Well, it isn’t over. Ange Postecoglou will feel Tottenham remain firmly in this tie and have the fire power to turn it around in London but the mission to salvage the season began with a performance as flat as the pancake landscape in this part of the Netherlands.
They failed to muster a single effort on target against AZ Alkmaar. Unless we count the freakish own goal by Lucas Bergvall which settled the first leg in favour of the Dutch team, who deserved their win and might think they deserved more.
There were certainly chances they will look back upon and rue if they go out in the second leg, when Spurs will be without Rodrigo Bentancur, who will be suspended after a yellow card.