Tottenham threw away a two-goal lead as they opened up their Champions League campaign with a 2-2 draw against Olympiakos.

After playing with plenty of fizz against Crystal Palace on Saturday, Spurs were flat throughout in Greece and fortunate to be two goals up through a Harry Kane penalty (26) and a fine Lucas Moura strike (30).
Olympiakos - full of tenacity - got one back before the break when Daniel Podence finished clinically (44) and drew level when a catalogue of Spurs errors led to Mathieu Valbuena netting from the penalty spot (54).

In last season's competition, Mauricio Pochettino's side recovered from taking one point from their first three games to finish second in their group and this early slip up could make qualification tricky once again with Bayern Munich and Crvena Zvezda to come.

Player Ratings

Olympiakos: Jose Sa (7), Elabdellaoui (7), Ruben Semedo (7), Meriah (6), Tsimikas (6), Guilherme (7), Bouchalakis (6), Podence (8), Valbuena (8), Masouras (7), Guerrero (7)

Subs: Benzia (6), El Arabi (N/A), Randelovic (N/A)

Tottenham: Lloris (5), Alderweireld (6), Sanchez (5), Vertonghen (5), Davies (5), Winks (6), Ndombele (5), Eriksen (4), Dele (6), Lucas (6), Kane (7)

Subs: Sissoko (5), Son (6), Lamela (5)

Man of the match: Daniel Podence

Spurs stutter in Greece....

Olympiakos came into this clash unbeaten in their last 17 matches in all competitions and backed by a boisterous home crowd, the Greeks bossed the opening period.

Podence had already tested Hugo Lloris when he struck the post on 18 minutes after a quick attack left Spurs seeing stars. It was a fine effort from a tight angle but luck wasn't on his side as the ball rebounded back into play before Guilherme's effort sailed over the crossbar.

Spurs were non-existent as an attacking unit, until Kane slalomed his way into the penalty area on 26 minutes and was tripped by Yassine Meriah. The England skipper - who missed his last spot kick for his country against Kosovo - dispatched the penalty into the roof of the net.

That goal sparked the visitors into life and Moura doubled their advantage four minutes later.

After breaking up Olympiakos' play down the left, Moura found space to hammer home a thumping effort into the top corner.

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