Tottenham Hotspur and Atletico Madrid will do battle at the Metropolitano on Tuesday night in their Champions League last of 16 first leg clash and football.london will be bringing you all the action from Spain.
Spurs might be struggling in the Premier League and facing a relegation battle back home but they have once again enjoyed far better times in Europe this season. Their top four finish in the big league phase in the Champions League shot them through to the round of 16 where they now meet Diego Simeone's Atletico side.
The first leg is being played at the Metropolitano on Tuesday evening with Igor Tudor expected to make changes to his Tottenham side after admitting that Premier League safety is the priority in the weeks ahead. Captain Cristian Romero is back though after his four-game Premier League suspension.
Our Spurs correspondent Alasdair Gold is out in Madrid. Scroll down for all of his latest updates and insights from the match and its build-up.
Xavi Simons coming on for Spence for the final minutes.
Dominic Solanke hits one back for Spurs with a powerful effort after Oblak hits a poor kick straight to Porro and he finds the striker.
Richarlison gets booked, which means he misses the home leg.
It's 5-1. Richarlison has a header saved brilliantly at one end by Oblak from Porro's cross and Atletico break and Alvarez runs through, Porro unable to keep up and the former City man slots home.
Spurs subs as the second half kicks off
Double Spurs sub for the second half with Conor Gallagher and Dominic Solanke replacing Mathys Tel and Randal Kolo Muani. Applause from the Atletico fans for Gallagher.
Half-time and here are our first half Spurs player ratings
Romero sends a header against the outside of the right-hand post from Tel's corner.
Spurs get one back. Good work from Richarlison to cut inside and find Porro, who hits a low shot into the bottom left corner.
It's 4-0 after just 22 minutes. Vicario makes a good save to stop Sarr's header going into his own net, but Le Normand heads the loose ball over the line. A horror show from Spurs.
Make that 3-0 to Atletico. Kinsky scuffs another kick, this time straight to Alvarez just a yard in front of him to score. Vicario coming on. Absolute disaster for the young keeper, coming off after 16 minutes.
Second goal for Atletico. So many of the Spurs players keep slipping. This time it's Micky van de Ven at the back and that allows Griezmann to run through with the loose ball and he cuts into the box and score.
Gray runs across the Atletico box and tees up Tel but his shot is low and straight at Oblak.
Disaster for Antonin Kinsky. The 22-year-old goalkeeper gifts Atletico a goal. He slips and hits a kick straight to Lookman, who passes to Alvarez and he tees up Llorente to score.
Yellow card for Djed Spence just three minutes in for a mistimed challenge.
Half-chance for Spurs 30 seconds in as Mathys Tel gets down the left and Oblak spills his cross in the box but it's cleared.
We're up and running here in Madrid.
Pedro Porro had plenty to say
Pedro Porro has explained why he repeatedly punched his seat the other day, he spoke about Igor Tudor, Cristian Romero, whether Spurs need a bigger squad and what he warned his team-mates about. You can find that by going right here.
We've got every word Igor Tudor said on what Cristian Romero has been doing behind the scenes at Spurs while he's been suspended, why tomorrow night is a free hit for Tottenham, if Richarlison will start, what he's noticed in training and more. You can find the full transcript by going right here.
Starting line-ups as Vicario dropped for Spurs
Guglielmo Vicario has been left out of the Tottenham starting line-up to face Atletico Madrid, with Antonin Kinsky between the sticks.
ATLETICO MADRID: Oblak; Pubill, Hancko, Le Normand, Ruggeri; Simeone, Marcos Llorente, Cardoso, Lookman; Julian Álvarez, Griezmann.
TOTTENHAM: Kinsky; Danso, Romero, Van de Ven; Porro, Gray, Sarr, Spence; Kolo Muani, Richarlison, Tel. Subs: Vicario, Austin, Dragusin, Rowswell, Olusesi, Palhinha, Gallagher, Xavi, Solanke.
bet365 have priced up the match tonight with Spurs available at 4/1 with a home victory at 8/11 and a draw at 13/5.
We've got a behind the scenes Spurs piece with some context to Mauricio Pochettino's presence here in Madrid, a Mason Melia update, Pedro Porro's joke with Igor Tudor, the Xavi Simons situation and plenty more Tottenham bits and pieces, which you can find by heading right here.
We've had a go at a predicted Spurs team for tonight after Igor Tudor made it sound like he'll be making changes. We've gone for four changes and you can find our Tottenham starting XI by clicking right here.
We're live at the Metropolitano for all the action from Tottenham's Champions League match at Atletico Madrid. The match is being shown live on TNT Sports back in the UK but we will be bringing you all the action and insight from the game in Spain here in this blog.
