Match Thread Vs Shamrock Rovers

Shamrock Rovers 'worried' Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp


Spurs recovered from 1-0 down against minnows Shamrock Rovers

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admitted he was "worried" for his team in their Europa League match against Shamrock Rovers.

Spurs trailed the Irish side 1-0 but eventually won their Group A match 3-1.

"They got the first goal and I was worried," he said. "But we were always going to create chances and it was just a matter of putting them away.

"When you pay players a lot all you can ask is that they work hard and this group do."

Stephen Rice put Shamrock Rovers ahead after 50 minutes but Roman Pavlyuchenko's equaliser on the hour was the first of three Tottenham goals in five minutes. Jermain Defoe and Giovani dos Santos scored the others.

Rovers manager Michael O'Neill admitted dreaming of what might have been when his side went ahead.

"I kept looking at the clock and it was telling us there was a long way to go still," he said. "You do start to think 'can we actually see this out?'

"Ultimately, Tottenham's pace and freshness overcame us in the last half-hour but the players gave every ounce of effort. They played with great heart even when the score went to 3-1. They were a credit to themselves, the club and the League of Ireland.

"We were going to get a reaction [from Spurs] when we scored. After scoring we played well and they seemed to be knocked out of their stride but you look at the bench and who they can introduce into the game and you begin to fear at that point."

we played well. pav missed a lot but had a decent game and hes movement was good,

gio mom easy . carrol played well

defoe was shocking first half and lennon stil cant cross,

BazSpur wrote:I agree about the turnout Lobs. Very disappointing. It's a sign of the times. I really think there are too many games. I think supporters would be more interested if Fifa turned it back to what it used to be. A home and away knockout competition. Supporters are not really interested until it gets to the knockout stages. I think we could win this competition this season. We certainly have the squad to do it.

Yea totally agree with that, to many games .