Tottenham Hotspur host Barcelona on Wednesday in the second round of fixtures of this season’s Champions League group stage, and to a very large extent, their chances of getting a result depends on how much they can limit the impacts of Lionel Messi.
After losing to Inter Milan last time out in the opening group game, Spurs need to pick up at least a point against the Spanish giants in order to boost their chances of advancing to the last-16.
Barcelona are more or less a one-man team in recent times given Messi’s huge contributions to their successes on the pitch, and former Arsenal centre-back Martin Keown reckons Tottenham are capable of getting a result following their recent struggles in the La Liga.