Aaron Lennon Former Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live. PSG never know when they are beaten. They showed their quality all last s

PSG won the UEFA Super Cup on Wednesday in dramatic fashion, rallying from a 2-0 deficit against Tottenham to force penalty kicks, ultimately winning the shootout, 4-3. Nuno Mendes made the deciding attempt, finishing his chance with class to cap off a wild match where the reigning Champions League winners were outplayed.

It was a plan perfectly calibrated to maximise Spurs’ strengths but also to compromise PSG’s. The two wing-backs, Djed Spence and Pedro Porro, shackled PSG’s two full-backs Achraf Hakimi and Nuno Mendes, never allowing them to stretch the play and dominate Spurs.