Good Morning! Good week for us after the heartache of west ham and MU. Beating RM brings about a different kind of euphoria. Its Real Madrid goodness sake!

We have qualified so far along with PSG, BMunich and Man City.

Club Chairman, Daniel Levy on the CEO of the Year Award win at the Football Business Awards.

– he wins and did not spend a dime hehe

POCHETTINO

Going into Pochettino 4th season his total net spend is £9m.
Mourinho £287m.
Pep £302m.

Pochettino: “This [beating Real Madrid] means nothing if at the end of the season we haven’t won a trophy…We now belong not only with the best in England, but in Europe.”

Mauricio Pochettino says he was left wide-eyed with shock at Tottenham’s defeatist mentality when he first joined the club in 2014, revealing that some people were scared of playing West Ham and Queens Park Rangers.

“My face was like the emoticon with the big eyes and from that moment we worked hard to change the perception…‘We are Tottenham, we must feel we can smash everyone!’”

Mauricio Pochettino has been nominated for October’s Manager of the Month award.

HARRY WINKS

England appearances –
Mark Noble – 0
Harry Winks – 1

Harry Winks at the Bernabéu: 40 passes completed
Harry Winks at Wembley: 33 passes completed

More than any Spurs player in both games.

With good training Modric could be the next Harry Winks.

Barça officials attended #thfc versus Real Madrid to scout Christian Eriksen, but Harry Winks caught their attention.

– Evening Standard

Standard Sport expect Harry Winks to sign a new contract at Spurs before the end of the year.

HARRY KANE

Without Harry Kane:
Spurs 2-3 West Ham
Man Utd 1-0

Spurs With Harry Kane:
Spurs 4-1 Liverpool
Spurs 3-1 Real Madrid

– Im beginning to believe Pep u know

Harry Kane has been directly involved in every goal scored by a Spurs player (6) in the Champions League this season.

Harry Kane for Tottenham since 2 November 2014:
141 Appearances
133 Starts
100 Goals
16 Assists
8 Hat-Tricks

Only Lionel Messi (60) has been involved in more Club Goals in 2017 than Harry Kane (47).

In 2017:
Cristiano Ronaldo
Games: 49
Goals: 43

Harry Kane
Games: 40
Goals: 45

– wah seh he is among the best

DELE ALLI

2012 Nov 1 he made his MK Dons debut as 16 year old.
2017 he scored 2 against Real Madrid in the Champions League at Wembley.

Dele Alli’s last 5 goals for Spurs across all competitions have all come at Wembley.

Starts to the season Up until Nov 2nd:
15/16 – 12 apps 2 goals
16/17 – 14 apps 3 goals
17/18 – 13 apps 7 goals

Dele Alli said, of playing Real Madrid: “we couldn’t believe how much space we had at times.”

– very true. Spurs enjoyed so much time on the ball given the space. RM was totally arrogant my guess.

Dele Alli’s game by numbers vs. Real Madrid:
Rating 9.33
5 take-ons
4 tackles won
3 shots (2 on target)
2 fouls won
2 goals
1 Key passes

Dele Alli is the 1st player to score 2+ goals v Real Madrid in a UCL game for almost 2 years, since Alex Teixeira for Shakhtar in Nov 2015. He is the first Englishman to score a brace against Real Madrid in the Champions League since Steven Gerrard (March 2009).

“I’m not worried about him. It’s true, he’s not at his best. But it’s coming. Like winter, it’s coming”

– Mauricio Pochettino

“In terms of young players in world football, his runs, the timing and the quality of finishing are up there.”

– Frank Lampard

VS REAL MADRID

Real Madrid’s heaviest defeats to English opposition:
4-0 vs. Liverpool (2009)
4-1 vs. Derby (1975)
3-1 vs. Spurs (2017)

Spurs 3-1 Real Madrid FT:
Shots: 11-20
Pass accuracy: 81%-88%
Chances created: 9-14
Possession: 43%-57%

Spurs are the first team to beat Real Madrid in the Champions League group stages since 2012, ending their 30-game unbeaten streak.

Spurs turned Hala Madrid to Haha Madrid.

Tottenham lineup vs RM is £85m.

Tottenham Hotspur’s players will receive a £2m bonus to share for qualifying for the knockout stages of the Champions League.

“It could have been 5 or 6.”

– Carragher

“We were beaten by the better team on the night. They were better than us in all aspects on the pitch. They deserved to win. We came up against the better team today and I mean that in terms of all aspects of the play because Tottenham were superior.”

– Zidane

All four sides that previously vanquished Real Madrid in the Champions League, from Atlético Madrid to Juventus, Wolfsburg to Schalke, failed to win their next domestic match.

Seven years ago, we beat Inter-Milan 3-1 who were the defending champion. We lost 2-4 to Bolton that Saturday.

As always, our players and even Pochettino are in line to be hunted by RM. The question is can Real Madrid keep hold of their players? Surely Modric and Ronaldo will be looking to further their career at Tottenham?

OPPOSING FANS VIEWS ON SPURS

“Real Madrid couldn’t get near Spurs..It’s frightening seeing Spurs progression – and jealousy does come into it!”

– Ian Wright on BBC

“He has been the best manager in recent years at blooding talent. He’s had the bottle to do it.”

– Rio Ferdinand

ENGLAND

Six Tottenham players have been named in the England squad to face Germany and Brazil.

Trippier
Danny Rose
Harry Kane
Eric Dier
Dele Alli
Harry Winks

VS PALACE

Pochettino hinted at changes to his team for the visit of Palace to Wembley, saying the physical and mental effort required to beat Real was “massive.”

TEAM NEWS: Hugo (groin strain) and Alderweireld (hamstring strain) both unavailable and continue to undergo assessment. Lamela expected to be back after international break. Wanyama continuing field work.

Poch on Wanyama: “He is doing well, getting better every day. Yesterday his training was good, alone with the sports scientist and physio.”