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Tottenham have won just three of their 16 meetings with Spanish sides in all European competition (D5 L8). The first of those was against Atlético Madrid, beating them 5-1 in the 1963 UEFA Cup Winners Cup final.

Having lost just one of their first six UEFA Champions League away games against English sides (W2 D3), Atlético Madrid have now lost five of their last six visits to England (W1). However, all three of their away wins against Premier League teams in the competition have come in the knockout stages (3-1 v Chelsea in 2013-14, 3-2 v Liverpool in 2019-20 and 1-0 v Man Utd in 2021-22).

Before this season’s round of 16, there have been 51 occasions of a team losing the first leg of a UEFA Champions League knockout stage tie by 3+ goals. Only four of those have progressed to the next round, most recently Liverpool against Barcelona in the 2018-19 semi-final (0-3 away, 4-0 home).

Tottenham have won all four of their UEFA Champions League home games this season by an aggregate score of 10-0. Only three times has a side won their first five without conceding in a single campaign - Deportivo de La Coruña in 2003-04, and Real Madrid in both 2010-11 and 2015-16.

Atlético Madrid have scored 29 goals in their 11 UEFA Champions League games this season, their most in a single campaign in the competition. They went 3-0 up inside the opening 15 minutes against Spurs in the first leg, the earliest a team had ever netted 3+ goals in a Champions League knockout stage match.

Between 2008-09 and 2021-22, Atlético Madrid kept 47 clean sheets in 103 UEFA Champions League games, the best ratio of any side to play in more than one campaign (46%). Since the start of 2022-23, they’ve kept just five clean sheets in 37 games in the competition, the lowest ratio of any side to play 30+ games (14%).

Julián Alvarez has been involved in 10 UEFA Champions League goals this season (7 goals, 3 assists), the most ever by an Atlético Madrid player in a single campaign. The Argentinian scored twice and assisted another in the first leg against Spurs.

Despite only starting once, Dominic Solanke has scored in all three of his UEFA Champions League games for Tottenham Hotspur. The only player to score in his first four for a Premier League side is Gabriel Jesus at Arsenal, while the only Englishman to score in his first four for a club is Jude Bellingham at Real Madrid.

Antoine Griezmann scored (1) and assisted (1) for Atlético Madrid in their victory over Tottenham last week, while he was the second-oldest player to do so in a knockout stage game in the UEFA Champions League (34y 354d), after Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema in February 2023 versus Liverpool (35y 64d).

If Archie Gray remains in the starting XI for this game, he will have the most UEFA Champions League starts for Tottenham while aged under 21 (currently level on six with Dele Alli) – despite only just turning 20 last week.

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Igor Tudor delivered a message of defiance amid Tottenham Hotspur's deepening crisis when he told his players before their visit to Liverpool: "You can stay and cry or you can fight."

The smart money was on more tears after four straight losses under the Croat saw an alarming drop towards relegation, along with a loss at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 first leg that was nothing short of a fiasco.

And yet here, against all odds and without 13 players because of suspension and injuries, Spurs stood and fought every inch of the way at Anfield to earn a fully deserved point with a performance that may yet prove to be of wider significance as they fight against the drop into the Championship.

Will it be enough to buy Tudor more time? We shall see.

The sense is he is not out of the woods yet, but at least Tudor can have the satisfaction of demonstrating he can get a reaction, at least once, from Spurs players who had previously looked down and out.

Monday's newspaper back pages are about Richarlison's all-important 90th minute equaliser against Liverpool on Sunday that could prove vital in Tottenham's attempt to pull away from the relegation zone.

It's left the media and pundits wondering whether a point at Anfield could be the turning point that Igor Tudor and Spurs need.

"The whole season has been very poor by their standards and the pressure was mounting on the new manager after another heavy defeat midweek," says former Premier League footballer Charlie Adam.

"To go to Anfield and get a point will look to kick-start the season for them because they are in the mix [of the relegation scrap]. They need to start getting results so that will hopefully give them some confidence going into the final run-in.

"They were well-organised, well-drilled and more competitive than they have been.

"They now just need to keep going so that Tottenham are in the Premier League next season."

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MATCH REPORT: Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham

Igor Tudor delivered a message of defiance amid Tottenham Hotspur's deepening crisis when he told his players before their visit to Liverpool: "You can stay and cry or you can fight".

The smart money was on more tears after four straight losses under the Croatian saw an alarming drop towards relegation, along with a loss at Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last 16 first leg that was nothing short of a fiasco.

Tudor came under heavy criticism, not just for replacing Antonin Kinsky after only 17 minutes following two mistakes in the 5-2 defeat, but for blanking the young keeper as he walked off.

And yet here, against all odds and without 13 players because of suspension and injuries, Spurs stood and fought every inch of the way at Anfield to earn a fully deserved point with a performance that may yet prove to be of wider significance as they fight against the drop into the Championship.

Will it be enough to buy Tudor more time? We shall see, but at least Tudor can have the satisfaction of demonstrating he can get a reaction from Spurs players who had previously looked down and out.

At the heart of it all was Richarlison, every touch jeered by Liverpool fans because of his previous Everton connections, but a constant menace as he gave Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez a torrid time.

Richarlison had already forced several saves from Brazil team-mate Alisson before finally striking gold in the 90th minute, after Randal Kolo Muani had shrugged off Van Dijk's feeble challenge and Andrew Robertson faltered.

He turned away after silencing the taunts, cupping his ear to The Kop, who were stunned into silence after his sixth Premier League goal versus Liverpool.

It was his fifth at Anfield. Only Andrew Cole, with eight, has more away goals against Liverpool in the competition.

Tudor, who has had nothing to celebrate since succeeding sacked Thomas Frank, pumped his fists in delight towards the travelling Spurs fans, who celebrated wildly as their team finally got the reward they merited.

Minutes later, the jeering that Liverpool's fans had reserved for Richarlison was turned on their own team in fury as a win that would have taken head coach Arne Slot's team into the Premier League's top four was cast aside.

Spurs even threatened a winner in the closing moments, but this was a dream still out of reach for Tudor.

The performance was in the sharpest of contrasts to what has been seen under Tudor so far – gritty, resilient, threatening.

In short, Spurs' players did not cry. They fought. And earned what might be a priceless point.

Tudor told Match Of The Day: "There was a lot of hard work, the will to do right things and be a team. We can say it was deserved. I am happy, happy for the players. It is never easy to come to Anfield.

"There was progress in terms of mentality and will to stay and suffer. That for sure is progress. I cannot speak about progress because we know what happened in the last two games. This was a game where we came here with 12 players. This is something big for our fans, for the players. This is really something big."

On his goal celebration he said: "It's nice. All the games are important because there are not too many until the end. Every point counts. We need to get players back and choose the right players."

Spurs had shown this new-found spirit even before they suffered the blow of Dominik Szoboszlai's 18th minute free-kick, a decent strike but one that a poorly-positioned Guglielmo Vicario, back in goal for the unfortunate Kinsky, should have kept out.

In Vicario's defence, he later made a magnificent save when he turned Cody Gakpo's shot on to the post. That moment kept Spurs in the game when a second Liverpool goal might have killed them off.

Richarlison, the pantomime villain, had the last word as he, above all, answered Tudor's call to fight.

He still retains hero status at Everton for his brilliant performances and efforts when they just about retained their Premier League status in 2021-22.

Spurs will need him to do the same now as he showed here just how vital he could prove to be in tandem with the tireless Dominic Solanke.

Richarlison's goal took him to 100 goal contributions (73 goals, 27 assists) in the Premier League. Roberto Firmino (132) and Gabriel Jesus (118) are the only other Brazilians to reach that milestone.

As for Liverpool, there was little comfort in this result as they missed the chance to move back into the Premier League's top four, feeling the full anger of their fans at the finale.

The one shaft of light was a superb performance from 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha, selected ahead of Mohamed Salah. He received a standing ovation when he was substituted after 64 minutes, unlike the Egyptian, who simply could not do anything right when he came on.

As for Spurs, it remains to be seen if this excellent display is to be an exception rather than the rule - but for the first time in a long time there was light at the end of what has been the darkest of tunnels.

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MATCH REPORT: Premier League - Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham

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MATCH REPORT: Premier League - Liverpool 1-1 Tottenham