Tottenham are very much in with a shout of a spot in the Champions League quarter-finals despite a 1-0 defeat against AC Milan in the first leg of their Round of 16 clash. Falling behind to Brahim Diaz's seventh-minute opener after the attacker had reacted quickest after seeing Fraser Forster making a fine save with his initial effort, Spurs saw plenty of the ball after that but did nothing of note to really trouble the hosts.
Eric Dier perhaps had Tottenham's best chance on the night but he got his header from Ivan Perisic's corner all wrong. The centre-back, who will miss the return leg through suspension after seeing yellow at the San Siro, knew it was a great opportunity and his reaction said it all as he put his head in his hands.
Tottenham just needed more on the night, especially in attack as Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min struggled to have a real impact on proceedings. They weren't the only Spurs stars to be far from their best, though, with Pape Matar Sarr and Oliver Skipp undoubtedly the team's two standout players on a huge night for both.
