Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli questioned his side’s mental strength after RB Leipzig cruised to a 3-0 win on Tuesday to progress 4...
Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Dele Alli questioned his side’s mental strength after RB Leipzig cruised to a 3-0 win on Tuesday to progress 4-0 on aggregate to the quarter-finals for the first time.
Leipzig captain Marcel Sabitzer struck twice in the first 21 minutes before substitute Emil Forsberg added the third late on with his first touch.
“We were second to a lot of balls. To concede them goals shows our mentality wasn’t strong enough,” added Alli. “We had to show maturity and fight and we didn’t do that and we were punished.”
Unlike many fixtures across Europe this week, there were no restrictions on supporters attending due to the spread of coronavirus and the Leipzig fans were able to enjoy a nerve-free evening.
Spurs travelled to eastern Germany shorn of striking options without the injured Harry Kane, Son Heung-min and Steven Bergwijn.
However, it was at the other end that they buckled inside the opening quarter of the game as two errors from goalkeeper Hugo Lloris turned a tough task into an impossible one.
Leipzig took just 10 minutes to open the scoring when Lloris did not get a strong enough right hand to stop Sabitzer’s strike from outside the box finding the bottom corner.
Timo Werner then fired home from close range only...
