Daily Star

B DORTMUND TOTTENHAM

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AND the Spurs go marching on.

The pocket of away fans up in the heavens were finally making themselves heard as Tottenham had silenced Borussia Dortmund’s famous ‘Yellow Wall’.

Harry Kane showed the Germans what a world-class striker looks like as his clinical finish finally killed off the tie and put the English side into the quarter-finals.

There is so much talk about boss Mauricio Pochettino needing to win a trophy and what the barometer of success is and yet this result is one to make the rest of Europe sit up and take notice.

For Tottenham to beat the Bundesliga leaders twice, putting four past them in the process, is a remarkable achievemen­t and is a real sign of progress.

Nights like these will live long in the memory because the north London side were heroic in the first half, survived an avalanche of pressure and then Kane struck.

Dortmund missed a hatful of chances but Pochettino will be telling his players they must believe they can go even further if they can demolish the best Germany has.

They pride themselves on having big European nights in Dortmund, nights when the famous yellow wall blows opponents away with ease.

The noise and atmosphere in the 80,000-capacity Signal Iduna Park was built up before kick-off to a point where their guests knew their nerve would be tested despite the 3-0 lead from the first leg.

It was loud, intimidati­ng and Dortmund fielded a line-up full of intent as they unleashed fit-again Marco Reus with Mario Gotze, Jadon Sancho, Raphael Guerreiro and Paco Alcacer.

Sure enough, Tottenham looked nervous and edgy as few stadiums are as intimidati­ng when Dortmund are in full flow, storming forward with the crowd roaring them.

Davinson Sanchez looked vulnerable in the middle of what was definitely a back

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