Dortmund have lost just one of their last 12 in all competitions and are the closest challengers to runaway Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich. These two teams sit in mid-table in the Champions League but a win for either could enable them to gatecrash the top eight.

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

Tottenham Hotspur beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, easing pressure on boss Thomas Frank.

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.