'It was a tight game and Liverpool played well.

We started out a little bit out of shape and then it got a lot better.

I think the draw was a fair result and Brendan Rodgers' side came close to ending our unbeaten run in the league.

That's football, we need to look forward. ”

Tottenham and Liverpool drew and dropped two points, while Jose Mourinho's Chelsea beat Everton 1-0.

Tottenham's lead has been narrowed, but Benjamin doesn't care so much.

When I returned to London, I immediately threw myself into the preparation for the next upcoming Champions League match.

"The Champions League is in the knockout stages and every opponent is not easy to deal with.

If you want to make a breakthrough in the Champions League, you have to play every game as if it were your last.

Go all out, all but victory is unacceptable! ”

Benjamin led the team to Donetsk, Ukraine.

Although Donetsk is only the fourth largest city in Ukraine, their team, Shakhtar Donetsk, has won the Ukrainian Premier League for five consecutive seasons.

In particular, in the thirteen seasons since 2001-02, they have won nine league titles.

Shakhtar Donetsk is the unquestioned Ukrainian hegemon.

Against such a team away from home, Benjamin has done his best to anticipate the difficulties in the game.

Luckily, although the weather in Donetsk is still gloomy today, the non-stop light rain yesterday has finally stopped.

The minimum temperature of minus 14 degrees still made the soldiers of the Lily Legion feel a little uncomfortable.

On 17 February 2015, Tottenham Hotspur played away against Shakhtar Donetsk in the first two matches of the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Benjamin looked at his opponent's starting line-up for today, and it's no wonder they could make it to the knockout stages of the Champions League.

The Ukrainian team lined up a four-two-three-one formation today.

Single striker Luis Adriano, behind him Teixeira.

Tyson on the left and Douglas Costa on the right.

Midfielders Fernando and Fred.

Aside from the backline, the attacking players in this midfield are all from Brazil.

If you don't say it's a Ukrainian team, you might have to think that this is a Brazilian club.

One by one, striker Luis Adriano later left Shakhtar to join Serie A giants AC Milan.

Teixeira is even more familiar, having scored 73 goals and 43 assists for the Sioux province during his time in the Chinese Super League.

Douglas Costa, who played as a right winger today, was later brought to the Allianz Arena by Bayern for a transfer fee of 30 million.

However, now that Tottenham have snatched the opportunity for the Bundesliga side to play Shakhtar, it is difficult to say whether Bayern will notice the Brazilian.

Brazilian midfielder Fred, Manchester United's 59 million euro "strong reinforcement".

Benjamin knows all about these people, but his repeated reminders to Tottenham players may not be able to fully grasp them.

Are you familiar with that Tyson?

Benjamin asked Sandro, who had been teammates with Tyson at Inter Brasil.

"He's fast! His dribbling was hard for me to break at the time. ”

Fast, well-dribbled, typical Brazilian attacking player, Tottenham's technical department has long gathered this information.

Whether he can be prevented or not depends mainly on Kyle Walker's state today.

At the start of the race, the local temperature was only -6 degrees Celsius, which was already the highest temperature of the day.

"Be sure to warm up well! Otherwise, it will be too late to regret it if you are injured! ”

Benjamin did not forget to tell Tottenham's starters.

After the opening, facing the Shakhtars who retreated to the penalty area, the Lily Army, who were fighting away, firmly grasped the advantage of possession.

The game was dominant, but a hint of gloom lingered in the mind of the visiting coach Benjamin.

Why does it always feel like something is not right?

It didn't take long to play in the first half, and Tottenham's side attacked too fiercely, and they didn't take care of it when defending.

N'Golo Kante brought down Adriano and Dembele tackled Teixeira, and the two received yellow cards in quick succession.

However, the home side's defence was actually rougher, such as full-back Srna's constant defensive small movements.

The referee from Spain, Juntiano Marienko, turned a blind eye.

Is this a home whistle? Benjamin shook his head lightly and didn't say anything more.

With the exception of a few or three counter-attacks, Shakhtar Donetsk stayed in front of their home for almost the majority of the time.

As a result, Tottenham looked like they had been attacking around the opposition penalty area all the time, but they were never able to find the back of the net.

In the 45th minute, Christian Eriksen passed the ball and Kane pressed the home defender to his team-mate.

Mane's selfless cross from the left side of the penalty area was met by an unmarked Lamela with his right foot and flew into the stands.

I don't have time to adjust, and I haven't practiced much on my non-dominant feet, so why do I have to force my feet?

Benjamin shook his head again, even if he hit the door with a flower foot, maybe the threat would be higher.

It's not that he didn't let Lamelado practice his right foot, but the Argentine was very assertive, and he agreed on the surface, but turned his head and left it behind.

The first half ended with a goalless draw.

Tottenham had 74 per cent possession, but there was not much they could do against the home side who 'parked a bus' in front of the penalty area.

'They won't stay on in the second half, it's their home stadium.

When they get out, give me a chance and kick the ball into the damn goal! ”

At the start of the second half, Shakhtar Donetsk did not retreat and intensified their scrambling in midfield.

In the 55th minute, Mane was brought down by Srna, and Douglas Costa instead stepped forward to accuse Mane of falling too easily.

The Senegalese were not showing weakness either, and the two almost clashed, but fortunately their respective teammates stopped it in time.

As the game continued, Douglas Costa unintentionally waved his hand with his back to protect the ball and elbowed Mane in the face.

The Brazilian was unable to fool the referee and received a yellow card for it.

Fred was also booked for a move in his hand while defending Eriksen.

These Brazilians are really dirty to play, there are too many small movements.

If they go to the big five leagues, these bad habits need to be corrected.

Unless they can fool the referee every time, they will suffer sooner or later.

In the 67th minute, Teixeira broke through with the ball in the middle, and Dembele was a little distracted when defending and pushed the opponent behind his back.

Referee Uendiano stopped the game and pulled out a yellow card for the Tottenham midfielder.

This is also the second yellow card Dembele received in this game, two yellows turned into one red, and he was sent off!

With less than 30 minutes remaining, Tottenham have one man to play.

It was helpless, but Benjamin was not in a hurry to make a substitution, he decided not to wait, and a goal card slapped on Kane.

In the 70th minute, Eriksen made a direct pass, Kane took the ball into the penalty area on the edge of the penalty area, and slammed a right-footed volley past the Shakhtar central defender and hung in the corner of the goal!

1 to 0!

Tottenham finally broke the deadlock on the pitch!

Benjamin then replaced goal-scorer Harry Kane with Mason.

The away team switched from attack to defense, and all the players retreated to their own half.

The numerical disadvantage did not affect the defensive quality of the Lily Legion too much.

The home team made three substitutions in a row to strengthen the attack, but unfortunately it had little effect.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Sadio Mane kicked down substitute Nem from behind and clashed with the opposition again.

The referee showed the eighth and ninth yellow cards of the game.

In the end, the 1-0 game remained until the end of the game.

Tottenham won 1-0 away and took the initiative in the two-legged contest!