Former Tottenham skipper Michael Dawson owns named three demonic positives the crew can snag from the Victors League win over Atletico Madrid in advance of Sunday’s crunch Premier League clash wearing Nottingham Forest.
A motivation from Xavi Simons, along wearing a Randal Kolo Muani strike, assisted Spurs beat the Spanish clothes 3-2 on the night, although they inevitably collapsed out of the competition after a 7-5 peak loss.
The success was the first in penalty for meantime honcho Igor Tudor, concocting on the draw at Liverpool last weekend break and impermanent on Tottenham some momentum heading into the arcade against transfer rivals Forest in north London.
And Dawson suched as what he saw as he praised a spirited suitability against the Spanish side, that will now go on to face LaLiga rivals Barcelona in the last 8.
Speaking on Firmaments Sporting activities Dawson said: “The vex when I sat here merely previously kick-off was ‘what can they retrieve out of this arcade?’
“They owned to overture the arcade nicely and try to seniority the first ambition. They did all that. They’ve obtained plenty of ideological background and something devised for out of this arcade tonight is ideological background, momentum, and need.”
The pundit then added: “I assume collectively they now merely need to retain talking around ‘we’ve obtained fantastic enough players.’
“Alluring the arcade on the night, that’s all you could ask for. The monumental make every physical effort was to win tonight.
“It wasn’t fantastic enough to undergo the next off round, but a confident night.”
With one voice the attention now buttons to Sunday, wearing Spurs alike receiving players ago from injury and distraction for that arcade.
Both Lucas Bergvall and Detony Udogie channelled out appearances from the church bench against Atletico, while Van de Ven will alike antiphon from the ban that preserved him out of the draw at Anfield.
Joao Palhinha is alike meant to be obtainable after being sidelined for the last two video games wearing the blast protocol, while Dominic Solanke is meant to hurdled a unimportant hip concern to amenity.
Plenty of positives then in advance of the Forest encounter, but Spurs need to violate that duck of not possessing won a Premier League arcade in 2026 if they are to stay clear of a case wherein they conceivably run out up in the substructure three by the cozy of the weekend break.
