Tottenham stage mighty comeback

Uefa Cup round-up:  Tottenham staged a stunning second-half comeback to beat Aalborg 3-2 to edge closer to the knockout stages…

Uefa Cup round-up: Tottenham staged a stunning second-half comeback to beat Aalborg 3-2 to edge closer to the knockout stages of the Uefa Cup and maintain Juande Ramos' unbeaten record.

Thomas Enevoldsen and Kasper Risgard put the Danes 2-0 up at the break as Spurs' defence fell apart.

Ramos brought on Darren Bent at the break and the England striker scored the winner after Dimitar Berbatov and Steed Malbranque levelled.

It meant Ramos remains unbeaten in six games since taking over from Martin Jol.

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Bolton's dream of progressing in the competition is still alive thanks to a stoppage-time equaliser from Stelios Giannakopoulos.

The Greece winger scored from close range after Mikel Alonso had hoisted the ball forward.

Bolton's relief was tangible after they had gone behind a minute before half-time when Calvo made the breakthrough.

Aberdeen conceded two goals from set-pieces as they slumped to a 2-0 defeat against Atletico Madrid in a Group B encounter at the Vicente Calderon.

Diego Forlan put Atletico ahead with a penalty on the stroke of half-time, before Simao Sabrosa helped double the lead with a free-kick that struck the post before hitting Aberdeen goalkeeper Jamie Langfield and going in just past the hour mark.

Aberdeen were on the back foot for large parts of the game, but they looked more threatening in the closing stages with Chris Clark firing just over the crossbar.

Everton were the main beneficiaries as newly-crowned Russian champions Zenit St Petersburg were held 2-2 by Nurnberg in Group A.

Angelos Charisteas gave the visitors a surprise first-half lead before two goals in three second-half minutes from Pavel Pogrebniak and Aleksei Ionov put Zenit in front.

But Leon Benko headed Nurnberg level just minutes later to leave David Moyes' side a point ahead of the Russians at the top of the pool with a game in hand.

In Aberdeen's section, Lokomotiv Moscow endured a 1-0 defeat at home to FC Copenhagen in Group B, courtesy of Morten Nordstrand's second-half penalty.

Sparta Prague and Spartak Moscow battled out a goalless draw in Group E to both stay in contention for qualification.

Mlada Boleslav of the Czech Republic came back from a goal down against Elfsborg of Sweden to record their first win in Group C with a 3-1 victory.

Rafael van der Vaart scored one and created another as Hamburg went top of Group D with a convincing 3-0 win over Rennes.