Draw a good result, insists Tottenham hero Lloris

The Belgian worldwide landed awkwardly as he attempted a clearance during the second-half at the Hawthorns.

Losing the Belgian defender during the middle of a tough stretch of six games in 23 days would normally be cause for concern. In the end I’m pleased with a point.

“We need to wait for the scan but we believe it’s not a big issue”, Pochettino said. “Hugo’s save (from Hernandez) was brilliant. You have to expect Tottenham to challenge for the Premier League title again this season – they have a balanced squad and an excellent coach, which gives them a good foundation to develop in the future”. “It’s great to have him in goal”.

Leverkusen are a risky side on their day but are searching for their first win of the group stages having been held to consecutive draws in their first two matches. “When I came I knew no English and no German, nothing”, Son said ahead of his return to Leverkusen in Tuesday’s Champions League group game.

Captain Lars Bender missed Saturday’s 2-1 defeat to Werder Bremen with flu but has returned to training. “We come for three points and that’s it”.

“We did a job defensively together”. We should have scored in the first half and then the game would have been much different.

“After two years here that only I can say good things about Hugo Lloris”, Pochettino said in the post-match press conference.

“We’re still in the same position we were before the game, we’re still fighting”.

Now mid-table in the German top-flight, Leverkusen are a much better team than that suggests – as they showed in a 2-0 win over the much-heralded Borussia Dortmund earlier this month.

“I have not changed my opinion about him, that he is one of the best goalkeepers in the world, he showed in every action today he is top quality, one of the best. The first game against Monaco is still in our minds and we want revenge for everyone and all the fans, they deserve more”.

Claudio Ranieri’s side host Danish champions Copenhagen at the King Power Stadium after what I felt were impressive wins against Club Brugge and FC Porto.

Spurs face a few major injury concerns going into the game.

Tottenham were missing two members of their first-choice back four in the injured Alderweireld and the rested Kyle Walker but they kept another clean sheet – their fifth in the last seven games and their seventh of the campaign overall.