Calamitous own goal gives Tottenham 1-0 win against Villarreal
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HT: Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Alan Shearer
Former Newcastle striker on Amazon Prime
Tottenham have been value for their money. They've deserved it after this first half, albeit they got huge slice of luck for their goal.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Just the Luiz Junior own goal separates these two at the break.
It's been a fairly even contest apart from that blunder.
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The corner comes to nothing as one minute of added time at the end of this first half is announced.
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Conor McNamara
BBC Radio 5 Live commentator at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Tottenham players were queuing up there but they just could not get a clean shot on goal.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Lovely ball from Pedro Porro on the right, the keeper comes out to clear but can't get it away from danger and it eventually falls to Richarlison, who hits the side netting via a deflection and wins a corner.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Villarreal have defended well in the main. Their boss Marcelino will be thinking, 'If only that mistake had not happened for the goal'. They have been quite solid, maybe they could have tested Vicario better but they had the chance with Buchanan which they could not take.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Tottenham are screaming for a handball in the box as Pape Gueye takes a touch and the ball bounces up and touches his arm.
VAR has a quick look but no penalty.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Probably the right decision from the VAR not to award Tottenham a penalty for Papa Gueye's challenge on Richarlison - but the tackle was clumsy at best from the Villarreal midfielder.
Needless. Could have been far worse for the Spaniards.
Real Madrid 1-1 Marseille
Ohhh it really should be 2-1 to Marseille!
A long ball goes up towards Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He takes it round Eder Militao with a stunning touch before curling the ball the wrong side of the post.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Pedro Porro's delivery is a decent one but Rodrigo Bentancur can't get a clean connection with the ball.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Once again Bergvall makes that run into the right channel and he is causing all sorts of problems for Villarreal. They have not managed to find a way to deal with him.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Tottenham win a free-kick wide on the right-hand side at a tight angle.
The referee hauls over Richarlison and Santiago Mourino to have a word about a bit of tussling in the box.
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This ref has no control of the game. Does he know that not every foul has to be a yellow?
Ethan, Kent
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Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
As a former centre forward myself, you are trying to get your foot across the defender as the challenge comes in. Was there enough contact to make Richarlison go down like that? I don't think so. He made the most of it.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Alan Shearer
Former Newcastle striker on Amazon Prime
As a forward I can tell what Richarlison is trying to do. It's not a foul for me.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
It's a foul on Richarlison that has prompted a check for a penalty.
He tries to step across the defender and draw the foul but there's not enough in it for the VAR to overturn the on-field decision.
Check complete.
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Oh this is getting a bit silly now.
Santiago Mourino gets his revenge on Xavi Simons with a challenge of his own and he goes into the book for it.
While all that's going on, VAR are having a look at a potential penalty for Spurs.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Chris Sutton
Former Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live at Tottenham Hotspur stadium
Bedlam all over the pitch. Tackles flying in everywhere.
Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal
Three yellow cards in the space of about five minutes.
This time it's Santi Comesana who is into the book for a foul on Lucas Bergvall.
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Now Richarlison is into the referee's book.
He lunges at Juan Foyth with the Villarreal captain taking his time over playing the ball out from the back.
| 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 |
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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 København | 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 Piraeus | 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 |
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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).
