Tottenham vs Bayer Leverkusen: Spurs break attendance records with 85,512 Champions League Wembley crowd

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Standard Sport2 November 2016

Tottenham have confirmed that tonight's Wembley Champions League crowd against Bayer Leverkusen has broken three records.

Spurs revealed on Twitter that the 85,512 figure now stands as the club's highest ever home attendance - up from the 85,011 crowd against Monaco - as well as the largest ever home attendance for an English club.

The Wembley crowd also made it the highest ever attendance for an English club at home in the Champions League.

At 105m in length and 69m in width, Wembley is larger than White Hart Lane, whose dimensions are 100mx67m.

When Spurs agreed a deal to play Champions League home games at Wembley while construction work continues on their new ground, Mauricio Pochettino asked for identical playing conditions at the club’s Enfield training base.

He said earlier this season: “We created the same dimensions as Wembley. We need to feel good both there and at White Hart Lane. We need to enjoy playing at Wembley.

“We need to go there and behave naturally. We will have the same routine as we do at White Hart Lane – arrive three-and-a-half hours before the game, have some meetings, prepare for the match in a normal way.

“We trust ourselves and the way we play. It is a good chance for us to play on a big pitch but in the end we need to adapt, not find excuses.

“When you play on a big pitch it can help a team who try to build from the back, as we do, because you have more space. Yes, it is bigger than White Hart Lane but we are not worried about our physical condition.”

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