Dawson rues early Spurs errors

Spurs conceded three early goals before reducing the deficit to 3-2 ahead of next Wednesday's second leg. Spurs suffered a nightmare start to their first tie at this level for almost half a century, their unfancied Swiss hosts tearing their hapless defence to shreds in the opening 28 minutes at the Stade de Suisse. But with their hopes of reaching the lucrative group stage hanging by a thread, Sebastien Bassong and Roman Pavyluchenko scored two priceless away goals ahead of next Wednesday's second leg at White Hart Lane. England defender Dawson told Sky Sports 2: "The first half hour wasn't good enough, simple as that. "But we got in at half-time, sorted things out and stuck together. "We've got to be happy with that after the first-half performance. "We were slow out of the blocks and it was disappointing." Dawson admitted boss Harry Redknapp was unhappy at the break, and the England defender also refused to blame the artificial surface. "We trained on it last night, the pitch wasn't the problem," Dawson said. "It's hard when you go a goal down early on and it took us longer than we liked to react. "But 3-2, back to White Hart Lane, we're still in the competition, we're in with a good chance. "We're still full of confidence we can make the group stages." Tottenham manager Redknapp was relieved to come away with 3-2 after the dreadful first half-hour. He said: "That was a great defeat in the end, if there is such a thing as a great defeat. "At 3-0 we were out of it. We were in desperate trouble, so full credit to the lads, we've come back. "Now we need to win at home and it gives us a great chance." The former West Ham and Portsmouth boss felt some of his players were uneasy about the pitch. He said: "I don't want to make excuses. but I had a nasty feeling there was something in the back of the minds about the pitch and they went out and played like that." Redknapp, who revealed both Jermain Defoe and Luka Modric had picked up injuries, was looking forward to next week's second leg in north London. "It will be a great night, the atmosphere will be amazing," he said on Sky Sports 2. "But it will be tough." Young Boys defender Scott Sutter is a Tottenham supporter and he admitted tonight had been a dream come true. He said: "It was a dream for me personally to play against Tottenham and as a player it doesn't get better than this, walking out in front of a full house to play Tottenham. "I could never have imagined it like it was." Of his team's efforts and chances for next week, the right-back added: "We tried to look for the fourth goal. We had a couple of very good chances to extend our lead. "It was important that we left the tie open for the last game, we did fantastically well today. "I just hope we can play as concentrated."