Tottenham 3-2 Aalborg

A storming second half from Tottenham overwhelmed Aalborg as Spurs put themselves on the brink of qualifying for the next stage of the Uefa Cup.

Thomas Endvoldsen's 22-yard strike put the visitors ahead before Kasper Risgard's bundled in from close range.

But a tactical reshuffle from Spurs boss Juande Ramos saw Dimitar Berbatov poke home and Steed Malbranque power in an angled far post shot to level.

Bent grabbed the winner when he tapped in a driven cross from Aaron Lennon.

Ramos was in charge of his first Uefa Cup game as Tottenham boss after Martin Jol was sacked following the club's previous outing in Europe when they lost 2-1 to Getafe.

It was his switch of formation and personnel and half-time team talk which reinvigorated Spurs after he had been given an early shock when Aalborg went ahead after just two minutes.

A throwing led to Enevoldsen running in from the right before unleashing an sweetly struck strike into the far top corner past the despairing dive of keeper Paul Robinson.

It was anything but the auspicious start Ramos would have wanted in the competition he has won with ex-club Sevilla in the last two years.

Spurs had a off-side decision go against striker Robbie Keane which would have put him clean through on goal if the linesman's flag had not wrongly been raised.

But Aalborg looked like the more accomplished outfit and were denied a penalty when Rade Prica, who was offside when latching on to a through ball, looked to have been hauled down by Young-Pyo Lee.

Spurs huffed and puffed as Aalborg looked the more threatening and it got worse for the home side after 38 minutes.

The Danish side scythed though the Spurs backline as Risgard dummied a Mattias Lindstrom pass before carrying on his run to bundle in Prica's low cross.

A Pascal Chimbonda far post header high from corner went high and Keane volleyed over for Spurs before they went off at halt-time to a chorus of boos.

But Ramos showed his tactical nous as he took off right-back Lee and midfielder Jenas at half-time with striker Bent and midfielder Tom Huddlestone coming on a Spurs went 3-5-2.

The move had immediate impact as Huddlestone played Berbatov through on goal and he poked the ball past advancing keeper Karim Zaza.

Spurs were now dominating Aalborg and grabbed an equaliser when Berbatov's cross from the right was guided on by Keane to Malbranque, who thundered in a shot.

Risgard went wide at the other end but Spurs were now in rampant mood and added a third.

Gareth Bale's free-kick was parried and Lennon's cross-cum-shot from the rebound was tapped in by Bent.

Source: BBC Sport