Tottenham Hotspur have qualified for the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League following Wednesday night's victory against Eintracht Frankfurt
22:08, 28 Jan 2026
Randal Kolo Muani of Tottenham Hotspur celebrates scoring his team's first goal with teammates during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD8 match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur at Frankfurt Stadion on January 28, 2026 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Randal Kolo Muani put Tottenham ahead against Eintracht Frankfurt(Image: Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)
Tottenham Hotspur will play either Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Juventus or Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the UEFA Champions League. Dominic Solanke fired Thomas Frank's side to victory at the Deutsche Bank Park on Wednesday night to secure automatic qualification to the knockout stages.
Spurs leapt out of the gates, with Xavi Simons breaking the deadlock inside the opening minutes. Unfortunately for the Lilywhites, the midfielder's strike was chalked off by the Video Assistant Referee, who adjudged Destiny Udogie to have interfered with play from an offside position.
Before the break, the Bundesliga outfit hit the woodwork while Tottenham squandered a couple of good opportunities. Frank's side leapt out of the gates, again, this time in the second half, with Randal Kolo Muani firing Spurs into the lead.
Solanke doubled the Lilywhites' lead inside the final quarter of an hour to bank three crucial points. Tottenham finished the 'league phase' in fourth place, and they'll face either Club Brugge, Galatasaray, Juventus or Atletico Madrid in the last 16 in March.
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The draw for the knockout phase play-off will take place in Nyon, Switzerland, on Friday, January 30, at 11am (GMT), pulling together teams that finished between ninth and 24th in the 'league phase' table.
The two-legged tie will be played on either February 16 or February 18, and on either February 23 or February 25. The eight teams that advance from the knockout phase play-offs will be thrown into the hat for the last 16 draw, which will take place on Friday, February 27.
Meanwhile, those who finished in the top eight of the 'league phase' table, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, automatically qualified for the last 16, and won't return to action in the competition until March.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the clash in Germany, Frank commented on how proud is he of his side. The Dane said: "Again, it's not about me. It's about us.
"I'm very happy that the team and the club we are in a position where, with a win tomorrow, we can finish top eight in the best club tournament in the world, and it's super, super competitive, as we know. So that we are very, very pleased with.
"Those results and some of those performances are also what we need to take going forward, of course, and build on that. Again, it's me, it's my job to look a little bit in the bigger perspective.
"You know, even that we haven't won as much as we want, it's very, very few things that need to go our way. You know, the small margins - keep doing the right thing, keep improving things you want to do, and getting quality players back, such as Dominic Solanke as I’ve talked about before.
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"Dom is a huge for us, he's been out for six months. You know, to have your main striker and top scorer out - I'd like to see some of the other teams being out there as well, so that means something.
"Dom is a physical beast, great mentality, but he pushes to the limit as well, coming from being off the bench playing 50 minutes, then 70 minutes, going over the ground, then 90 minutes. So, he's pushing everything he can, but it's a tough job."
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