Porro’s touch of class for Tottenham earns draw after Frankfurt’s fast start

Hope is still not lost for Ange Postecoglou even if, on another night, the Tottenham manager might have been celebrating a wonder-goal from the outstanding Lucas Bergvall as his side looked forward to next week’s second leg in Germany with a healthy advantage.

But it is a reflection of how things have been going for Postecoglou that somehow Spurs did not manage to win this game after conceding an early goal to the in-demand Hugo Ekitiké. Despite Bergvall’s best efforts, as the 19-year-old covered every blade of grass for the cause in a performance that belied his age, they could not build on Pedro Porro’s improvised back-heeled equaliser as Eintracht Frankfurt held on for a draw that will probably make them favourites to progress to the semi-finals.

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