Still the 21-year-old between the Eintracht Frankfurt posts was hardly the only reason that the visitors were bouncing with their supporters at the final whistle. They will return to Hesse knowing that they are in the ascendancy in the tie but that that could so easily have been whisked away from them.

Spurs were significantly improved on anything they've done of late, particularly in attack, but a 1-1 draw with Eintracht Frankfurt leaves a lot of work to do in the second leg.

Tottenham Hotspur had to settle for a 1-1 draw at home to Eintracht Frankfurt in a lively first leg of their Europa League quarter-final on Thursday, with Pedro Porro cancelling out the visitors' early opener by Hugo Ekitike.

Tottenham Hotspur have progressed from just one of their 10 two-legged ties in major European competition in which they failed to win the first leg when at home (vs Ajax in the 2018-19 Champions League semi-final).

Ange Postecoglou's bid to end Tottenham's long trophy drought is delicately poised after a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa League quarter-final first leg on Thursday.Frankfurt sit third in the Bundesliga table and are hoping to return to the Europa League final after winning the tournament in 2022.

Tottenham's Europa League quarter-final against Eintracht Frankfurt is finely poised after a 1-1 draw in the first leg.

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