Tottenham Hotspur 1 - 2 Juventus : 5 Talking Points in the Champions League tie

#1 Tottenham denied glory by a lick of paint

Inches was all it took to annihilate Tottenham's European aspirations.

After going behind, in the match and on aggregate, Tottenham made a last surge to try and alter their fortunes, but the footballing Gods were smiling on Juventus.

Tottenham started camping deep inside the opposition half to try and find the goal which would send the match into extra-time. Juventus did a Chelsea in the final quarter and parked the bus, inviting Tottenham to attack. But they could've lived to regret it.

Three minutes of stoppage-time was added-on at the end of regulation time. Juve managed to keep the ball away from Tottenham for the most of it, but right at the end Son found himself on the ball inside the opposition penalty-box. He laid it off to Davies who put the ball in from the left. Kane rose the highest and headed the ball down into the ground, which left Buffon scrambling to get his glove to it.

The ball ricocheted off the upright and was about to spin over the goal-line when Barzagli reacted to clear it off the line, before an on-rushing Lamela could get a boot to it. It stayed 1-2 on the night and Tottenham were left with their heads in their hands; and that's where they stayed for a long long time.

That was as close as you can get without actually making it to the quarter-finals of Europe's elite competition.