Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Real Madrid: 5 Talking Points as Spurs qualify for Round of 16

#3 Real Madrid's midfield and attack were anonymous

Luka Modric struggled to make an impact against his former club

What really caused Real Madrid's downfall was their lack of incisiveness in midfield against Spurs. Casemiro, Toni Kroos, and Luka Modric started in midfield while Isco started the game as a wide forward.

But as the game wore on, Real were unable to penetrate Spurs' defence and, as a result, Isco dropped into midfield to form a 4-4-2 diamond to helcreate chances with Ronaldo and Karim Benzema feeding on scraps.

Benzema finished the game with just two shots on goal - one from range that was saved by Lloris and another from inside the box that was off target. Ronaldo had seven shots on goal of which only two were threatening - one that was hit straight at Lloris and the second from which he scored via a deflection.

Casemiro had a poor night where he was dribbled past a few times and it was only exacerbated by a comedic fall with nobody pulling him back.

Fallon d'floor HALL OF Fame : Casemiro. pic.twitter.com/kHg8gffTBM

— Barça (@semprebarcaa) November 1, 2017

Luka Modric's game was a story of two halves as he initially looked like he was in control against his former team before he fell apart in the second half as Spurs' Harry Winks bossed the midfield. Winks even displayed his passing range with the pass that set Spurs on their way in the counter-attack for the third goal.

The Croatian midfielder, on the other hand, was only able to make one key pass in the 81 minutes he played before he was hooked off by Zidane.

1 - Tottenham's 3-1 victory was Real Madrid’s biggest loss in a CL group game since November 2008, losing 2-0 against Juventus. Slump. pic.twitter.com/HCn5kihCWQ

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 1, 2017