Quickfire late double leaves us disappointed in Lisbon - on-the-whistle report

We suffered our first defeat of the season at the Estadio Jose Alvalade on Tuesday evening as two late, late goals gave Sporting Lisbon all three points on matchday two in the UEFA Champions League.

In an even and entertaining affair, it looked like we were going to leave the Portuguese capital with a share of the spoils having matched the hosts for the majority of the game, only to concede in the 90th minute from a Paulinho header before Arthur Gomes slotted home with virtually the last kick of the game. Both goals came from Sporting substitutes.

Both sides started on the front foot wherever possible, Sporting with the first sight of goal on seven minutes when Hugo Lloris pushed a Pedro Goncalves angled shot just past the post.

Brazilian duo Richarlison and Emerson Royal had half-chances but neither could get a telling touch on balls into the box and home goalkeeper Adan was able to gather on each occasion, before Richarlison had the ball in the net on 42 minutes but was clearly offside.

Former Spur Marcus Edwards had a glorious chance in first-half stoppage time, going on a mazy run past three defenders, playing a one-two with Francisco Trincao and poking goalwards but Lloris somehow saved, the ball squirting past the post for a corner.

We were quickly into our stride after the break with Royal twice denied in quick succession by Adan, who then kept out Kane’s drive that was heading for the top corner before Richarlison curled a yard wide. At the other end, Lloris had to watch Goncalves’ 22-yard effort all the way into his gloves.

The drama all came in the closing minutes. First, Lloris made a stunning save to deny Pedro Porro’s curling effort but, from the corner, Paulinho climbed highest to head home. And we barely had time to respond when Gomes drifted in off the left flank, cut inside Royal and fired past Lloris to leave us on the wrong end of a 2-0 scoreline.

'The Champions League is an important level'

Antonio Conte told SPURSPLAY: “The game in the first half was in the balance. In the second half, we tried to push and we had good chances to score. Then, in the end, we are talking about a loss. We conceded a goal from a corner and, for sure, we can do much better. Then we conceded another goal two minutes later. We have to work on all of these aspects because the level of the Champions League is an important level, and we have to try to improve because every game is very difficult."

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Match data

Goals: Sporting CP – Paulinho 90, Gomes 90+3.

Yellow cards: Sporting CP – Morita, Matheus Reis; Spurs – Bentancur, Royal, Hojbjerg.

Referee: Srdjan Jovanović (Serbia).

Venue: Estadio Jose Alvalade, Lisbon.

Weather: Sunny, moderate breeze, 21 degrees.

Attendance: 39,899.