For over 60 minutes, Borussia Dortmund had to play with a man down in the Champions League against Tottenham today. Daniel Svensson had hit his opponent Wilson Odobert on the shin with an open

This was a huge missed opportunity for BVB tonight, with many of the teams around them dropping points. Dortmund are now 12th in the Champions League table. They will need a result against Inter Milan next week if they are going to claim automatic qualification to the knockout stages.

Fortunately, from Borussia Dortmund's perspective, a football match lasts 90 minutes. So far, the Black and Yellows are having a rough evening against Tottenham on the seventh matchday of the Champions League league phase.

Spurs pressure point before Dortmund visitThere is little room for comfort at Tottenham Hotspur right now, and tonight’s Champions League meeting with Borussia Dortmund arrives at a moment of