Tottenham Hotspur have been left with an arduous task to keep their Champions League hopes alive following a 1-0 defeat in the first-leg of their Round of 16 tie against RB Leipzig in north London on Wednesday night.

Jose Mourinho's side were beaten by a Timo Werner penalty in the second half after Ben Davies fouled Konrad Laimer inside the area.

The first-half was wholly one-sided with the visitors managing 12 attempts at goal compared to Spurs' three but things improved late on when Tanguy Ndombele entered the field of play, and his brief cameo has left lots of supporters at the club swooning to see more.

He replaced Gedson Fernandes in the 64th minute and completed more dribbles (four) than any other member of the home side.

This is what fans have been saying...

The Frenchman received glowing praise across the board with fans using words like "genius" and "unbelievable" whilst one supporter went as far as labelling him a "magician."

Others emphasised the fact that the entire game changed completely after his introduction in the second half.

It also led to a range of comparisons from being a mirror of former Belgian midfielder Mousa Dembele as he was described as a "top player," to being better than his current teammate, Fernandes, who started the match.

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While a further member of the Spurs faithful claimed Ndombele's partnership with Giovani Lo Celso would be an "insane pairing".

And then there were fans who were desperate to see him play more - he's only managed to rack up 23 appearances and just 822 minutes in the Premier League since joining for a club-record £55m fee from Lyon in the summer.

Some were even wanting the 23-year-old starting matches irrespective of whether or not he could actually finish the game as there have long been doubts over his fitness, hence the lack of game time.

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With Chelsea away on Saturday afternoon, some sections of the Tottenham support will be wanting to see Mourinho name Ndombele in that starting lineup.

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