Tottenham Hotspur were given a lesson in the demands of top-level European football as Borussia Dortmund blew Mauricio Pochettino’s men away with an emphatic 3-0 victory in the Europa League last 16.
Pochettino fielded a weakened line-up at the Westfalenstadion, with Harry Kane left on the bench, and his selection backfired as Marco Reus’s double and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s header all but ended Spurs’ hopes of making the quarter-finals.
It means Tottenham are now winless in three, after taking just a point from last week’s derbies against West Ham United and Arsenal, and the challenge now will be to recover confidence and form, with a trip to Aston Villa up next on Sunday.
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