Spurs had toiled without reward and were then hit by a sucker punch when Roman Zozulya scored a precious away goal for FC Dnipro within just three minutes of the restart.
Only then did Tottenham really get going; finding the extra gear needed to break down this wily Ukrainian side, coached by ex-Spurs boss Juande Ramos. Only then did Adebayor literally roll his sleeves up and take off his gloves.
Eriksen struck first, hitting a delightful free-kick to make it 1-1 on the night, and then it was Dnipro’s turn to lose their cool.
Goalscorer Zozulya responded to a shove from Jan Vertonghen by butting the Spurs defender, who fell to the ground.
Zozulya was shown a straight red card and Tottenham pounced.
Adebayor made it 2-1 from another excellent Eriksen delivery a minute later before adding a beautifully taken second after 69 minutes after a ball from Zeki Fryers. The Togo striker has now scored 11 goals in his last 14 games: quite a way to repay his manager’s obvious faith in his abilities.
If only Adebayor and his team-mates could have been inspired by Sherwood earlier. The Spurs boss was a passionate, simmering cauldron of anger throughout; spending most of the match screaming at his players, the referee, the fourth official and even the ball boys for not getting the ball back into play quickly enough.
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