it is great to beat Dortmund 1-0 away and win 4-0 on aggregate to progress to the CL quarter finals. Never thought we would keep clean sheets home and away against Dortmund. We rode our luck in both the matches but we also took our chances well. Just like the first leg at home, we played poorly in the first half but improved and scored the crucial goal in the second half to kill the game off. I think we would have been under great pressure if Dortmund had scored in the first half. We have to thank Lloris for all his important saves in the first half to stop Dortmund.
Well done to Kane for scoring our winning goal. He took his goal well with a powerful and accurate shot. I think it has been a long time since Kane scored a long range goal like that. He has now scored 3 goals in 4 matches since he returned from injury. Hope he can continue his goal scoring run and help us improve our league form. Kane's goal was our only real goal scoring chance in the match. Eriksen and Son had a quiet match. Lamela came on and almost scored a goal late in the match. Too bad Moura didn't get to play any part in the match.
Our midfield started poorly but improved as the match progressed. Credit to Sissoko for setting up Kane's goal with an inch perfect pass. For all his hard work, finishing had been Sissoko's main weakness. So, good to see him assisting our goal with a pass like that. Apart from that, Sissoko also did well to help our defence. Winks was poor in the first half and was improving in the second half until he got injured. Dier did well to improve our midfield after coming on but did make a few mistakes which put our goal in danger.
Our defence did well to keep this clean sheet. All the defenders did their part but Lloris and Vertonghen were at their best to stop Dortmund. Credit to Lloris for pulling off crucial saves in the first half. Sanchez made his usual mistakes early in the first half but did well after that. Alderweireld had a quiet match for his standards but did his part as well. Wish we can defend like that in the league !
Was worried when we were drawn with Dortmund in the CL Round of 16. But we have managed to overcome Dortmund comfortably home and away. Obviously, it is going to be tough whoever we play in the CL quarter finals. Hope we will step up our game in the quarter finals. We have now won only 2 out of our last 5 matches and both are against Dortmund. How we wish we can play Dortmund every week ! Let's hope we will now get back our winning form in the league to stay in the top 4 race.