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Jan Vertonghen has told tottenhamhotspur.com that the 3-0 win against Borussia Dortmund last week is in his top three results since he has been with Spurs, but he has warned that the team can't be complacent ahead of the second leg after what has happened in the past.

What's the word, then?

Well, the north London outfit posted an interview on Sunday with the Belgium international, who was one of the stars of the victory against the Bundesliga leaders after scoring one and assisting another from a left wing-back role, who believes the clash is one of the best he has been involved since he arrived at White Hart Lane back in 2012.

Mauricio Pochettino's men were knocked out of the competition by Juventus at Wembley last season and also suffered a huge scare against Inter Milan back in the 2012/13 campaign, and Vertonghen has told tottenhamhotspur.com that they must not repeat those slips.

The 31-year-old said: "We all know what then happened against Juventus (in the Round of 16, lost 4-3 on aggregate) and we don't want that to happen again.

"This result is massive for us. We're still not finished because I can remember the Inter away game where we lost 3-0 (in 2012/13 we won the first leg of our Europa League tie 3-0, went 3-0 down at the San Siro and eventually lost 4-1 to go through on away goals) and that can't happen again."

Will they do it?

Given Tottenham are a huge threat away from home, solid at the back and could reportedly have Harry Kane and Dele Alli back and available for the second leg in Germany, it is difficult to look past them reaching the quarter-final stage.

That said, they have shown their weaknesses in Europe previously and if Dortmund get an early goal in the return leg in March and the huge Westfalenstadion crowd get behind their team, then it could be more nervy than it should be.

Spurs will certainly need Vertonghen's experience to help ensure nothing like that happens, as they look to keep things as tight as possible defensively.