Tottenham look set for a rollercoaster first season of Champions League football after surviving another topsy-turvy night on the continent.

In what was almost a mirror image of their play-off round first leg at Young Boys, Spurs romped into a two-goal lead at Werder Bremen and could easily have been three or four up before half-time.

But a suicidal four-minute spell either side of the restart turned their Group A clash on its head and they could have easily returned to London empty-handed.

In the end, a draw was just about what both sides deserved as Spurs learnt another valuable lesson about the harsh realities of Champions League football.

A straightforward win had looked on the cards for the opening 43 minutes as a Petri Pasanen own goal and a superb Peter Crouch header saw the visitors take a stranglehold on proceedings.

But Hugo Almeida halved the deficit completely against the run of play and Marko Marin levelled before both sides missed glorious chances to win it.

Redknapp stuck with the 4-5-1 formation which he experimented with in Saturday's 1-1 draw at West Brom.

He had vowed to be more cautious away from home in Europe following last month's game at Young Boys, who had raced to a 3-0 lead inside half an hour.