Tottenham Will Always Miss something At The End – Chiellini

Giorgio Chiellini has said “it’s the history of Tottenham” to come up just short in big moments as his side eliminated Spurs from the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Tottenham, meanwhile, were playing in the Champions League knockout stage for only the second time in the current format, and Chiellini said Juventus played into their opponents’ inexperience in big matches.

“It’s the history of Tottenham,” he told BT Sport. “They always created many chances to score so much, but at the end they miss always something to arrive at the end.

“We believe in the history. I think yesterday and in the first game between Paris [Saint-Germain] and Real [Madrid], the history is important, with experience it’s important, and tonight we use our skill and arrive at the win.

“Four years ago we were not as experienced, but growing year by year and match by match, we improve with many players. It is very difficult, we know, because there are all these big clubs, but we are here.”

“We watched the first leg of Real Madrid vs. Paris Saint-Germain and PSG were — maybe not in control but it seemed like they would win — but then history won that game. It’s no coincidence that Real are 15 points behind Barca [in La Liga] and lose to Leganes, but come into games like this and never get it wrong.

“Five years ago, maybe we didn’t have this edge, but year after year, you gain it… We’ve grown year by year and of course we have got to improve still — we are not blind — but we know we’ve got the quality to improve.

“But this team has a lot and if you can’t get through with the way you play, you find another way. We did that and the dream goes on.”