Captain Robbie Keane gave Tottenham the dream start to the away leg of their UEFA Cup quarter final against Sevilla. With little more than a minute on the clock the Irishman had managed to break the off-side trap force a save from the keeper and put away the rebound to give his side the lead and a vital away goal.

Spurs continued to create chances in a game that was proving to be as open as the Premiership game against Reading on Sunday. Like the match against Reading this fixture was changed by the decision to award the home side a penalty. Paul Robinson was deemed to have fouled Adriano Correia when he dived at his feet and got two hands on the ball to stop the attack. The Sevilla man made the most of the challenge and the referee awarded the penalty kick. Former Spurs front man Fredi Kanoute coolly put the ball into the goal to draw the cup holders level.

Spurs found themselves a goal behind when a hopeful high ball was played in to the box, the makeshift defence with Pascal Chimbonda covering at centre half for the cup tied Rocha and Injured King and Gardener was unable to clear the danger; the ball was headed in from close range by Kerzhakov after thirty-five minutes.

The referee continued to make strange decisions throughout the game, which continually frustrated the Spurs players as they tried to get another away goal to take back to White Hart Lane for the second leg.