Jermaine Jenas backs Tottenham to adopt a ‘different style’ vs Bodo/Glimt

Ex-Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas has now predicted the Lilywhites’ chances of winning in the second leg and advancing to the finale. He has claimed Spurs will find it difficult to play at the Norwegian side’s home, although the English pundit backed his former club to get a goal and kill the tie.

“Because I think they’ll [Tottenham] score. I think they will yeah I think they’re going to score,” Jermaine Jenas said on talkSPORT show.

“So, I think they’re gonna be fine I think they are gonna have their moments where they’re gonna be put under huge pressure, but I think if you look at almost like the Frankfurt game as a bit of a case study they were excellent.

“They were very good in that game and they’ve shown the ability to maybe go to a different style that we haven’t seen them play really in the Premier League.”

Indeed, the Frankfurt second leg was a fine example of Tottenham having another side to their game under Ange. When it came down to defending the lead, which was given in the first half by Dominic Solanke from the penalty spot, the entire team stood up and defended extremely well against Frankfurt in Germany.

It was a rare occasion where we witnessed this Spurs team defending resolutely and succeeding in keeping a clean sheet. Ange’s boys have to take a leaf out of that book and do something similar in Norway on Thursday. Bodo/Glimt will back themselves to cause an upset at their own patch, having won six European games at home this season.

Kjetil Knutsen’s side play their home games on a plastic turf, which could prove difficult for Tottenham players to adapt. That said, our players have to be extremely disciplined, resilient and smart if they intend to overcome the Scandinavian side and advance to the final.