Tottenham Hotspur 3 - 0 Borussia Dortmund

Dortmund are no strangers to Tottenham, having met in the group stage last season. Tottenham won 3-1 at Wembley, before going on to beat Dortmund 2-1 at Signal Iduna Park in the second leg. Harry Kane scored three goals and Son Heung-min scored the other two.

With the home ground of Wembley, along with current form, Tottenham is still rated higher despite the absence of two important stars, Harry Kane and Dele Ali, due to injury.

Son Heung-min opened the scoring for Tottenham. Photo: Zing.vn

Dortmund are currently showing signs of slowing down in form, having gone through a streak of 3 consecutive matches without a win. First was being eliminated by Bremen in the German Cup and then 2 consecutive draws in the Bundesliga. Last weekend's match, despite leading 3-0 until the 75th minute, the Ruhr team was still held to a 3-3 draw by Hoffenheim.

At Wembley Stadium, the away team Dortmund had the right to kick off first. Both teams started the match very cautiously. In the first 10 minutes, they probed each other and there were not many dangerous situations towards each other's goal.

In the 15th and 20th minutes of the match, Dortmund had the chance to open the score when Pulisic and Witsel had the chance to test goalkeeper Lloris but were unsuccessful.

Tottenham also responded with coherent attacks but were all broken up by Dortmund players in front of the penalty area. It was not until the 34th minute of the match that Foyth had a situation to advance on the right wing and was passed by Aurier with a backheel to the wall to escape, then passed the ball to the second line but Eriksen, in an unfavorable position, finished over the goal.

Overall, in the first half, the German team controlled the game and created more dangerous situations than the home team Tottenham. However, there were still no goals scored when.

Llorente made his mark in Tottenham's 3-0 win over Dortmund. Photo: Zing.vn

In an attempt to relieve Dortmund, Zagadou missed his header and the ball fell right to Son's feet, the Korean star volleyed immediately, leaving Burki no time to react!

The score is 1- 0 for Tottenham.

In the second half, the team playing in the Premier League was the one controlling the ball, they continuously pushed the team from Germany into a difficult defense with continuous attacks. The expected players on Tottenham's side such as Sissoko, Eriksen, Lucas, Son Heung-min had a very good match.

In the 83rd minute of the match, the score was raised to 2 - 0 after the Dortmund defense blocked a long-range shot from Eriksen, but Sissoko immediately stole the ball from Gotze's feet before passing to the right. Aurier, this player had a very good cross for Vertonghen to tap the ball in close range.

The score is 2 - 0 for Tottenham.

With a two-goal lead, coach Pochettino instructed his players to proactively slow down the pace of the match and control the ball firmly as well as attack when there was an opportunity. And coach Pochettino's calculations were effective when substitute player Llorente from the bench headed a header in the penalty area after Eriksen's corner kick, defeating goalkeeper Burki.

Trailing by 3 goals, the German representative pressed forward determinedly to find a goal to create a slight advantage in the second leg and the score was almost shortened to 3-1 after Guerreiro had space in the middle and launched a left-footed shot that went wide of Tottenham's goal post in the 90 + 1 minute.

At the end of the home match, Tottenham won against Dortmund with a score of 3 - 0, and had a huge advantage in the second leg at Dortmund's field on March 6, 2019.

Goal scorers:

Tottenham:Son Heung-min (47'); Vertonghen (83'); Llorente (86')

Starting lineup:

Tottenham:Lloris, Aurier, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Foyth, Vertonghen, Winks, Sissoko, Eriksen, Lucas, Son.

Dortmund:Burki, Hakimi, Zagadou, Diallo, Schmelzer, Witsel, Delaney, Dahoud, Sancho, Pulisic, Gotze.