Sherwood points to state of pitch as Spurs trip up

Tottenham head coach Tim Sherwood highlighted the poor pitch at the Dnipro Arena as a main factor in his side’s inability to score in their Europa League defeat at the hands of Dnipro.

A late penalty from Liverpool target Yevhen Konoplyanka settled the first leg of this round of 32 tie in favour of the Ukrainian side, although both teams were guilty of missing several chances — with Tottenham striker Roberto Soldado the main culprit for the visitors.

The Spain striker turned a glorious 55th-minute chance over the bar from five yards with Spurs in the ascendancy.