Son strikes as Spurs grind it out
Spurs were never short of bodies in the final third but they were also vulnerable to the counter-attack, where CSKA looked dangerous in the opening stages.
Spurs began to settle after 15 minutes but were almost punished when Alli over-ran the ball in midfield, with Lacina Traore’s driving run only stopped by a Toby Alderweireld challenge.
Tottenham were dominating possession but chances remained few and far between, with Pochettino opting to replace striker Janssen in the 66th minute with the pacey and unpredictable Georges-Kevin Nkoudou.
It worked, as five minutes later they took the lead, Lamela driving through midfield and setting free Son, whose poked finish sent the ball under Akinfeev.
The goal forced CSKA to push forward in search of an equaliser but Spurs were not to be denied. ANDRE SCHURRLE’S late equaliser helped Borussia Dortmund claim a 2-2 draw against Group F rivals Real Madrid at the Westfalenstadion.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 95th Champions League goal to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, but Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang equalised just before half-time.
Raphael Varane restored Real’s advantage in the second half but substitute Schurrle’s late strike three minutes from time earned a share of the spoils.
Madrid were looking for their first win in three games while Dortmund were riding on a four-game winning streak.
Madrid looked dangerous on the break and got their reward when the Portuguese forward put Zinedine Zidane’s side in front after 17 minutes against the run of play. James Rodriguez played the ball forward to Gareth Bale on the right before the Welshman’s back-heel across goal set up Ronaldo to fire home first-time.
Thomas Tuchel’s side pushed forward in numbers as Madrid looked happy to sit back and defend their lead but Dortmund’s pressure paid off minutes from the break as they scored a deserved equaliser.
The visitors looked content with hitting Dortmund on the counter as Ronaldo’s shot from distance deflected high and wide of Burki’s goal. But Ronaldo would turn provider to restore Madrid’s lead just after the hour mark.
The 31-year-old’s corner found Karim Benzema, whose effort struck the woodwork before falling to his countryman Varane to score into an empty net. But Schurrle, who came on after 58 minutes, levelled late on.
Elsewhere, Islam Slimani lived up to his nickname as Leicester took control of Group G with a deserved 1-0 win over Porto.
Former Sporting Lisbon striker Slimani, labelled the Dragon Slayer after his run of goals against Porto, bagged his sixth strike of 2016 against them.
It left Leicester two points clear at the top of the table as they made it successive Champions League wins following their opening victory at Club Brugge.
Porto, now third in the group with one point, offered little apart from their late rally and Claudio Ranieri’s side should be increasingly confident of reaching the knock-out stage.
In Group H, meanwhile, Juventus thrashed Dinamo Zagreb 4-0 in Croatia. It was a first three points of the campaign as Miralem Pjanic, Gonzalo Higuain, Paulo Dybala and Dani Alves secured a comfortable win for Massimiliano Allegri’s side.
Juventus were always on the front foot and took a deserved lead in the 24th minute when Pjanic made the most of a mix-up in the Dinamo defence to score. £75.3m signing Higuain then doubled the lead before the break before Dybala fired a long-range effort into the bottom corner of the net 12 minutes after the restart.
And Alves wrapped up the rout with an 85th-minute drive.