Tottenham Hotspur endured a torrid night against Swiss club Young Boys as their hopes of reaching the Champions League group stages were dented with a 3-2 defeat in the first leg of their playoff tie.
Goals by Senad Lulic, Henri Bienvenu and Xavier Hochstrasser fired Young Boys into a 3-0 lead after 28 minutes but Sebastian Bassong and Roman Pavlyuchenko replied to leave next Wednesday's second leg in London delicately poised.
In the night's other four ties, four-times European champions Ajax drew 1-1 away to Dynamo Kiev while Norwegians Rosenborg Trondheim beat FC Copenhagen 2-1 at home.
Sparta Prague have a tough task on their hands if they are to reach the group stages after losing 2-0 at home to Slovakian side Zilina. Zenit St Petersburg eeked out a narrow 1-0 win against French side Auxerre.
