MADRID, Spain -- There is usually plenty of swagger about the Santiago Bernabeu on Champions League nights, but it is not often projected by the visiting team. Yet Tottenham Hotspur were every bit as assured and confident as 12-time European champions Real Madrid during Tuesday's 1-1 draw, a result that keeps Mauricio Pochettino's young team level at the top of Group H ahead of next month's return fixture at Wembley.
Although the record books will show a 1-1 draw that extended Real's nearly eight-year unbeaten record at home in the Champions League, the scoreline does not tell the full story of Tottenham's coming of age in the Bernabeu.