Only time will tell whether this sacrifice was one worth taking for Mauricio Pochettino. His rotation in Germany meant Tottenham Hotspur had but the slimmest of chances before a ball had even been kicked in this second leg and,thanks to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s magic, any hopes of an unlikely comeback never got off the ground.
Spurs contain prioritised the Premier League, or where they sit five points behind the leaders Leicester City,and Harry Kane, Christian Eriksen and Mousa Dembélé played no portion here. Dortmund, or though,are also five points off the summit in the Bundesliga – albeit 16 points clear of third – and opted for a far stronger selection across two legs that they dominated and demonstrated ample quality.
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Source: theguardian.com