Chances were at a premium in Germany as Tottenham drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League.
But the final ball and the finish kept letting them down, and so the overall effect was not a feast of attacking football, but of a slightly laboured team beginning to second-guess themselves. Meanwhile the jury remains resolutely out on Emerson Royal, a man at the centre of a rumbling debate among Spurs fans, who wonder aloud whether his defensive qualities excuse his total absence of attacking threat. Djibril Sow was perhaps the best player on the pitch, the only man in a chaotic midfield who seemed to have a proper grasp of the game. But they have speed and style and perhaps the loudest fans in Germany, and here they had plenty to be proud of too. Fail to finish your chances, make elementary errors, and it really doesnโt matter what you scribbled on the whiteboard in advance. The fundamentals were sound, the defence just about held tight and this was at least a major improvement on
Tottenham again lacked a cutting edge in the Champions League as the English team drew 0-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt to leave their group wide open after three ...
By then, Son had already failed to locate Kane with a cross that flashed across the face of the six-yard box. All four teams have a realistic chance of a top-two finish to advance, with Tottenham crucially having two home games remaining. Normally so clinical from that range, especially when he has time and space, the South Korea captain could only curl wide this time.
Here are our Tottenham Hotspur player ratings from their 0-0 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League on Tuesday evening.
Came on and caused problems with his first touch, a cross into the Frankfurt box. Had a couple of half chances in the first half hour before driving a low shot wide of the left-hand post. A slow start to the match but he got better as it wore on linking well with Son and Emerson on a couple of occasions and putting them through into dangerous positions in the box. Sent a deflected shot spinning just wide of the Frankfurt goal in the first half. Quieter in the second half after some forays forward in the first. A couple of sliced kicks when trying to make clearances although he didn't have much to do with his hands until a good save to deny Knauff five minutes into the second half.
Get a report of the Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Tottenham Hotspur 2022-23 UEFA Champions League, Group Stage football match.
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