Igor Tudor showed his anger at the decision to allow Atletico Madrid's equalising goal during the Champions League clash. Tottenham are looking to complete a comeback from a 5-2 deficit in the second leg.

Hope at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium was raised in the first half when Rendal Kolo Muani gave Spurs a 1-0 lead on the night.

But they were dashed again just two minutes into the second half when Julian Alvarez equalised for Atletico. Spurs complained about a foul on Xavi Simons in the build-up to the goal, with Tudor shouting towards the fourth official.

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There was a VAR check after the goal, but it was concluded that there was no foul in the build-up. Tudor was also given a yellow card for his protests.

Speaking on TNT Sport commentary, Joe Hart said: "I don't think it's enough, certainly not to get overturned.

"If he'd have given it, I think everyone would have understood. But he didn't, and when you see that replay, that's not going to get overturned, that's exactly what the referee saw."

Atletico weren't level for long though, with Simons getting his revenge by finding the net in stunning fashion in the 52nd minute.

That made it 2-1 on the night and 4-6 on aggregate, and created hope around the stadium again as Spurs push for another goal.

While the challenge may have been seen as daunting for some, speaking in his pre-match press conference, Spurs defender Micky van de Ven was eyeing completing a 'special' comeback.

"Tomorrow it’s just a beautiful game. We have nothing to lose," he said.

"We want to do something special. We’re going to give everything to change it around and of course we know it’s going to be difficult because we’re three goals down.

"But we’re going to do everything to change things around.

"Tomorrow first and then afterwards it’s the Premier League games coming up.

"I think the guys showed some great character last weekend against Liverpool and we can build on that."

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