LLORIS KEEPS GERMANS AT BAY
ASPIRIN was invented by the pharmaceutical giants which founded Bayer Leverkusen but it was an inspired display by Hugo Lloris which kept the pain at bay for Tottenham. Having spent the first 45 minutes virtually redundant, Lloris produced a sequence of fabulous second-half saves to keep his clean sheet intact. These included one incredible save to deny Javier Hernandez from close range. Spurs, having been on top throughout the first half, were happy to take a point home from Germany but Group E is tight and there is work to do when they face Leverkusen in a fortnight. The pressure will be on for Mauricio Pochettino at Wembley, where his team lost to Monaco. Tottenham dominated the first 45 minutes. Vincent Janssen, starting up front, had a goal ruled in the 10th minute because Son Heung-min was a few inches offside as he darted forward on to a pass from Erik Lamela. Son, jeered by home fans on his first return to the club he left last year for Spurs, pulled a ball square for Janssen to score but the flag was up. Janssen headed against the bar from Kieran Trippier’s cross. Within 30 seconds of half-time, Leverkusen had a goal disallowed. Admir Mehmedi slid the ball into an open goal after Lloris had dashed from his area to beat Hernandez to the ball, only to be tripped by the former Manchester United star. Lloris then produced his incredible save. Hernandez appeared certain to bury a low cross from Lars Bender but the keeper threw himself across the line, grabbed the ball and kept it out as he rolled. ‘You need a bit of luck in that kind of action and this time I saved the goal,’ said Lloris afterwards.