Southampton 1 - Tottenham 1: Mauricio Pochettino admits Tottenham’s players were hit by a virus last week but insisted that was no excuse for their sloppy display against Southampton. 

What more can you say about Harry Kane?

Tottenham 2 - Brighton 0: Tottenham, who seem to be playing the Premier League in the shadow of their own Champions League excitement, needed a fortunate goal from defender Serge Aurier and a late deflected Heung-min Son effort to beat Brighton and keep their top-four challenge alive.

Manchester United responded from the derby loss with a victory over Bournemouth.

It may have taken him 17 games but Fernando Llorente is finally off the mark for Tottenham and beginning to look at home in north London.

Fernando Llorente and Georges-Kevin Nkoudou scored their first goals for Tottenham as Spurs strolled into the Champions League last 16 by beating Apoel Nicosia.

Watford 1 Tottenham 1: When one thinks of managerial spats in the Premier League, it is usually Jose Mourinho, Arsene Wenger, or Pep Guardiola, but now we have a new contest on the cards: in the blue corner, Big Sam Allardyce, the heavyweight from Dudley, against Marco Silva, the Portuguese middleweight.

Harry Kane is among a number of Tottenham players set for late fitness tests ahead of Saturday's north London derby against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Tottenham 4 Liverpool 1: In London’s West End tonight, Fifa will name their World Player of the Year at a glitzy ceremony at the capital’s Palladium.

Real Madrid 1 - Tottenham 1: Harry Kane was the headline act but Hugo Lloris stole the show as the Frenchman’s stunning save helped earn Tottenham a 1-1 draw with Real Madrid.

Harry Kane delivered a Champions League masterclass by hitting a hat-trick and leading Tottenham to a 3-0 demolition of APOEL Nicosia.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain completed a £35million move to Liverpool and Serge Aurier joined Tottenham on what is expected to be a busy transfer deadline day for the Premier League's elite.

Arsene Wenger is ready to take Arsenal into the latter stages of the Champions League as group winners after claiming Premier League clubs can compete against the competition’s best teams.

Paris Saint-Germain 2 Manchester City 2

Laurent Blanc has criticised the suspended Serge Aurier for punishing Paris St Germain with the disparaging remarks he made about his head coach and team-mates ahead of tonight’s Champions League clash with Chelsea.

David Beckham joined his former Paris Saint-Germain team-mates to celebrate their Champions League victory over Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

Africa Cup of Nations: Ivory Coast 0 Ghana 0 (Ivory Coast win 9-8 on penalties).

Dr Congo 1 Ivory Coast 3

WORLD CUP GROUP C:

Ivory Coast 2 Japan 1

Toulouse right-back Serge Aurier admits turning down a summer move to Arsenal would be difficult.