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More bad news for Tottenham: Jose Mourinho has NEVER progressed in a Champions League knockout tie when he’s lost the first leg at home

Ahead of Tottenham's Champions League last-16 second-leg against Red Bull Leipzig this evening, an omen Spurs fans won't want to hear: Jose Mourinho has never won a Champions League knockout tie after losing the first-leg at home.

The 1-0 defeat at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on February 19, courtesy of Timo Werner's penalty, means last season's finalists face a tough task to progress to the quarter-finals.

And on the previous two occasions Mourinho has lost the first-leg at home, both against Barcelona in 2006 and 2011, his Chelsea and Real Madrid sides respectively have been eliminated from the competition.