SpursdismantleReal,inlast 16afterWembleymasterclass
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Aguero becomes alltime highest scorer for City in 42 win against Napoli PARIS: THIS WAS REAL’S FIRST GROUPSTAGE DEFEAT IN FIVE YEARS AND, FOLLOWING A SHOCK LA LIGA LOSS AT GIRONA, PRESSURE IS BUILDING ON ZINEDINE ZIDANE
Brilliant Tottenham Hotspur took Real Madrid apart in a 3-1winoverthereigningchampions on Wednesday as they clinchedtheirplaceintheChampions League last 16 along with Manchester City.
Dele Alli starred with a brace for Tottenham with Christian Eriksenalso scoring before Cristiano Ronaldo’slateconsolation.
TheresultensuredthatMauricio Pochettino’sside arethrough fromGroupHwithtwogamesto spare,whileRealwillhavetowait to join them.
“Wedon’twanttojustcompete with these teams -- we want to beat them. I’m happy to get two goals, but more importantly it was a win,” Alli told BT Sport.
Tottenham profited from an officiating error to go in front on 27 minutes as Kieran Trippier should have beenflagged offside beforehecrossedforAllitoscore.
Allinettedagainon56minutes when his shot beat Kiko Casilla withtheaidofadeflectionoffSergio Ramos.Eriksen madeit 3-0 at the end of a counter-attack on 65 minutes,beforeRealreducedthe deficit late on as Ronaldo scored his sixth goal in the competition this season.
This was Real’s first groupstage defeat in five yearsand, following a shock La Liga loss at Girona at the weekend, the pres- sure is building on coach Zinedine Zidane.
Nevertheless,awinatAPOEL later this month will do for the 12-time champions to qualify aftertheCypriotsideheldBorussia Dortmund 1-1 in Germany.
RaphaelGuerreirogaveDortmundafirst-halfleadbuttheyare still looking for a win in Europe this season after Mickael Pote levelled for APOEL on 51 minutes.
AGUEROBREAKSCITY RECORD ManchesterCitycontinuedtheir sensational form as they saw off Napoli 4-2 in Italy to make it four wins from four in Group F and advance to the knockout phase for the fifth season running.
Lorenzo Insigne put the Serie A leaders in front, but Nicolas Otamendi headed City level and his fellow centre-back John Stonesthenscoredwithaheader that went in off the underside of the bar. A Jorginho penalty restored parity again, but Sergio Aguero made it 3-2 and Raheem Sterling completed the scoring.
Aguero’sstrikeallowedhimto become City’s all-time leading scorer on 178 goals, passing the old mark of 177 set by Eric Brook in the 1930s.
Meanwhile Liverpool moved clear at the top of Group E with a comfortable3-0winoverMaribor at Anfield. There would be no repeat of their 7-0 romp in the reverse fixturein Sloveniaasthe Reds had to wait until the 49th minute for Mohamed Salah to give them the lead.
James Milner then saw his penalty tipped onto the post but hesetupEmreCantodoubleLiverpool’s lead before substitute Daniel Sturridge completed the scoring.