17th Apr 2019 | Champions League
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Spurs are still considered underdogs for Champions League progression but a first leg clean sheet could prove critical.
The all-English Champions League quarter-final remains on a knife-edge but we should back Tottenham to complete the job and qualify at best odds of 11/8 with BetFair.
The bookies still make Man City odds-on favourites to progress but that is to ignore the importance of their failure to claim an away goal last week. Of the previous 32 times when a side have lost the first leg of a CL tie 1-0, only 10 have overturned the deficit successfully.
Spurs are in the favourable position of being able to afford a slow start. Even if they find themselves 2-0 down, they remain just one goal away from progression. If they find the net at any time, City would require at least three.
The records show that Pochettino’s boys are absolutely fine without Kane so now is their chance to make club history.
Odds correct at time of publishing: 08:52 17th Apr, 2019 but subject to change