Our wafer-thin squad will be stretched to the limit for the trip to Istanbul. Mikey Moore (virus) and Timo Werner (groin) did not make the trip. According to the gaffer, pantload Richarlison will be out for a while, we won't see Vdv until after the international break, Romero might be back for the weekend, and Odobert is nowhere to be seen. Expect to see the youngsters feature.
One of the toughest games in the league stage and we're down to the bare bones, as 'Arry would say. Wouldn't mind too much if this was a loss, given the 3 wins from 3 up to now. Osimhen and Icardi vs. Davies and Dragusin... Yikes. On the other hand they have Sanchez in defense. Gray seems certain to be used for one of the full backs (maybe one half for each). Apparently lots of young players have made the trip.
Here are the teams: Tottenham (4-3-3): Forster; Pedro Porro, Dragusin, Davies, Gray; Bergvall, Bissouma, Maddison; Johnson, Lankshear, Son Subs: Vicario, Austin, Udogie, Dorrington, Bentancur, Sarr, Kulusevski, Cassanova, Olusesi, Williams-Barnett, Solanke Galatasaray (4-4-2): Muslera, Khan Ayhan, Sanchez, Bardakci, Yilmaz; Yunus Akgun, Torreira, Sara, Mertens; Osimhen, Icardi Subs: Batuhan Sen, Guvenc, Demirbay, Berkan Kutlu, Ziyech, Jelert, Nelsson, Demir, Batshuayi, Ali Yesilyurt, Efe Akman, Metehan Baltaci
The players are in the tunnel and everyone is standing in the ground - their crowd as expected are up for this one.
Yunus Akgun with a worldy volley from outside the box has given the home side the lead. Again, poor defending after Maddison gave away a sloppy free-kick. Archie Gray with a poor defensive header which fell to Akgun.
We nearly concede a second after Forster gives the ball away trying to play out from the back. We look rattled.
Beautiful team goal by Spurs: Son beats his man on the left, the ref plays a good advantage as Gray continues the attack, plays an inch perfect cross to Johnson who lays it on a plate for Lankshear to tap home.
Let off for us - Osimhen is played through in the wide open gap between Davies and Dragusin, but his shot is saved by Forster and the rebound is fired wide by Mertens.