Friday, September 30, 2011

Grp A: Tottenham 3-1 Shamrock

Roman Pavlyuchenko scored his first goal of the season to break Irish hearts and spark a second-half Tottenham recovery in the Europa League Group A match.



Tottenham looked in danger of succumbing to a European giant-killing act when Stephen Rice put the Irish champions ahead after 50 minutes of average work by the Premier League side.
But Pavlyuchenko's towering header opened the way for goals from Jermain Defoe and Giovani dos Santos in five frantic minutes as Tottenham made their superior class pay to eventually run out comfortable winners.
With the London derby against Arsenal on Sunday in mind Tottenham made 10 changes from the side which beat Wigan on Saturday.
Yet while Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp included youngsters such as Kyle Walker, Jake Livermore and Thomas Carroll in the starting line-up he still paid Rovers due respect with Defoe back from illness, Aaron Lennon returning from injury and experienced campaigners [...]



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