Spurs hang on to progress to last 16
Berbatov was subbed at half-time as Spurs made it through to the last 16
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Thursday, 21, Feb 2008 10:55
Tottenham Hotspur made it through to the last 16 of the Uefa Cup with a 3-2 aggregate victory over Slavia Prague.
Spurs took the lead in the seventh minute through Jamie O'Hara and appeared to be cruising at 1-0 up on the night after their 2-1 away win in the first leg.
However, in the second half Slavia came back strongly and forced an equaliser through Matej Krajcik.
Further Slavia pressure followed but Spurs held on to clinch a tie against PSV Eindhoven in the next round.
O'Hara's deflected 20th-minute strike gave Spurs the perfect start as they looked to build on their first leg performance.
The youngster collected the ball from Dimitar Berbatov before smashing home off a defender.
Spurs looked comfortable for the rest of the first half and Darren Bent could have doubled their lead, but his looping header was touched onto the bar by Michal Vorel in the Slavia goal.
Berbatov was then withdrawn at half time by Spurs as they looked ahead to their Carling Cup final against Chelsea, but the team appeared to make hard work of the final 45 minutes in the Bulgarian's absence.
Krajcik slotted home at the far post from Daniel Pudil's cross to tie the score on the night and Slavia then went looking for a second.
David Strihavka hit the post from six yards out and recalled goalkeeper Paul Robinson was called into action to keep out a Milan Ivana free-kick.
Tottenham held out however and will now look forward to a tie with PSV for a place in the quarter-finals.