Key stats
- Randal Kolo Muani has scored four goals in the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League (one in this game), more than any other Tottenham Hotspur player.
- Atletico Madrid have scored in 11 of their 12 games, only Newcastle United (12) have scored goals in more matches in the UEFA Champions League.
- Tottenham Hotspur have scored in their last seven games in the UEFA Champions League, their longest run of games with a goal in the competition since a run of 20 games from November 2016 to April 2019.
Highlights
Analysis
Despite ultimately being knocked out, Tottenham will be very pleased with their performance as they switch their full attention to surviving in the Premier League.
Match report
Atlético thought they had killed off any hopes of a Tottenham comeback just six minutes in, when Ademola Lookman tapped in a drilled Giuliano Simeone ball across goal, only for the offside flag to deny him.
Spurs were enjoying the majority of the early possession, but a pair of daisy-cutters from Mathys Tel was all that forced Juan Musso into action in the opening quarter of the match, during which Cristian Romero had to be perfectly placed to intercept a cutback in the six-yard box to deny Lookman a tap-in that would have counted.
There was still a mountain to climb for Spurs, but just before the 30-minute mark, the home side did get the breakthrough with the work of Tel, whose cross from the right was perfect for Randal Kolo Muani to head past the rooted Musso.
Diego Simeone’s side had no answer to Tel, who was played in by Simons five minutes later and only an expert save from Musso denied him.
However, Tottenham’s hard work was almost undone just before HT, when Romero deflected a thunderous Simeone effort that Guglielmo Vicario palmed away to keep the tie alive.
But there was nothing Vicario could do less than two minutes after the restart, when a Colchoneros break from deep in their own half resulted in Lookman squaring to Julián Alvarez, who was afforded space inside the area to turn and fire into the top corner.
Yet, if their first home UCL goal conceded was meant to kill off the comeback, Spurs had other ideas, as Archie Grey won the ball just five minutes later and combined brilliantly with Simons, who curled a 25-yarder beyond Musso and into the bottom corner.
At the hour mark, only an outstretched hand from Musso denied Porro from cutting the aggregate deficit to one.
Despite being beaten on five of their previous six trips to England, the Spaniards wouldn’t crumble, and Alvarez was thwarted by Vicario from close range before the Italian tipped his free-kick over the bar.
From the resulting corner, Alvarez picked out Dávid Hancko at the near post, and he nodded in a simple leveller.
That goal finally settled the tie, but there was still a chance for Tottenham to win it on the night, as José María Giménez sent Simons tumbling inside the area.
That allowed the Dutchman to roll the penalty past Musso to give his side a first win in nine outings, while Atleti – albeit inconsequentially – have now won just one of their last seven UCL away games.
Flashscore Man of the Match: Julián Alvarez (Atlético Madrid)