Tottenham 1-1 Sporting Lisbon: Harry Kane has 95th-minute winner RULED OUT by VAR to leave Spurs’ Champions League hopes in the balance after Bentancur cancelled out Edwards opener
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Mathematically, nothing has changed for Tottenham. They still need one win to make it to the last 16 of the Champions League.
In reality, though, everything is now different. Those final points will have to come in the hostile environs of Marseille’s Stade Velodrome next Tuesday. This was a huge chance missed. Win at home to Sporting Lisbon and job done.
The match ended in chaos and controversy. Harry Kane thought he had netted an injury time winner, but VAR intervened. He was in an offside position, but Ryan Sessegnon’s pass looked to have come off a Lisbon knee before reaching him.
Tottenham Hotspur saw a stoppage-time winning goal ruled out by VAR against Sporting Lisbon on Wednesday evening
Striker Harry Kane thought he had netted the winner in the 95th minute but after a long check, it was overruled for offside
Pol Van Boekel, the Dutch VAR, told his compatriot Danny Makkelie that it should not stand. Antonio Conte was shown a red card for his furious protests. That won’t help in Marseille, either. This was no great escape after all.
Instead, Tottenham took an age to get going and, by the time they did, the Portuguese were settled, confident and leading through Enfield boy Marcus Edwards.
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