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.

Thomas Frank’s Tottenham reign was within touching distance of its first piece of silverware, only for Paris Saint-Germain to rip it away in the final moments and twist the knife on penalties. The North Londoners were cruising with an 80-minute stranglehold over their star-laden French rivals in the Super Cup final,

Tottenham Hotspur said on Thursday that they are "disgusted" by the online racial abuse aimed at French forward Mathys Tel after their UEFA Super Cup loss against Paris Saint-Germain.

Tottenham say they are "disgusted" by the racial abuse received by Mathys Tel following their defeat by Paris St-Germain in the Uefa Super Cup.