WATCH: Tottenham Draws Barcelona, Goes Through to UCL Last 16
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) – A late goal by substitute Lucas Moura sent Tottenham through to the Champions League's round of 16 after earning a 1-1 draw at Barcelona on Tuesday.
Moura scored from a pass by Harry Kane in the 85th minute at Camp Nou, canceling out a superb early solo goal by Ousmane Dembele.
Barcelona rested Lionel Messi for the first hour, having already locked up first place before the match.
The Spanish league leaders finished Group B with 14 points, while Tottenham secured second place and the other spot in the knockout rounds by edging Inter Milan on head-to-head goal difference after both finished with eight points.
Inter was held to a 1-1 draw at home against PSV Eindhoven in the group's other match, sending the Italian side to the Europa League.
Barcelona played with several backups and got a stellar performance by goalkeeper Jasper Cillessen, who made several saves until finally beaten by Moura.
Barcelona won its group for a record 20th time. With the draw, Barcelona also set a milestone after finishing its group unbeaten for a 12th time.
With nothing to play for, Barcelona coach Ernesto Valverde rested Messi and regular starters Luis Suarez, Gerard Pique, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and Marc-Andre ter Stegen, and gave European debuts to youngsters Miranda and Carles Alena.
Dembele, who has clashed with his club for being late to practice at least twice this season, has earned applause on the field with his goals and playmaking in his second season at Camp Nou.
His goal against Tottenham was his best yet.
The 21-year-old France forward combined strength, speed and a fine finishing touch to turn a free kick by Tottenham into a superb seventh-minute opener for the hosts.
Dembele hustled to win the ball from Kyle Walker-Peters, one of two Tottenham defenders left near midfield to stop a possible Barcelona counterattack. Dembele then turned on the speed to go past Walker-Peters, before he cut back to his left foot to avoid a sliding Harry Winks and coolly fired in his eighth goal in all competitions this campaign.
But other than Dembele's great goal, the match was an onslaught by Tottenham that eventually proved too much for even the inspired Cillessen.
The backup to Ter Stegen turned back shots by Heung-Min Son and Christian Eriksen before Barcelona's Philippe Coutinho almost doubled Barcelona's lead just before halftime when he hit the post.
Mauricio Pochettino's team kept pushing for an equalizer as Kane shot high when he got behind the defense in the 51st.
Dembele tried to restore the initiative for Barcelona by dribbling into the area and drawing three defenders to him. He then passed for Coutinho who arrived free at the center of the area, only for the Brazil midfielder to take too long to shoot and hit a defender with his strike. Dembele then went close with a curler from the right side.
Messi, who scored twice in a 4-2 win at Tottenham in October, came on in the 64th.
But Tottenham maintained the pressure and Cillessen blocked a shot by Eriksen before making his best save in the 76th when he palmed away a powerful, point-blank header by Moura just as it was about to cross the line.
Coutinho hit the woodwork again in the 83rd, but with Tottenham on the brink of finishing third behind Inter, Kane found Moura unmarked near the six-yard box to drill home a strike that Cillessen was helpless to turn away.
