Lucas Moura came to Tottenham's rescue with a late equaliser to secure a dramatic 1-1 draw at Barcelona which sent them through to the Champions League last 16 at the expense of Inter.
2018/2019 UEFA Champions League
1-1
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Match Events
7' GOAL! Barcelona 1-0 Tottenham (Dembele)
GOAL! A hammer blow for Spurs, as Barcelona take the lead. A Spurs free-kick is headed clear by Barcelona and Dembele receives the ball in his own half. He runs at Rose, beats him easily and sprints into the Spurs box. Dembele descends on Lloris and just as he looks like he is going to hit it with his right foot, he cuts inside a diving Winks and slots a left-footed shot past the keeper to make it 1-0.
33' CLOSE! Cillessen makes a great save
CHANCE! A throughball is sent toward the sprinting Son and he nips the ball off the toe of Vermaelen to be through on Cillessen’s goal. He just has the keeper to beat, but his right-footed shot is saved.
45' OFF THE POST! Coutinho almost scores
OFF THE POST. Coutinho has the ball with his back to goal on the edge of the Spurs box. With a drop of the shoulder, he loses his marker and runs into the area. He sends a right-footed shot around Alderweireld and, with Lloris routed to the spot, it looks destined for the bottom-right corner. But the ball clatters off the post.
53' No pen! Kane brought down in the box
WHAT A CHANCE! Eriksen feeds Kane, who gets in behind and is in on goal. He takes the ball a little wide but it's an amazing chance for a striker of his class. Lenglet gets back to put an arm on him and Kane's finish is woeful. Miles over the bar. Kane looks at the referee but there wasn't enough for a penalty.
58' DISALLOWED GOAL! Munir's shot offside
GOAL...NO, OFFSIDE! Coutinho threads a wonderful ball through to Munir who nips in behind the Spurs back four. He finishes past Lloris but the linesman has his flag raised high. Just about correct. Inches in it.
71' Excellent save from Cillessen!
SAVE!! Rose hangs a ball up towards the back post over Kane towards Eriksen, who rushes in from 10 yards but his low effort is pushed clear by Cillessen. It wouldn't have counted though as the referee spotted a foul from Kane.
77' SAVE! Fine stop from Cillessen
85' GOAL! Barcelona 1-1 Tottenham (Lucas)
GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! 1-1! Lamela finds Kane in space on the left of the Barcelona box and the striker sends a low ball across the area. Lucas sticks out a boot, connects and it flies past Cillessen into the back of the net!
85' POST! Coutinho almost scores
OFF THE POST!! Coutinho counters. He drives into the area and is so hard to stop. Once again he finds a clever finish that looks to be heading in but the ball comes back off the post....!
Match Reports
Tottenham are into the Champions League knockout phase thanks to Lucas Moura's late equaliser in a 1-1 draw at Barcelona on Tuesday.
Mauricio Pochettino's men needed to at least match Inter's result at home to PSV and they looked to be heading into the Europa League, but Lucas struck five minutes from time to turn the situation on its head and send Spurs through as Group B's other match also ended 1-1.
In a week which he has been accused of turning up late to training, Ousmane Dembele seemed switched on earlier than anyone else with his seventh-minute opener.
Spurs crafted a host of chances after the break and, just when it looked as though they were never going to find a way past Jasper Cillessen, Lucas – a 71st-minute replacement for Son Heung-min – found the net to complete a great escape.
Line-ups
Barcelona XI: T. Vermaelen, I. Rakitić, Philippe Coutinho, Jasper Cillessen, Lenglet, Semedo, Arthur, Munir, Carles Aleñá, O. Dembélé, Juan Miranda
Subs: L. Messi, Piqué, Vidal, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, M. ter Stegen, D.Suárez
Tottenham XI: H. Lloris, J. Vertonghen, M.Sissoko, D. Rose, T. Alderweireld, C. Eriksen, Son Heung-Min, H. Kane, D. Alli, Winks, K.W Peters
Subs: F.Llorente, Lamela, Lucas, Gazzaniga, B.Davies, E. Dier, O. Skipp