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THIERRY HENRY appeared to take plenty of joy in seeing Tottenham lose at the hands of Sporting on Tuesday evening.

"You know that to play in this competition you have to reduce the mistakes, because at the end you can pay. You have to continue to improve yourself but this is normal." It's a pity, for sure we have to analyse very well the game. [Arsenal](/latest/arsenal-fc) legend Thierry Henry could not stop himself from poking fun at [Tottenham](/latest/tottenham-hotspur-fc) after their Champions League group stage defeat at the hands of Sporting on Tuesday night. Wednesday's result marked Tottenham's first defeat of the season in all competitions, with Antonio Conte's side remaining unbeaten in the Premier League after winning four and drawing two of their opening six matches. "I am not laughing," said Henry.

Get a report of the Sporting CP vs. Tottenham Hotspur 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage football match.

They score with a corner, then we conceded the second goal after the 90 minutes. We showed how we can play." "We deserved it. [Harry Kane](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/142200/Harry-Kane) narrowly failed to get on the end of a low cross from [Ivan Perisic](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/103485/Ivan-Perisic) after the Croatian had torn down the left wing. "But in the last 10 minutes we can do much better. [Paulinho](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/258271/Paulinho) and [Arthur Gomes](https://www.espn.com.au/football/player/_/id/228398/Arthur-Gomes) scored past the 90-minute mark to condemn Spurs to their first loss of the campaign.

Tottenham Hotspur lost to Sporting in the Champions League and one English fan rubbed salt in the wound by singing the one song their fans must hate most.

"There were loads of internationals and he was the best player on the pitch. "He's playing as a false nine really well and can play as a number 10. He can play in different positions. [Champions League](https://www.sportbible.com/champions-league) last week, when Richarlison's late brace earned them a win against Ligue 1 Marseille. [Marcus Edwards produced arguably the performance of the night,](https://www.sportbible.com/football/marcus-edwards-sporting-spurs-video-20220914) as the hosts scored two late goals. [The Brazilian was very emotional as his two goals](https://www.sportbible.com/football/richarlison-couldnt-hold-back-tears-after-champions-league-goals-20220907) were on European debut, and made sure his side got off to the perfect start in the group.

The Brazil international has had a mixed time since signing from Barcelona under then-Spurs manager Nuno Espirito Santo last summer. However, he has been decent ...

You have got to show him the line you have got a two-v-one situation and he breezes past both of them.” This should not deflect the attention away from Emerson’s dependable performances this season. The former Spurs and Liverpool striker also implied that Cristian Romero was also poor for being dribbled past by Arthur as easily as Emerson was: Spurs would be regretting the chances that came their way but they didn’t take. The 23-year-old right-wing-back was at fault for being dribbled past by Sporting CP substitute Arthur Gomes, who then slotted home the game’s second goal in stoppage time. “From a defensive point of view it’s very, very poor.

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte was reportedly furious with his side after they were beaten 2-0 by Sporting Lisbon in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

It's very high, you know that to play in this competition you have to reduce the mistakes because at the end you can pay. For sure we have to analyse very well the game, also the players, it's right but they know very well that this level is a very important level and to play this competition you have to continue to improve. His side looked like a shadow of the one that has performed so well in the [Premier League](/latest/premier-league), and he didn’t shy away from letting them know.

FUMING Antonio Conte ordered his Tottenham players in for training at 11am on Wednesday after their Champions League second half added-time collapse a.

[lost their opening Champions League group game 1-0 to Dinamo Zagreb](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19726700/dinamo-zagreb-0-chelsea-1-mislav-orsic/). A difficult game for sure." I think that the game was unbalanced in the second half, we could score. [Premier League](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/premierleague/) game against [Leicester](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196651/leicester-city/). [Thomas Tuchel was given the axe by Chelsea owner Todd Boehly](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/19805225/todd-boehly-thomas-tuchel-chelsea/) and Co and the Blues' stars didn't train until 2pm. [Spurs](https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1196652/tottenham-hotspur/) came unstuck late on in Tuesday's second group game from a corner as Paulinho headed home.