What went wrong in the draw with AS Roma?

Sloppyiness in possession

That game has to be up there with the worst Spurs have been in possession since Ange took over. The sloppiness was mind boggingly bad at times, and was part of the reason Roma were always in the game. You watch other teams games and they see games out by retaining the ball. They defend by having the ball. There was absolutely nowhere near enough of that from Spurs – all night.

In the final third, Spurs' completed 84/115 passes - a 73% success rate. Their visitors completed 119/142 passes - an 84% success rate - and that too with a higher sample size. Spurs completed 15/34 long balls - a 44% success rate, meanwhile Roma completed 45/70 - a 64% success rate. Again, higher accuracy despite a bigger sample size.

Looking at individuals - Kulusevski had an 85% pass success, whilst Sarr's was 83%. Against City, their pass success were 84% and 87% respectively. Neither player played too badly on the night, particularly Kulusevski in the first half - but their sloppiness contributed to the lack of ball retention.