Spurs threatened to romp to victory at the Weserstadion after a Petri Pasanen own goal and a Peter Crouch header put them in control before two more good chances went begging. But a crazy four-minute spell either side of half-time saw Hugo Almeida and Marko Marin draw Bremen level before both sides each wasted glorious opportunities to win the game.
The performance was almost a mirror images of Spurs' play-off round first leg at Young Boys, which saw them fall 3-0 down before scoring two vital away goals. Both the club and Redknapp are rookies at this level but he bristled at talk he or his players may need to learn something from the game. "What lessons can I learn because they score? What can I do?"
Redknapp said. "How can they learn lessons? We're always talking about lessons - 'Did you learn a lesson? Was it a lesson in Champions League football?'
"No, it's a game of football. We're 2-0 up; they've got a goal out of nothing - it happens. It could happen at Hackney Marshes on Saturday afternoon. We went away to play Young Boys of Bern, we went 3-0 down. We came back and got two goals back that won the tie for us. It happens in football. If we play like that every game, we won't go too far wrong."
Source: PA
