A LOOK at the key moments from the game against Spurs
BRAD FRIEDEL: Kept Rovers in it with some crucial saves but was powerless to prevent Redknapp's fluke of a winner...8
MARTIN TAYLOR: Demonstrated his adaptability by doing a job as an emergency full-back before switching to his more favoured central position...7
LUCAS NEILL: Showed his athleticism in the first half by breaking forward at every opportunity but didn't look as comfortable in a three...6
HENNING BERG: Steadyaway defensively before he was sacrificed as part of a tactical reshuffle at half-time...7
NISSA JOHANSSON: Caught flat-footed by Keane for the goal but otherwise neat and tidy at the back...6
GARRY FLITCROFT: Plenty of effort and endeavour as usual but faded slightly in the closing stages maybe as a result of his injury...7
TUGAY: Looked half asleep at times in the first half and it cost Rovers dearly as Keane pounced on his error to fire Spurs ahead...6
DAVID DUNN: Ended up playing in about three different positions which affected his ability to influence proceedings...7
DAVID THOMPSON: When Rovers needed someone to grab the game by the scruff of the neck in the second half Tommo was the man...7
ANDY COLE: Clearly wasn't fit after picking up a knock in Bulgaria and never looked at the races as a result...5
DAMIEN DUFF: Stood out like a beacon in the first half but his third 90 minutes in the space of a week ended up taking its toll after his recent injury lay-off...7
SUBS:
OSTENSTAD (for Cole, 46) 7, GILLESPIE (for Berg, 46) 6, GRABBI (for Dunn, 69) 6
Subs not used: Todd, Kelly
OPPOSITE CAMP:
KELLER...A couple of vital interceptions 7
TARICCO...The pantomime villain 5
FREUND...Typical German efficiency 6
BUNJEVCEVIC...Steadyaway at the back 6
SHERINGHAM...His brain's still sharp 6
REDKNAPP...How did that shot go in? 7
THATCHER...Quietly efficient 6
ACIMOVIC...Dead ringer for Anderton 6
KEANE...A breath of fresh air 7
DAVIES...A danger on the right 7
RICHARDS...Pillar of strength 7
SUBS:
PERRY (for Taricco, 69) 6, IVERSEN (for Acimovic, 69) 6
Subs not used: Ferdinand, Doherty, Hirschfeld
STATS:
Goal attempts: Rovers 13 Spurs 11
Shots on target: Rovers 6 Spurs 5
Woodwork: Rovers 0 Spurs 0
Offsides: Rovers 5 Spurs 4
Corners: Rovers 6 Spurs 2
Free kicks: Rovers 13 Spurs 10
REFEREE...Andy D'Urso (Essex) 5
YELLOW CARDS - Rovers: Berg (foul) Spurs: None
RED CARDS - None
TIME FOR ACTION:
06Robbie Keane stuns Ewood into silence by firing Spurs into a shock early lead
14Martin Taylor and Damien Duff combine to create a chance for David Dunn but a defender somehow scrambles his shot to safety
25Spurs nearly double their advantage when Steffen Freund crosses for Teddy Sheringham but the England striker misses the target
28Sheringham goes close again with a diving header at the near post
35Dunn cuts in from the right but his 20 yard piledriver is deflected inches wide
44David Thompson takes a free-kick which flies just wide of Kasey Keller's far post
48Another Thompson effort from distance narrowly misses the target
54Brad Friedel makes a brilliant block to deny Jamie Redknapp after a great vision from Sheringham
59It's 1-1 as Egil Ostenstad scores his second goal in the space of four days
64Friedel denies Keane after slick work from Sheringham and Simon Davies
86Thompson thinks he has won it when he scores at the far post but his 'goal' is ruled out for offside
89Spurs snatch a dramatic winner as Redknapp's mis-hit shot wrong-foots Friedel
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