It was a plan perfectly calibrated to maximise Spurs’ strengths but also to compromise PSG’s. The two wing-backs, Djed Spence and Pedro Porro, shackled PSG’s two full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes, never allowing them to stretch the play and dominate Spurs.

Both managers raised eyebrows with their starting XIs. PSG lined up in a very attacking 4-2-4, with key midfielder Fabian Ruiz on the bench, while Thomas Frank set up his Spurs side in a 3-4-1-2 formation.