Inter Milan vs Tottenham – Champions League as it happened
Late goals deny Spurs crucial opening victory
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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.
It is hard to miss Marcelo Brozovic with his striking bleached blonde hair, and he has been Inter Milan's main danger thus far.
34 minutes
Jan Vertonghen is very fortunate.
An innocuous looking forward ball is made a mess of by the Belgian centre-half, and Radja Nainggolan pounces, but squanders the chance with a tame attempted cut-back cut out easily by Davinson Sanchez.
Brozovic fires wide from distance. A speculative effort.
36 minutes
Huge moment! Harry Kane is delectably found by Christian Eriksen and rounds Samir Handanovic but knocks it too far past, miscontrolling the ball out of play from an acute angle with the goal gaping.
The first real sighter of goal for either side. It remains 0-0.
37 minutes
A late tackle on Radja Nainggolan and Davinson Sanchez enters the referee's book. A free-kick relatively central, enticingly placed for the left-footed Matteo Politano.
39 minutes
Harry Kane in the wall heads it out for a corner, and Michel Vorm again collects well.
A couple of confidence settlers for the Dutchman after his error against Liverpool.
42 minutes
Spurs are content to keep the ball for a spell, but now look to get forward.
That is better play, with Serge Aurier finding space and squaring one dangerously.
Samir Handanovic bats it away wide of the goal but Eriksen is fouled and Tottenham have another free-kick in a forward area.
43 minutes
Curled in by Erik Lamela, Harry Kane tries for the bicycle kick but gets it wrong and the referee blows for a high boot.
The referee is content to end the first period after the regulation 45 minutes. 0-0.
Just the one chance of note, Kane unable to sort his feet out from a tight angle after rounding Handanovic.
So what do we make of that?
The Champions League hasn't exactly charged back into action. Both sides' performances have been indicative of their seasons so far, misfiring and lacking in cutting edge.
In the other game in the group, Barcelona have a 1-0 lead over PSV Eindhoven courtesy of Lionel Messi (of course) and a beautiful curling free-kick.
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