Source: Telegraph
Tottenham face 'uphill task' after late late show
Tottenham face an uphill battle to qualify for the last 16 after a makeshift side conceded two late goals in sub-zero temperatures in the Ukraine. [LNB]Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has other priorities, including the Carling Cup final at Wembley next weekend, and the team he sent out for the first leg of their last-32 tie against the Ukrainian champions held on until the 79th minute, when Yevgen Seleznov headed home. [LNB]Jadson added a second goal just before the whistle and, to stay alive in Europe, Spurs have to turn around the two-goal deficit in the return leg next Thursday. [LNB]With six games in 17 days, including the Carling Cup final against Manchester United, Redknapp had feared losing players to injury on a surface he branded unfit for non-league football. [LNB]Dean Parrett, 17, made an encouraging debut and only Michael Dawson and Jermaine Jenas remained from the side that drew with Arsenal in their previous game. [LNB]While Spurs' problem is fixture congestion, Shakhtar have been on a winter break and had not played in more than two months – but they showed no signs of being rusty when play got started and could have wrapped up the tie with sharper finishing. [LNB]Shakhtar's first goal came with 11 minutes remaining, with substitute Seleznov glancing home a Jadson free-kick. [LNB]Seleznov beat the punch of Heurelho Gomes, who then needed treatment for a knock. [LNB]Jadson added the second two minutes from time, wriggling into the penalty area and finishing low into Gomes' bottom corner. [LNB]Dawson said: 'It's going to be an uphill task but we still believe we can do it.' [LNB]
