UEFA Champions League 2019-20: 3 reasons why Tottenham Hotspur lost to Bayern Munich

#3 Tottenham wasted some chances

Heung Min Son missed a couple of good chances for Tottenham

Bayern’s high line and reckless style tonight meant that they were open to counter-attacks, and while the German side had more than enough chances to win the game – they could realistically have scored five or six past Spurs – they also gave away a lot of goalscoring chances that Mourinho’s team unfortunately wasted.

The impressive Ryan Sessegnon finished his goal with aplomb, firing a hard left-footed shot past Manuel Neuer and into the net, but after that, Moussa Sissoko completely botched a cross with Sessegnon and Christian Eriksen wide open, and in the second half, substitute Heung Min Son fluffed his lines too when presented with a pair of relatively easy chances.

The loss shouldn’t hurt Spurs too much, but Mourinho must be hoping that his side aren’t as wasteful once they hit the knockout stages of this competition; they may well draw one of Europe’s giants such as Barcelona or Juventus, and there can be no doubt that clear-cut chances against that kind of team will be few and far between.