A Son Heung-min brace and Harry Kane's first Champions League goal in nearly three years helped Tottenham take control of Group D but only after a dramatic 3-2 comeback win at home to 10-man Eintracht Frankfurt.
Spurs were left stunned when the visitors took a 14th-minute lead through Daichi Kamada but Son's first-half brace - sandwiched between a Kane spot-kick - ensured Antonio Conte watched his team fight back to taste success for a sixth consecutive time in N17 this season despite Faride Alidou's late header.
Kane did blaze a second penalty over in stoppage-time and Frankfurt ended with 10-men after Tuta's red card but Tottenham's win sent them to the Group D summit and victory over previous leaders Sporting Lisbon in two weeks will put Conte's men through to the knock-out stage.
This was Spurs' first home game in almost a month and after an emotional win at Brighton, further tributes were paid to late fitness coach Gian Piero Ventrone, who died last week.
A minute's applause took place for the Italian and ex-Tottenham forward John Duncan, after his death on Saturday, before an uneventful opening to this crucial Group D tie.
That changed after quarter of an hour when the visitors took the lead to spark a frantic 15-minute period where three goals were scored.
A catalogue of errors saw Frankfurt break the deadlock when Eric Dier's heavy touch in the area was punished with Jesper Lindstrom robbing the defender and, while his cross to Randal Kolo Muani was intercepted by Hugo Lloris, away captain Sebastian Rode had the presence of mind to set up Kamada for a simple tap-in.
Kamada had netted in the German club's last two visits to London - wins at Arsenal and West Ham - but his 14th-minute opener was quickly wiped out.
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