Ramos retaining focus

Spurs will enter the second leg with a 2-1 lead after goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane earned them a first-leg win but all of Ramos' focus will be on that match rather than the Carling Cup final the following Sunday.

"Before the cup final we have the second leg of this tie and all our efforts are now concentrated on this match, and before we finish it we won't be thinking about Wembley," said Ramos.

Keane added on five: "In the first half we played brilliantly, they didn't get a sniff.

"We came out in the second half and I don't know what happened, we knew they would come out and make it difficult for us. The second half performance was not good enough.

"We've won the game, that's the most important thing. But we wanted to get the job finished. There's still a bit left in this game, we'll get them back to White Hart Lane and there's no reason why we can't go through."

A blunder from goalkeeper Radek Cerny allowed David Strihavka to prod home and keep the tie alive after the goalkeeper had dropped the ball under his crossbar but Ramos refused to single out the stopper for his error.

"The mistakes can always happen, that is the world of football," he said. "This time it was the turn of Cerny.

"It's quite possible that he seemed really nervous after the goal, more than normal.

"It must be very difficult for him to be at his home ground to play against his former club."