EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND-UPIN SHAMROCK Rovers' group, an inexperienced Tottenham side came through a nail-biting finish at the Toumba Stadium with a hard-fought point against PAOK Salonika.
Carlo Cudicini was called upon to make three fine saves at the death and Vladimir Ivic rattled the Italian’s bar in stoppage time amid a white-hot atmosphere in Greece.
Lino missed a re-taken first-half penalty for the hosts.
Stoke were denied a winning start to their Group E campaign by Dynamo Kiev’s late equaliser at the Valeriy Lobanovskiy Stadium.
The vosotprs took the lead 10 minutes into the second half when Cameron Jerome finished from Ryan Shotton’s cross, but after Oleksandr Aliev had hit the bar for Dynamo, Ognjen Vukojevic levelled in stoppage time.
Fulham drew 1-1 at home against FC Twente in their Group K match. The home side went ahead on 11 minutes when Andy Johnson intercepted a square ball across the back by Dwight Tiendalli and flicked an excellent finish past goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov.
Minutes after Mark Schwarzer superbly saved a long-range Willem Janssen effort, Luuk De Jong’s header bounced off the post and rebounded into the net off the back of the gaolkeeper’s head on 40 minutes.
Marlon King’s 71st minute goal was scant consolation for Birmingham City as they lost 3-1 at home to Braga in Group H. Jorge Helder Barboasa netted twice for the winners, with Rodrigo Lima also on the mark.
