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THE hallmark of Tottenham’s season will be their fearless spirit.
You write this team off at your peril because if they started this tie as underdogs then they emerged from their most impressive win this season as red-hot favourites.
Tottenham were magnificent, their swashbuckling secondhalf performance completely overwhelmed Borussia Dortmund and they are surely on course for the quarter-finals. Once again, it was Heung-min Son who popped up as the hero to score the opening goal to completely change the momentum at Wembley.
By the time Jan Vertonghen and Fernando Llorente scored late goals, there was only ever going to be one winner.
And no-one should underestimate the scale of Tottenham’s achievement as they were disciplined, strong and determined to overcome the Bundesliga leaders.
They were irresistible after the break and Son has made himself indispensable – he should be on the shortlist for Player of the Year nominations.
Incredibly, he has scored nine goals in 10 games against Borussia Dortmund for former clubs Hamburg, Bayer Leverkusen and now Tottenham.
But this was also about Son delivering when Tottenham needed him most because they had been second-best against Dortmund, given the runaround by jet-heeled England starlet Jadon Sancho in the first half. However, from the moment Son scored two minutes after the restart, the momentum shifted in Tottenham’s favour on the night and over the course of the tie. They will go to Germany in three weeks’ time believing they can reach the last eight which is no small feat when you consider what they have been up against this season.
This Champions League campaign had looked over before it had barely begun in the Group stage as they lost two and drew the other of their opening three games.
They could have given up the ghost in the Premier League title race after Harry Kane and Dele Alli were ruled out through injury but both