Mauricio Pochettino fielded a 5-3-2/5-4-1 basic shape which focused on deep block managed to hold Peter Bosz’s side from creating a lot of valuable offensive situations within the host’s early third. Supported by deadly counter attack plus a powerful performance by Harry Kane, Spurs managed to earn an important first 3 point. When Tottenham were in their 5-3-2’ish shape, the one to go against Dortmund’s full back was the wing back. But, when they established a 5-4-1, with Son Heung Min dropped to the wide left midfield, for instance, then the task to press Lukasz Piszczek and/or Jeremy Toljan would be Son and/or Christian Eriksen. Tottenham would go for the 5-3-2 pressing shape in their high block with the transposition into a 5-4-1 one when they dropped to the middle block. In the deep block, they sometimes even went with a 5-5-0 as Kane dropped very deep to cover the vacated space at 8 or 6 because the ball near CM alomg with the near wide man moved wide to establish a touchline press. Below, Dortmund heavy ball oriented: For full version of the analysis, please visit https://ryantank100.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/analysis-of-tottenham-3-1-dortmund/ Thanks for reading, you can find me on Twitter @ryantank100