Spurs survived a late onslaught to come away with a goalless draw in their opening Europa League Group A game in Greece. With one eye on Sunday's Premier League clash against Liverpool, Redknapp made 10 changes to his side, meaning the likes of Jake Livermore, Harry Kane, Tom Carroll and debutant Yago Falque were thrown into the mix amid almost deafening noise from the raucous home support. Redknapp's team, whose average age was 23, left with a point thanks to a brilliant performance from Carlo Cudicini, and might have won the game had they been awarded a penalty in the first half when Kane appeared to be fouled in the box but was instead booked for diving. The Spurs boss was happy that his youngsters did not crumble in the face of such pressure. "I was pleased with performance, particularly in the first half. We kept the ball well," Redknapp said. "That was an intimidating atmosphere out there tonight. It was fantastic. You don't get that in many places in the world. "The fans were incredible and they get behind their team. "The young players have never seen that before and it must have been a difficult experience for them, but I thought they coped very well." Redknapp singled out diminutive teenager Carroll, who was making only his second Spurs appearance, for particular praise. "I thought young Tom Carroll did well in midfield," Redknapp said. "He's only a slight little boy but he's a lovely footballer - he works hard and has a great attitude. But they all did well." While the young players like Carroll, Falque and Andros Townsend impressed, the top performer on the night was 38-year-old Cudicini. The Italian made a series of vital saves at the death to deny the Greeks, but he was at fault when he brought down Stefanos Athanasiadis in the box to give PAOK a penalty. Lino scored from 12 yards but was made to take the spot-kick again and sent his shot wide. Cudicini was booked for the foul, but Redknapp says the former Chelsea stopper thought he was hard done by. He said: "Did Carlo foul him? He swears he never touched him. Carlo Cudicini says he didn't touch him." Redknapp had said that he would play former number one Heurelho Gomes instead of the Italian but revealed a last-minute change of mind was behind his decision to leave out the wantaway Brazilian. He said: "I just changed my mind. I thought it would be better for Carlo tonight and Gomes to play at Stoke in the Carling Cup next Tuesday." Redknapp, whose team play Shamrock Rovers next in the group stages, expressed bemusement at referee Milorad Mazic's decision to book Kane, rather than award him a penalty after what looked like a clear foul by Pablo Contreras just before the half-hour. "I thought it was a penalty. I've seen a replay. It was a foul," Redknapp added. "He wouldn't go down - it was very harsh to book him. It was a penalty." PAOK almost won the game in stoppage time when substitute Vladimir Ivic hit the bar with a bullet header from eight yards. The two-time Greek champions dominated large parts of the second half but could not convert their possession into goals, thanks mostly to Cudicini's efforts. That left PAOK manager Laszlo Boloni disappointed not to give his fans the result they desired. "My team fought hard but I am not happy about the result," Boloni said. "I think that we missed a lot of opportunities to win this game. "It was a nice game. The fans were great and it was a fantastic spectacle but I'm not happy that we didn't win."
