Tottenham 1-0 Villarreal (Junior og 4′)

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR STADIUM — As Thomas Frank acknowledged in his programme notes, Champions League nights are where long-held ambitions are realised.

His first match in the competition was the culmination of a coaching journey that began 30 years ago with the Under-8 side of his local team in a small Danish town, and ended in a win to continue Tottenham Hotspur’s promising start to his tenure.

One man’s dream is another man’s nightmare. It took Tottenham just four minutes to score, although Villarreal’s keeper did the hard work for them.

Luiz Junior turned a simple claim from Lucas Bergvall’s cross into an all-time classic howler, spilling it horribly into his bottom corner. The moment was more befitting of Sunday League than the Champions Leagu

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