FK Bodø/Glimt were minutes from a landmark UEFA Champions League victory only for a late own goal to hand Tottenham Hotspur a 2-2 draw on a historic night in Norway, the first Champions League match on Norwegian soil in seventeen years.
The hosts dominated the first half and should have led when Rodrigo Bentancur felled Fredrik André Bjørkan in the area. Kasper Høgh blazed the penalty over, but Kjetil Knutsen’s side kept pressing. Jens Petter Hauge curled narrowly wide from the edge of the box and Sondre Brunstad Fet lashed over from close range as Tottenham laboured.
Glimt finally had their reward soon after the restart. Hauge found space inside the box and bent a superb finish into the far corner to write his name into club history. Tottenham thought they had levelled when Bentancur’s deft flick found the net, but the effort was ruled out for a shirt pull by Micky van de Ven in the build-up.
Hauge struck again on sixty-six minutes, dropping a shoulder before drilling a low left-foot shot beyond the keeper. Spurs responded through van de Ven, who rose to head in Pedro Porro’s cross and set up a tense finale. Wilson Odobert then crashed a header against the bar before heartbreak arrived for the hosts in added time, Jostein Gundersen deflecting the ball into his own net under pressure.
Glimt earned their Spurs with a bold, front-foot display, but were ultimately denied by the cruellest of endings. Tottenham escaped with a point, while the Norwegian champions can take pride from a performance that merited more.
