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| Hugo Lloris is the second Tottenham goalkeeper to be sent off in the Champions League after Heurelho Gomes v Inter Milan in October 2010. |
Tottenham’s chances of reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League are “nearly over”, according to Mauricio Pochettino.
The Spurs boss saw his goalkeeper Hugo Lloris sent off for a moment of madness before Luuk de Jong’s 87th-minute equaliser denied them a Champions League victory over PSV in Eindhoven.
Lloris, the Spurs captain, raced from his goal to bring down home winger Hirving Lozano as the visitors led 2-1 with 11 minutes left.
Former Newcastle forward De Jong then poked in to leave Tottenham still without a win – and like PSV, with only one point – after three of their six Group B matches.
“I think it’s easy to judge the game,” Pochettino said. “If you didn’t win following what happened then you don’t deserve to be in the Champions League.
“It was a situation where we needed to think a little bit, because in this type of game, at 2-1 you must kill the game. If not, the opponent is alive.”
PSV had taken a first-half lead through a deflected Lozano strike, after the Mexican caught a dawdling Toby Alderweireld in possession.
But Lucas Moura then fired in an equaliser five minutes before the break and Harry Kane headed home Christian Eriksen’s cross to put the visitors ahead early in the second half.
Pochettino added: “[Our chances of qualifying] are nearly over. We’ll see what happens now in the game between Barcelona and Inter Milan but with only one point after three games, it will be so difficult.
“I’m not going to blame any player. If someone is to blame it’s myself, I am responsible for the team. The players are only there to play.”
Not for the first time in this season’s European campaign, Pochettino’s side paid for a late lapse of concentration – leaving them, and PSV, facing an uphill battle to qualify for the last 16.
