An Emmanuel Adebayor brace helped take Real Madrid within touching distance of their first semi-final appearance in the Champions League for eight years with a 4-0 first leg victory over 10-man Tottenham Hotspur at the Santiago Bernabeu.
 
Madrid took the lead in the second minute through Emmanuel Adebayor’s headed effort, inflicting the worst possible start for the English side which had already seen the withdrawal of Aaron Lennon from the starting eleven before kick-off.
 
Tottenham’s evening deteriorated further when Peter Crouch was sent off for two bookable offences inside the opening 20 minutes.