Tottenham frustrated in first-leg draw
Tottenham was forced to settle for a 1-1 draw in its Europa League quarter-final first leg at home to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Amid a dismal Premier League campaign and growing pressure on boss Ange Postecoglou, this tie has taken on added significance for Tottenham, a last chance to save its season.
Eintracht will surely now be favourite ahead of the return fixture, but parity was the least Spurs deserved, even if they and Postecoglou must have feared the worst after six minutes.
The Bundesliga side led as star man Hugo Ekitike raced forward and fired a superb strike into the bottom-right corner.
James Maddison had been caught in possession prior to that goal, yet he made amends by creating the equaliser 20 minutes later, cutting the ball back for Pedro Porro to delicately flick past Kaua Santos.
While Ekitike tamely passed up an opportunity to restore Eintracht's lead on the stroke of half-time, Tottenham was well on top after the restart.
In a frantic spell, Lucas Bergvall and Rodrigo Bentancur each hit the crossbar either side of a strong Santos save from Son Heung-min.
Spurs kept pushing, but Brennan Johnson blazed over before Santos superbly denied Micky van de Ven at the last, leaving Postecoglou's men with plenty to do in Germany.
