Tottenham drop the ball right at the death: Five things we learned from Tottenham 2-2 AS Roma | OneFootball

Mats Hummels scored a second half stoppage time equaliser as AS Roma drew with Tottenham 2-2.

Three goals were scored in the first period of the match, with first Son Heung-min and Brennan Johnson giving Spurs the lead twice after Evan N’Dicka equalised midway through the half for Claudio Ranieri’s men.

Hummels, who gave away a first half penalty, turned saviour as he tapped in Angelino’s cross deep in second half injury time to salvage a point.

The Serie A side will consider themselves unlucky not to return to Italy with a win after having three goals disallowed. A draw for Spurs takes them to ninth place on 10 points in five matches in the Europa League. Roma languish in 21st place after their third draw of the campaign.

Here are five things we learnt from the game…

Dybala shows his quality to haul Roma

Paulo Dybala is an exquisite footballer. The Argentine maestro is into his third season with the Giallorossi, who have struggled this campaign, languishing in 12th place in Serie A and onto their third manager of the season already. But the 31-year-old showed both sets of fans the quality that got the footballing world excited in him when he burst onto the scene with Palermo a decade ago. Every pass was perfect to a tee, excellent ball control and his work effort was fantastic. An outstanding player.

Tottenham fail to kick on after early lead

Despite going ahead four minutes in through a Son Heung-min penalty, Tottenham lost all focus for the following 15 minutes. During this spell, Roma took the initiative and equalised through Evan N’Dicka, before Stephan El Shaarawy thought his superb strike had given the Italian’s the lead, only for it to be ruled out for handball. Spurs grew back into the match, but a worrying sign of how quickly their quality can drop.

Brennan Johnson’s remontada continues

Brennan Johnson is on course to have his best season in professional football. The 23-year-old Welshman’s campaign exploded into life with a dramatic 93rd minute winner against Coventry in the Carabao Cup following the deactivation of his social media accounts after receiving online abuse. Johnson has scored ten goals so far for club and country, and has become a mainstay in Ange Postecoglou’s side. Another goal tonight against Roma only further justifies the Australian’s faith in the forward.

Unlucky Roma score three disallowed goals

Although they were the better side on the day, Tottenham were given a massive reprieve by the officials after Roma had three goals disallowed. The Italians had one ruled out in the first half after El Shaarawy handled the ball before finishing, followed up by two in the second half being knocked off for offside. Spurs defensively still look shaky, and that will need to be something they improve on if they are to progress as a team.

Tottenham’s Europa League future firmly in their hands

With the Europa League entering into its final stages of the inaugural league phase, Tottenham’s hopes of progressing via the top eight and straight into the last sixteen is in their own hands. Four wins and one loss in five matches leaves Postecoglou’s men on 12 points and in fourth place, two points ahead of Rangers in ninth spot. With Spurs heading to Glasgow in two weeks time, a win at Ibrox might have the north Londoners with one foot in the knockout rounds.