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Inter Milan vs Tottenham – Champions League as it happened

Late goals deny Spurs crucial opening victory

Harry Latham-Coyle
Tuesday 18 September 2018 13:56 EDT
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Tottenham have lost 2-1 against Inter Milan in their opening Champions League Group B match.

Spurs were unable to respond and suffered a third straight defeat for the first time under Pochettino.

Re-live all the action below:


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When is it?

The game kicks off at 5.55pm on Tuesday 18 September.

Where can I watch it?

BT Sport 3 will be providing live coverage which gets underway at 5.15pm.

17 minutes

Erik Lamela again does well to win Spurs' first corner.

Knocked short by the Argentinian to Christian Eriksen, but the opportunity fizzles out after a poor cross from the Dane.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:13

18 minutes

Ooh, that didn't look nice.

Ben Davies is unaware of Radja Nainggolan looming behind him and lunges at the ball, only managing to catch the Belgian midfielder shin-high with his toe, entirely accidentally.

Solely a free-kick given. A fair call.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:16

20 minutes

Milan Skriniar looks worried by Heung Min-Son's pace. The South Korean knocks it past him and is cut down, with the makeshift right-back earning the first booking of the night.

Free-kick in a good area for Spurs. Eriksen will whip it in.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:17

21 minutes

A loopy flick-on falls into Samir Handanovic's hands. No real chances so far for either side.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:18

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:19

24 minutes

Davinson Sanchez is a prolific slide-tackler and he unfurls a picture-perfect example to prevent Matias Vecino progressing any further.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:21

26 minutes

The first moment of real discomfort for the Tottenham defence. Michel Vorm is forced into a diving palm after Davinson Sanchez somewhat precariously gets his head on a ball-in.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:23

28 minutes

Christian Eriksen drifts into a pocket of space between the lines, and finds Eric Dier.

Dier's ambitious ball in is unthreatening but is rather unaesthetically spooned behind for a corner.

The whistle blows after some Spurs pulling and pushing. 

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:24

29 minutes

Marcelo Brozovic continues to look for the lofted pass over-the-top, and Matteo Politano is narrowly offside from his latest clip forward. Ben Davies was nearly caught out.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:25

30 minutes

Spurs have a free-kick wide on the right, 40 yards out.

That's a lovely curling ball in by Christian Eriksen but Sanchez meekly nods the ball into the turf and it bounces welcomingly into Samir Handanovic's giant hands.

0-0 with half-an-hour gone.

Harry Latham-Coyle18 September 2018 18:27

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