Tottenham Hotspur staged a fine fightback to earn a first-leg draw at Juventus, and will look to finish the job as the teams reconvene at Wembley.
Spurs' prospects looked bleak when the Italian champions, through Gonzalo Higuaín, raced into a 2-0 lead within nine minutes at the Juventus Stadium. Harry Kane halved the deficit, however, and after Higuaín had smashed a penalty against the crossbar on the stroke of halftime, Christian Eriksen's second-half free-kick ensured the sides would travel to London level at 2-2 – although with the English club having two potentially vital away goals.
Tottenham have by far the less experience of the two – this is just their second last-16 tie – but will not want for confidence having finished top of a section including holders Real Madrid CF and collected 16 points, more than any other team in this season's competition, including wins in all three home matches.
Juventus finished second behind FC Barcelona in Group D but are in the round of 16 for the ninth time and have plenty of recent knockout pedigree, having reached the final in 2015 and 2017.
Match Background
Tottenham
Having struggled at Wembley in Europe last season, Tottenham won all three matches at the stadium in Group H this time round, prevailing 3-1 against both Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid before a 3-0 defeat of Apoel FC on matchday six.
Before beating Dortmund, Tottenham had won just one of their previous five European home fixtures. They took only three points from their three home group games in 2016/17, losing to AS Monaco FC (1-2) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (0-1) before a 3-1 victory over PFC CSKA Moskva on matchday six.
Tottenham are unbeaten in their seven home matches against Italian opponents (W4 D3). Overall, their 16 fixtures against Italian teams have ended W5 D7 L4.
They boast a strong record in two-legged ties against Italian opponents: W4 L1. The sole defeat was a 3-1 aggregate reverse against ACF Fiorentina in the 2014/15 Uefa Europa League round of 16 (1-1 home, 0-2 away); they beat the Viola in their most recent game against Italian opposition, winning 3-0 at home at the same stage of the 2015/16 competition to complete a 4-1 aggregate success; Erik Lamela scored the second goal.
Tottenham have won all six of the Uefa competition ties in which they drew the away first leg, most recently that 2016 tie with Fiorentina (1-1 away, 3-0 home). They beat RSC Anderlecht on penalties in the 1984 Uefa Cup final after drawing 1-1 both away and in London.
Spurs have never recorded a 2-2 draw in an away first leg before.
Tottenham's record in three Uefa penalty shoot-outs is W1 L2:
1-4 v FC Basle 1893, 2012/13 Uefa Europa League quarterfinal
5-6 v PSV Eindhoven, 2007/08 Uefa Cup round of 16
4-3 v RSC Anderlecht, 1983/84 Uefa Cup final
Juventus
The Italian side's record in the round of 16 is W5 L3. Twelve months ago they beat FC Porto 3-0 on aggregate at this stage (2-0 away, 1-0 home) having lost to FC Bayern München at the same stage in 2015/16.
Juve opened this season with a 3-0 loss at Barcelona but are unbeaten in their last six games (W3 D3), qualifying for the knockout stages thanks to a 2-0 win at Olympiacos FC on matchday six. • Juve collected four points on their travels in this season's group stage to finish second behind Barcelona in Group D, picking up a 1-1 draw at Sporting in between the defeat in Spain and win in Greece.
The 0-0 draw at Barcelona in last season's quarterfinal second leg was the only one of Juve's six away matches in 2016/17 that they failed to win, with five clean sheets and just one goal conceded to 12 scored. Defeat at the Camp Nou on matchday one ended a six-game unbeaten away run in Europe.
Juve are on a seven-match (W3 D4) unbeaten run against Premier League clubs, winning their last three fixtures before this tie – most recently a 1-0 home defeat of Manchester City FC in the 2015/16 group stage.
The Bianconeri's record away to English clubs is W3 D6 L12. Their most recent trip brought a 2-1 win at City in September 2015, extending their unbeaten away run against Premier League sides to three matches (W1 D2); Juve had lost their previous seven games in England.
Juve's record in two-legged knockout ties against English clubs is W5 L8. They have lost the last five ties, most recently to Fulham FC in the 2009/10 Uefa Europa League round of 16 (3-1 home, 1-4 away).
Juve have won all but two of the eight Uefa competition ties in which they drew the home first leg. The sole exceptions are the first, against Wolverhampton Wanderers FC in the 1971/72 Uefa Cup quarterfinals when a 1-1 home draw preceded a 2-1 away loss, and the most recent, against Bayern in the 2015/16 Uefa Champions League round of 16.
Then, as now, Juve were held 2-2 in the Turin first leg; Bayern were 4-2 winners after extra time in the Munich return. Juventus had won both their previous Uefa competition ties where the home first leg finished 2-2; against Borussia Dortmund in the 1994/95 Uefa Cup semifinals (2-1 away) and Djurgårdens IF in the 2004/05 Uefa Champions League third qualifying round (4-1 away).
• The Italian team's shoot-out record is W3 L3:
2-3 v AC Milan, 2002/03 Uefa Champions League final
4-2 v AFC Ajax, 1995/96 Uefa Champions League final
1-3 v Real Madrid CF, 1986/87 European Cup second round
4-2 v Argentinos Juniors, 1985 European/South American Cup final
1-4 v Widzew Lódz, 1980/81 Uefa Cup second round
3-0 v Ajax, 1977/78 European Cup quarterfinal

What They Said?
Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham manager
We are going to face one of the best teams in the history of football – a team that have played two Champions League finals in the last three years. It will be a fantastic battle. If we perform to our best then we have a chance of winning. I am a dreamer and every chance that you have to play, you need to try to win and go as far as possible.
Massimiliano Allegri, Juventus coach
We have to put in a performance and get a result, otherwise we'll be going out. We have to be very positive. They like to keep possession, keep the ball moving and we need to disrupt that. These games at the highest level are all about taking your chances. I don't know how Spurs are going to play, but we'll have to be a lot better technically than in the first leg.
Possible line-ups
Tottenham: Lloris; Trippier, Sánchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dier, Dembélé; Son, Alli, Eriksen; Kane
Out: Aurier (suspended), Alderweireld (hamstring)?
Misses next match if booked: none
Juventus: Buffon; Lichtsteiner, Benatia, Chiellini, Alex Sandro; Khedira, Pjanic, Matuidi; Dybala, Douglas Costa, Higuaín
Out: Cuadrado (groin), Bernardeschi (knee), Mandžukic (thigh)
Doubtful: De Sciglio (hamstring), Higuaín (ankle)
Misses next match if booked: Benatia, Bentancur, Pjanic

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