Jamie Redknapp offers serious warning to Tottenham, claims Eriksen is exhausted

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Tottenham Hotspur take on Borussia Dortmund tomorrow night.

Pundit Jamie Redknapp has told the Daily Mail that Borussia Dortmund will be ‘smelling blood’ against Tottenham Hotspur.

Spurs drew 1-1 with Arsenal on Saturday afternoon, with Harry Kane’s penalty salvaging a point for Tottenham after Aaron Ramsey’s opener.

It was almost another defeat for Spurs though, as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s injury-time penalty was saved by Hugo Lloris, earning Tottenham a point.

After defeats to Burnley and Chelsea, Spurs couldn’t afford to lose three in a row, especially ahead of their Champions League clash tomorrow night.

Spurs travel to Signal Iduna Park on Tuesday night to take on Borussia Dortmund in the second leg of their last 16 clash, with Mauricio Pochettino’s men leading 3-0 from the first leg.

That looks like an almost unassailable lead, but pundit Redknapp has given Spurs a major warning, believing that Dortmund will have seen Tottenham’s recent struggles, and will look to pounce on them.

Redknapp recounted a story of how Liverpool gave Paris Saint-Germain a scare in a similar situation, and suggests that Spurs simply cannot afford to try and see the game out, with an early goal potentially a killer.

Redknapp added that he thinks playmaker Christian Eriksen is ‘exhausted’ right now, which isn’t a surprise given how much football he’s played of late, and would explain why he’s been so disappointing in recent games.

“Tottenham may have won the first leg 3-0 but their Champions League tie with Dortmund is far from over — especially if they concede early on Tuesday,” said Redknapp. “We had a similar situation at Liverpool in 1997 when we went into a Cup-Winners’ Cup semi-final second leg at Anfield trailing PSG 3-0. Robbie Fowler scored after 12 minutes and from then on it was a different tie.”

“PSG cracked under the pressure and, though we could only win 2-0 on the night, by the end they were clinging on. Dortmund will have seen Spurs’ recent slump. Christian Eriksen looks exhausted and, without Harry Winks against Arsenal, they were unable to control the midfield. Roared on by the Yellow Wall, Dortmund will be smelling blood. Spurs cannot simply try to see out this tie. Sit back and they will only invite a Dortmund onslaught,” he added.