Lucas Bergvall: Tottenham have a clean sheet mentality this year

Tottenham only registered one shot on target during the whole contest.

Lucas Bergvall with Tottenham boss Thomas Frank after the 1-0 win over Villarreal (John Walton/PA)

Lucas Bergvall lauded Tottenham’s “clean sheet mentality” after another shut-out earned a 1-0 victory over Villarreal in their Champions League opener.

Spurs were far from vintage on their return to Europe’s elite competition, but claimed all three points thanks to Luiz Junior’s fourth-minute own goal after the Villarreal goalkeeper spilled Bergvall’s cross in comical fashion.