Article by e-Spurs Correspondent Daniel KirkhamFollow e-Spurs on Twitter here!
Tottenham’s voyage in the Europa League came to an end on Thursday night as the North Londoners drew 2-2 at Benfica, who progress to the quarter finals winning 5-3 on aggregate.
Spurs had to find some inspiration from out of form Roberto Soldado, who started up front on his own.
Brad Friedel replaced Hugo Lloris between the posts. Meanwhile, with Jan Vertonghen suspended and Younes Kaboul injured the away side had none of their centre-backs available so had no option but to play Sandro and Zeki Fryers out of position.
Spurs were always going to struggle after starting the evening 3-1 down, after the previous week’s encounter at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham were setback even further in the 34th minute when Ezequiel Garay headed home a delightful cross from Eduardo Salvio.
However, the home side were left shocked in the 78th minute as Nacer Chadli struck a sweet shot into the bottom corner. Less than a minute later, he put the visitors ahead on the night. The Belgian winger swivelled and slotted home to give the superb Spurs fans something to cheer about.
Harry Kane had a penalty appeal turned down in the 88th minute, but instead, Benfica were awarded a spot kick as a consequence for Sandro bringing down Lima. The Brazilian striker stepped up confidently and put the game out of sight for Spurs.
That ensured the Portuguese side's long unbeaten run was stretched to 26 games and that they would be in the draw for the last eight.
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