Harry Kane scored and missed a penalty as Tottenham edged past ten-man Eintracht Frankfurt with a 3-2 win in the Champions League.
Tottenham made three changes for the Group D clash.
Richarlison, Emerson Royal and Clement Lenglet came in for Yves Bissouma, Matt Doherty and Ben Davies.
Lucas Moura returned to the bench after a lengthy injury absene with a tendon issue.
Spurs had the chance to kill the game in the 90th minute when Bryan Gil was fouled in the area by Hrvoje Smolcic, but Kane uncharacteristically skied his penalty.
An inauspicious start by Spurs saw Frankfurt take a 13th-minute lead after some calamitous defending by Eric Dier.
The England centre-back miscontrolled a pass in the penalty area, allowing Jesper Lindstrom to steal possession and eventually Daichi Kamada turned the ball into an empty net.
Spurs were soon level as Harry Kane and Son Heung-min combined in classic style in the 20th minute.
Kane collected the ball and turned before playing an incisive pass to Son, who coolly slotted home.
Spurs were ahead eight minutes later as Kane delivered a clinical penalty to score his 21st goal in 28 Champions League games.
The spot-kick was awarded after referee Carlos Del Cerro Grande was invited to check the pitchside monitor after originally ruling that Kristijan Jakic had not clattered into the England captain.
Son made it 3-1 in the 36th minute with a sublime finish.
The South Korean lashed an unstoppable first-time volley into the roof of the net after being picked out by Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Son had chances to extend the lead even further as he twice tested Kevin Trapp in the Frankfurt goal, but it was 3-1 at half-time.
Frankfurt’s evening took a turn for the worse on the hour as they were reduced to 10 men after Tuta picked up two yellow cards in the space of three minutes for fouls on Son.
Frankfurt gave themselves hope in the final five minutes as Faride Alidou climbed highest from a corner to head home and make it 3-2.
Spurs had the chance to kill the game in the 90th minute when Bryan Gil was fouled in the area by Hrvoje Smolcic, but Kane uncharacteristically skied his penalty.
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