitch. Loose passing. Inviting an equaliser.
Steve
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Tottenham just want that breathing space. They need to get that second goal and put this to bed, and secure that first three points in this season's Champions League.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Tottenham win a corner and Mohammed Kudus whips it in. It's a dangerous ball and Luiz Junior is not 100% confident with it but he does get it clear.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
There have been so many misplaced passes in this first 15 minutes or so of the second half. So many errors from both sides in their passing.
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This time Spurs win the ball back in the middle of the park and Pedro Porro drives forward. But he's got no one with him to help and the momentum is quickly lost.
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Richarlison has to come off, strength and winning fouls is not enough for this level. Spence has been far too slow with the ball. Udogie and Kolo Muani have got to come on! COYS!
Pete, Devon
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Pepe picks the ball up and we all know what he's trying to do. Again he tries to pick out the corner with a left footed strike and he's not far away. That's another warning sign for Tottenham in this second half.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Another sloppy pass in the middle of the park from Spurs.
This time it goes unpunished but Thomas Frank will want his side to sharpen up.
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We long term die hard Spurs fans can't help but think this could go horribly wrong. If they could score a second in the next 10 minutes or so it would allay our fears big time.
Steve K, Swindon
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Tottenham struggling to get out here. They give the ball away and Nicolas Pepe goes for the bottom corner through the legs of the defender but drags it just wide.
Real Madrid 1-1 Marseille
That would have been one of the most fortunate goals you'll see from Kylian Mbappe but his deflected toe poke bounced off the top of the crossbar - much to the delight of Marseille.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
It's a big, big chance. Foyth has a clear header six or seven yards out and can't direct it on target. A big chance.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Alan Shearer
Former Newcastle striker on Amazon Prime
Villarreal have come out really well and are on the front foot. They're asking Tottenham questions at the start of this second half.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Villarreal have come out for the second half raring to go.
They win a corner and Juan Foyth gets a glancing header on it but he can't get it on target.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
It's been a sloppy start to the second half for Tottenham. They've given the ball away needlessly a few times and Villarreal are sensing a route back here.
Thomas Frank is already off his seat. This game isn't won by any stretch of the imagination. He knows it, too.
Karim Adeyemi (52 mins)
We have a breakthrough!
Dortmund burst forwards and work the ball to Karim Adeyemi on the edge of the box.
Juve are crowded around the area but he takes a quick touch, shifts the ball to the other foot and guides it into the far corner.
Image source, Getty Images| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Goals For | Goals Against | Goal Difference | Points | Form, Last 6 games, Oldest first |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Union Saint-Gilloise | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
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| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| |
3 Qarabağ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| |
8 Ajax | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
14 Bodø / Glimt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
16 Club Brugge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
18 Copenhagen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
19 Galatasaray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
21 Kairat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
27 Olympiakos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| |
29 Pafos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|
30 Slavia Prague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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31 Sporting CP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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32 Benfica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| |
35 PSV | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
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Manager: Thomas Frank
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Marcelino García
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
Manager: Thomas Frank
Formation: 4 - 3 - 3
Manager: Marcelino García
Formation: 4 - 4 - 2
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This will be the first meeting between Tottenham and Villarreal in European competition, with Spurs winning just one of their last 13 matches against Spanish opposition in major European competition (D5 L7).
Villarreal have played 14 matches against English opponents in the UEFA Champions League and are still looking for their first victory (D6 L8), while losing each of the last seven in a row. Over half of their defeats in the competition have been against English opposition (57% - 8/14).
This will be third time that Villarreal have played their opening game of a UEFA Champions League campaign against an English side (out of five seasons). The previous two were both against Manchester United and both finished 0-0, in 2005-06 and 2008-09.
Tottenham have only won their opening game of a European Cup/UEFA Champions League campaign in two of their seven attempts (D2 L3). However, those two have arrived on the last two occasions where they have played their opener at home: 2-0 v Marseille in 2022-23 and 3-1 v Borussia Dortmund in 2017-18.
Villarreal’s last match in the UEFA Champions League came in the semi-finals of the 2021-22 edition, losing 2-5 on aggregate to Liverpool. The Spaniards won three of their six away games in that campaign (D1 L2), more than they managed in 14 away matches across their three previous appearances in this competition (W2 D5 L7).
Tottenham manager Thomas Frank will take charge of a team in the UEFA Champions League for the first time – in fact, his only previous experience of managing in European competition came in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League, winning just three of 10 matches with Brøndby IF (D4 L3).
42 percent of Tottenham’s goals in the UEFA Champions League (since 1992-93) have been scored by Harry Kane or Son Heung-min (37/89). Following the departures of both, the only current Tottenham player with more than one goal for the club in the competition is Richarlison (2).
Villarreal forward Georges Mikautadze has been directly involved in seven goals in eight starts in major European competition to date (four goals, three assists), with all of those coming for Lyon in the UEFA Europa League last season.
Randal Kolo Muani could feature for a fourth different team (Tottenham) in the UEFA Champions League since the start of 2022-23, having previously appeared for Eintracht Frankfurt, Paris SG and Juventus. No active Champions League player has played for as many as four different teams in this period.
Villarreal defender Juan Foyth made his UEFA Champions League debut for Tottenham back in December 2017 (v APOEL Nicosia). Indeed, the Argentinean remains the youngest player to start a home game for the club in the competition (19y 328d in that match).
