After going 2-0 down within 10 minutes, most teams would have succumbed to a comprehensive defeat away from home.

At least that’s what Christian Eriksen thinks, who starred as Tottenham Hotspur overcame that deficit to record an impressive 2-2 draw at Italian behemoth Juventus on Tuesday.

The Dane bagged the leveller, firing a free-kick past the Old Lady’s wall and beyond Gianluigi Buffon. It completed a turnaround which, for Eriksen, serves as indisputable evidence of an identity change at Spurs.

“Of course, we are building on every season compared to when I arrived here four or five years ago,” Eriksen told The Telegraph’s Matt Law after the Champions League round of 16 tie. “The games against the top teams when you are 2-0 down after nine minutes, you lost 6-0.

“That’s the thing we’ve changed with the manager coming in, with the players we have here. Everyone has grown up and they are not going to lie down if they are 2-0 down anyway.”

In front of an expectant crowd in Turin, Gonzalo Higuain scored twice early on to give an advantage Juventus seldom surrenders. However, the usually resolute outfit was soon overwhelmed by the visitor’s midfield. Mousa Dembele was at his imperious best, Erik Lamela justified his selection in lieu of fan favourite Heung-Min Son, and Dele Alli showed signs of his explosive form from the previous two campaigns.

Related: Dembele the driving force as Spurs shock Juventus

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But it was Eriksen, an expert infiltrator of space and master of the clipped pass, who drew the most praise. Not bad for a man previously listed alongside the inadequate players acquired using cash from Gareth Bale’s Real Madrid transfer in 2013.

“Tottenham has become, compared to what it was when I came to what it is now, completely different,” Eriksen said. “That’s up to the manager, up to the players and the quality we have in the squad really.”

He added: “We don’t care where we are or what time it is, or which stadium we play in or which we team we play, we always try to dominate, to get the ball forward as quickly as possible and create something.”

Spurs are now out of their toughest spate of fixtures this season. Since the last day of January, the north London club has faced Manchester United, Liverpool, an FA Cup replay against Newport County, Arsenal, and Juventus, collecting three wins and two draws. The second leg with Juventus will be staged at Wembley on March 7.

MANALAPAN, N.J. — With the 2017 NFL season officially over, our attention shifted last week to other things, including the draft. Except with the New York Giants’ season a train wreck and long over, I did that weeks ago.

I’m not alone. NFL combine prep has been going on for weeks, months even. College players are scattered at facilities across the country, training for the draft. This year, I decided to join them.

It is more than football. With the process comes the calisthenics and track-and-field portion of the proceedings. Yes, they train and run drills they likely will never have to do again after this is over.

The people at Parabolic Performance & Rehabilitation were nice enough to let me join their group of NFL prospects in New Jersey. Whenever possible for several months — remember, I still have a job as the Giants reporter that involves, you know, work — they’re allowing me to train alongside players from schools that range from Pittsburgh and Syracuse to Monmouth and Youngstown State to Wyoming, Wagner and Southern Connecticut on a regular basis. Performance coaches Justin Moore and Kris Enslen have welcomed me into the group with open arms, even if my body has sometimes rejected the invitation.

It’s carte blanche access. I’m experiencing everything as one of the players, whether it’s on-field or weight room training, classroom work, nutrition and even yoga. When all is said and done, we’re going to see just how beneficial these combine/pro day preparatory programs (which traditionally last six weeks or more depending on the individual) can be, even for a middle-aged graybeard.

Baseline testing has already been done. (Hint: Not good.) We’re in the process of setting up my own personal combine/pro day some time next month.

The drills being tested are the 40-yard dash, vertical jump, three-cone drill (or L drill) and shuttle (5-10-5). The goal is to see how much improvement can be made by a near-40-year-old average Joe, non-professional athlete partaking in the intense program.

A recap of the first three weeks:

• Baseline testing: Let’s just say I’m slower and fatter and don’t jump nearly as high as my ego or brain anticipated. Heading into the initial testing, the thinking was about 5.80 seconds in the 40-yard dash and 30 inches in the vertical. The logic was that once upon a time there was a relatively decent athlete inside this 5-foot-11, 190-pound frame who was somewhat normal-human fast (remember, these guys you see on TV are mutants, the 1 percenters of society) and capable of hanging from the basketball rim. Well, the 5.80 seconds was close. My baseline 40 time was 5.84. The 30-inch vertical was me in la-la land. More like 20 inches. I jumped 19.5. Overall, not completely embarrassing. My expectations were low entering this experiment, and I ate the heck out of everything (even bought Snowballs one day at the convenience store) the previous month or so knowing this would help get me back in reasonable shape. Better to set the bar low was the thinking.

Tottenham’s chances of escaping Turin with a result have been handed a massive boost.

Juventus boss Max Allegri announced his 19-man squad for Tuesday’s Champions League last-16 first-leg clash with Spurs, with the most notable omission being Argentine attacker Paulo Dybala.

Dybala, 24, suffered a hamstring injury on Jan. 6 against Cagliari and hasn’t played since, with initial reports suggesting he could miss a month. After a hot start to the campaign saw the versatile forward score a dozen goals in eight league outings, injuries and form have seen Dybala return to earth with just three tallies in his last 10 matches across all competitions.

The former Palermo standout was photographed Monday in first-team training with his Vecchia Signora brethren, and will join Stephan Lichtsteiner, Blaise Matuidi, Andrea Barzagli, and Juan Cuadrado on the sidelines.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars will have a new look on and off the field this season.

The team announced Monday that it is removing tarps that cover four sections of EverBank Field to meet an increased demand for tickets in the wake of the team’s surprising run to the AFC Championship game.

In addition, the team confirmed that it will have new uniforms, which will be unveiled sometime in the spring. That means the team is finally ditching its black and gold two-tone helmets.

The average season-ticket price will increase by an average of 10.9 percent, the team said, though the specific increase varies based on seat location. This is the first time in 10 seasons that a majority of the seats will have a cost increase, the team said.

However, the team also said it is lowering concession prices on certain items. Fans can purchase hot dogs, popcorn, bottled soda, and various other items for $5 each.

“Getting rid of the tarps has been our goal since Shad Khan purchased the team in 2012,” Jaguars president Mark Lamping said. “Our fans created a real home-field advantage for our final 2017 regular season games and home playoff appearance. We want to make sure that same home-field advantage is a reality every time the Jaguars take the field this fall by giving fans access to even more affordable tickets.”

The Jaguars received permission to remove the four tarps for their playoff game against Buffalo, which was the team’s first home playoff game since Jan. 23, 2000. Those tarps cover 3,501 seats and the team said those seats will be sold for $45 per game.

Tarps have long been a part of the Jaguars’ history. When the stadium was renovated in 1993-94 in preparation for the Jaguars’ inaugural season in 1995, the capacity was 76,766 with room to add temporary seating to accommodate 82,000. The stadium needed to be that big because of the annual Florida-Georgia football game.

The Jaguars advanced to the AFC Championship game in their second season and again in 1999 and attendance wasn’t a problem until the team started losing. The Jaguars had half of their 32 home games blacked out on local television from 2001-04 and installed 11 tarps that covered nearly 10,000 seats in the upper decks of the stadium. The Jaguars did not have any blackouts in 2005 or 2006, but had three games blacked out in 2007 and seven games blacked out in 2009 (none in 2008).