ANKARA
Turkish club Besiktas snatched a 1-1 draw against English side Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Europa League Group C match on Thursday night at the London team's home ground, White Hart Lane.
Away team Besiktas midfielder Olcay Sahan missed a great chance in the 2nd minute of the game, taking a shot from close range but seeing the ball shave the post.
Former Chelsea striker Demba Ba's shot rattled the crossbar in the 12th minute, after Tottenham Hotspur's French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris deflected the shot.
Tottenham scored the leading goal when 21-year-old English forward Harry Kane made a low drive outside the area, 1-0. The ball went into the far corner.
In the 33rd minute, Olcay Sahan missed another great opportunity in the box when Spurs goalkeeper Lloris deflected the ball with his foot to the corner.
Kane's close range missile was denied by Besiktas goalkeeper Tolga Zengin in the 38th minute in was a great chance for Spurs.
In the 56th minute, Besiktas' Olcay Sahan attempted to score an equalizer, but Lloris deflected the ball to the corner.
Eight minutes later Olcay's volley went wide.
In the 71st minute of play Kane shot towards the goal but Tolga Zengin saved it.
Five minutes later, Demba Ba missed a great chance in the box, with Lloris again making a crucial save.
In the 87th minute referee awarded Besiktas a penalty as Spurs' Romanian center-back Vlad Chiriches handballed in the penalty area.
The Turkish team's France-born Senegalese forward Ba converted the penalty successfully and Besiktas equalized, 1-1.
Meanwhile, former Juventus player, Dutch Edgar Davids, who also played for Spurs once upon a time, was watching the game from the stands.
In another group game, Greek club Asteras Tripolis defeated Serbian side Partizan 2-0 in Greece.
Results of the night in UEFA Europa League are as follows:
HJK 0-3 Club Brugge
Asteras Tripolis 2-0 Partizan
Torino 1-0 Copenhagen
Zurich 1-1 Borussia Monchengladbach
Astra 1-2 Salzburg
Celtic 1-0 Dinamo Zagreb
Dinamo Moscow 1-0 PSV Eindhoven
Saint-Etienne 0-0 Dnipro
Estoril 2-0 Panathinaikos
Villarreal 4-0 Apollon
Feyenoord 2-1 Standard Liege
Rijeka 2-2 Sevilla
Inter 2-0 Qarabag
Slovan Bratislava 0-2 Napoli
Krasnodar 1-1 Everton
Dinamo Kiev 3-1 Steaua Bucharest
Aalborg 1-0 Rio Ave
Wolfsburg 1-1 Lille
Dinamo Minsk 0-3 Fiorentina
Lokeren 1-0 Metalist Kharkiv
Trabzonspor 0-1 Legia Warsaw
Guingamp 2-0 PAOK
Sparta Prague 3-1 Young Boys
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