In pictures: Young Boys v Tottenham Hotspur

After nine months of hard graft in last year's Premier League, Tottenham's Champions League ambitions now rest on a two-legged qualification tie with the Swiss side Young Boys. This was the easiest draw of the lot for Spurs, apparently. Bet they didn't expect this sort of reception Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Just four minutes are on the clock when Tottenham are undone. A ricochet falls for Young Boys' Senad Lulic who slots the ball past Huerelho Gomes. Offside? No, says the linesman Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Lulic leaps into the air in delight and is congratulated by Henri Benvenue. Truth is, that could have been Young Boys' second goal as they'd already hit the post Photograph: Pascal Lauener/Reuters

Tottenham look a mess tonight - no sign of the spirited first-half display they gave against Manchester City at the weekend. Here, Thierry Doubai tries to beat Wilson Palacios Photograph: Pascal Lauener/Reuters

Roman Pavlyuchenko, who's playing up front with Jermain Defoe, crumples to the ground. That could hurt quite a bit given that it's a plastic pitch Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

Giovani Dos Santos should pull one back for Spurs but having lost his marker he fails to beat the keeper Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

2-0 to Young Boys! Henri Benvenue outstrips Michael Dawson and coolly guides the ball into the far corner with a side-foot finish Photograph: Pascal Lauener/Reuters

3-0! This is getting ridiculous. Xavier Hochstrasser is the scorer this time, smashing a shot past the advancing Gomes. All this with only 28 minutes gone Photograph: Stephen Pond/EMPICS Sport

Luka Modric can't believe it. Spurs look set to follow Everton and Newcastle, both of whom were knocked out of Champions League qualifiers in 2003 and 2005 respectively Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

A goal before half-time would be handy, but they're not going to get one with control like this Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

With three minutes left until the interval, Sébastin Bassong hands Tottenham a precious away goal, rising high to head the ball over the Young Boys keeper and a defender on the line Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images

Half-time comes to the relief of the visitors. They've been outplayed, they've lacked control of the ball and they've looked like conceding every time Young Boys attack. Harry Redknapp won't be happy Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

Gomes hasn't done much wrong tonight. It's his defenders who have been off the pace - a point he tries to make to Niko Kranjcar as Spurs continue to look shaky in the second half Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Now that's more like it. Roman Pavlyuchenko, a serial possession-waster this evening, has just made it 2-1 with seven minutes remaining Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images

3-2 it ends. Spurs will be happy with that. Redknapp said after the match it was a "great defeat in the circumstances". He's not wrong Photograph: John Sibley/Action Images