UEFA Cup Round-up
13th March, 2008
Everton and Tottenham Hotspur were both cruelly dumped out of the UEFA Cup on penalties after winning their second-leg ties.
Both sides lost their first-leg games, Everton 2-0 away from home and Tottenham 1-0 at home. But then both responded well in the second-leg ties. Everton didn’t take long to get into their stride with Andy Johnson netting a deflection in the 16th minute to make it 1-2 on aggregate. But Everton continued to produce an excellent display, with Arteta grabbing a deserved goal in the 66th minute, smashing a sublime strike from 25 yards to take the match to extra time. No goals in the added 30 minutes meant it went to penalties, which the English side lost 4-2 after two saves from the Fiorentina keeper.
Spurs left it later to show their intent, with the first and only goal of the game coming from a Berbabtov volley on the 82nd minute. Extra-time in PSV was dominated by Tottenham who could have netted a couple of volleys but the match again went to penalties which the away side lost 6-5 to see their season effectively over.
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