Tottenham vs Marseille LIVE: Champions League result, final score and reaction as Richarlison double seals Spurs win
Tottenham 2-0 Marseille: Antonio Conte’s Spurs get the perfect start to their Champions League return thanks to Richarlison’s two headers
Richarlison’s first goals for Tottenham saw them mark their Champions League return with a 2-0 win over 10-man Marseille.
The summer signing scored two headers in the space of five second-half minutes to get Spurs out of trouble in their Group D opener.
Playing at the elite level for the first time since 2020, Antonio Conte’s men were labouring against the Ligue 1 side, who had Chancel Mbemba sent off early in the second half.
But Richarlison, making his Champions League debut, opened his account for the club in the 76th minute from Ivan Perisic’s cross and then repeated the trick to kill the game from a Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg delivery.
His double ensured Spurs got their campaign off to a winning start in an otherwise largely difficult round of action for British teams.
Relive the action as Spurs win their opening Champions League fixture:
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
15 mins: Almost disaster for Marseille! Goalkeeper Pau Lopez dallies on the ball and Son is agonisingly close to nicking the ball off him but he just about manages to turn the South Korean despite stumbling and gets the ball safely to a defender.
Given the goalkeeping calamities we’ve seen recently, Lopez may want to be more careful.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
14 mins: Joey Barton - current Bristol Rovers manager (although more pertinently, former Marseille loanee) is in the crowd with the Marseille fans because of course he is...
Spurs win a corner that Son whips in but he fails to clear the first man and Guendouzi heads clear. Poor.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
12 mins: Lloris opts to go long from a goal kick and Perisic does really well to keep the ball in play and flick it inside to Son. But he’s quickly closed down by Marseille, who win the ball back. The press from the visitors has been impressive and they’re starting to dominate possession.
A speculative cross from Mbemba is overhit though and that’s symptomatic of the struggles the French side have had to hurt Spurs despite seeing plenty of the ball.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
10 mins: Dier goes through the back of Suarez on halfway and gets a talking to from the referee. Guendouzi was right in the referee’s ear - there’ll be no love lost between the ex-Arsenal man and Spurs tonight!
Marseille enjoy a spell of possession in the Spurs half but the hosts are well-structured and the attack peters out.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
8 mins: Kane gets half a yard of space in the left channel but is closed down well by Mbemba and forced out of play. Marseille look happy to push up so far and leave Spurs 4 vs 4 in attack. Could be something to exploit there for the hosts.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
5 mins: Kane tries a raking cross-field ball to Emerson Royal but it’s just cut out. Spurs looking comfortable on the ball in the early going and defensively disciplined.
At the other end, Clauss takes aim from long range but his shot is well blocked and Spurs can clear.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
2 mins: Decent start for Spurs as they have a spell of possession in the Marseille half but Son’s neat flick through is well intercepted. Marseille stroke the ball about at the back as they try to gain a foothold.
Tottenham 0-0 Marseille
Kick-off: And we are underway in north London. The Spurs fans are already incredibly loud. It’s a Champions League atmosphere.
Tottenham vs Marseille
Here we go. Spurs vs Marseille about to get underway.
Tottenham vs Marseille
The players are out, Champions League anthem blaring and top-tier European football is back at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Marseille won’t be an easy out for Spurs though - they’re flying in Ligue 1. Five wins and a draw so far in six games.
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