We did what was needed. Hmmm..... still not convinced I like the sound of that. Sounds rather hollow to me. Not quite what we expect from Spurs, certainly not what we want from Spurs, but the fact is we did what was needed. We progressed to the last sixteen and a tie against PSV Eindhoven, and we (probably) managed to keep ourselves reasonably fresh for Sunday, although questions will arise about whether Chimbonda will be fit to play.

Last night we actually got to the ground late. A later than expected departure from my sister's and a very slow running underground meant we missed the opening goal. Should've known. I did say to my sister that recently we've had a habit of scoring early, and the same was true last night.

I feel like a bit of a cheat, therefore, in writing about the goal having only seen it on the big screen at half-time! It was a decent strike by O'Hara, but ultimately the deflection played a huge role in ensuring the keeper got nowehere near it. Berbatov held it up well on the edge of the box as the ball came out and O'Hara picked it up well, steadied himself and let rip. I also saw on the highlights that Lennon totally scuffed a golden opportunity early on to double the lead after their keeper had parried a well struck Berbatov shot.

Anyway, from about the fifteen minute mark onward we were composed, looked good enough in possession and kept Slavia at arms length such that they never really managed to seriously threaten. Equally, we didn't inspire confidence in the fact that we'd score either. Composed? Maybe. Coasting. Certainly.

I said last week that we coasted through much of the game and as a result of not being incisive enough, following Cerny's error, allowed Slavia to gain more momentum than they should have had. If anything, last night we were coasting even more! OK, so three-one up on aggregate and with an eye on Sunday it probably shouldn't have come as a surprise, but what we probably should have been aiming to do was go into half-time two, maybe three up on the night.

There were one or two close shaves. The best chance was one that Bent created with a looping header from the edge of the box. A bloody good effort too. At first sight it looked like their keeper had just tipped it onto the bar and the replays just about suggested the same.

It wasn't a glittering performance filled with chances though, and we went in a goal to the good.

We made a substitution at half-time, bringing on Keane to replace Berbatov. The latter had been effective in the first half - holding the ball, pulling it down, bringing others into play, but it was a reasonable substitution. With Slavia needing to score twice to take the tie into extra-time, you want somebody who is likely to pose a threat to Chelsea as fresh as possible.

With his first touch Keane should have increased our lead. A lovely bit of build-up play led to Lennon (I think) squaring for Keane, unmarked, on the penalty spot, only for Robbie to hook wide with his effort. Oh dear. My thoughts went back to the game against ManUre a few weeks back when Keano missed an absolute sitter by sidefooting back to Van der Saar. While yesterday's chance didn't give him quite as much time, for a player of his ability, and his scoring record this year, to put it wide..... well, it was fingers crossed we wouldn't be left to rue that chance.

As the second half progressed we began to sit deeper and deeper and in central midfield we became almost a non-entity. While Huddlestone and Zokora had done a reasonable job in the first half, they both disappeared in the second. Huddlestone's efforts at passing became more and more frustrating - for me at least! - and Zokora dropped back into a more defensive role than he'd occupied earlier in the game. Totally unnecessary as Woody and Kaboul had coped without difficulty, although Kaboul was still just too slow when on the ball.

That, of course, meant Slavia started to win more of the ball in the middle and, surprise, surprise, as we sat back they equalised. A good goal actually since it came from a counter attack deep in their own half. As our progress down the right wing broke down, they capitalised and moved the ball forward quickly, catching enough of our players out of position so that as they went up the wing and put the ball into the box we simply didn't have the cover and they capped off a decent move with what it deserved.

Oh dear. Time to start getting at least a little bit jittery. Unlike last week where even after they'd pulled one back we still created plenty of chances, the same was not the case last night. Yes, we did hit the woodwork again - Huddlestone - and Bent had a go at a neat flick from a very tight angle that could never have gone anywhere but into the side netting, but Slavia were the ones who created the better chances from there on.

As we continued to drop deeper and as we continued to fail to exert any dominance in the centre of midfield, the frustration that Ramos must have been feeling was quite evident as he urged the players to get more compact, to squeeze the gap between the back four and the front two. Obviously from the number of times he had to gesture for the team to do this they weren't quite getting it!

They could, quite easily, have taken the game into extra time - maybe even won it. A stunning, full stretch, one handed save from Robbo diving to his left turned a free-kick wide, and they hit the post from another well worked counter attack. We got lucky.

Jenas was thrown on to bolster the midfield and took up a position on the right wing, and guess what? When he had the ball at his feet he ran at their back four with it, and when he didn't have the ball, he shut them down quickly - something that nobody else in the side had managed to do all night. Even when he lost the ball with a couple of sloppy passes he chased down, and while he didn't win it back, he at least put the Slavia players under a bit of pressure to get the ball away faster.

That, actually, was one of our major failings last night in comparison to them. The longer the match went on the faster Slavia seemed to close us down and it took us a long time to adapt and start getting the ball away quicker. Conversely, we didn't pressure them when in possession enough, and as a result, failed to win the battle in the centre of midfield.

With injury time left the majority of the crowd felt more at ease and the Wembley chants started, but there was still time for one more scare as Slavia attacked and briefly looked to have equal numbers forward to those who we had back. Thankfully that came to nothing, or else we could've been looking at a very different result.

The full time whistle went, we'd made it through on aggregate, having made the task itself much more difficult than it should have been. In both legs!

It was abundantly clear that we played well within ourselves, but coasting at one-nil on the night wasn't the smartest thing to have done. Hindsight's great, isn't it? But really, I think we all would've preferred to have been a couple of goals to the good before we eased off.

Individual performances then..... Robbo did well. Pulled off a great save to deny them at full stretch in the second half, and his distribution is undoubtedly better than that of Cerny, especially when kicking off the ground. However, the niggles remain about his ability to come and claim. There were a couple of times in the game when I thought to myself that had he come to claim the ball we'd not have got ourselves into a position of greater threat than needed to be the case. Cerny does this far better at the moment.

Defensively we were fine. Woody had another solid game, and while Kaboul did OK alongside him, he took way too long when on the ball to distribute for most of the game and badly misjudged one or two headers, having to stand and watch the ball go over his head. Chimbonda was fine at left back and we've got to hope that the injury he picked up - which initially looked bad - clears before the game on Sunday.

In midfield our performance deteriorated as the game went on with Huddlestone in particular frustrating me more and more with his passing. Nothing special on the wings last night and when Jenas came on there was a mini-transformation for a short period when we actually had a player not only willing, but able to run with the ball at his feet, and close down quickly. Malbranque's introduction wasn't quite so successful, but I'll put that down to him having sat on the bench most of the night.

Berbatov and Keane were good enough up front, and Bent? Well, Bent, I think, had one of his better games for Spurs. He didn't do all that much, but it was still one of his better games! Good header in the first half where he was unlucky not to score, won more balls in the air than he lost, and offered a bit of pace up front, but nothing spectacular. A couple of lads behind me wondered out aloud why he wasn't putting in the type of performances he used to for Charlton. I think we've debated that at length on here. Its pretty simple really. He's not played much so can't really be expected to be up with the pace and flow of the game, but probably more importantly, he's not going to get the kind of service he did for Charlton, i.e. balls lumped forward either for him to win in the air or to run on to and beat defenders with his pace. That's just not the way we're playing these days!

Best performance came from O'Hara. Leave aside the large slice of luck he had with the goal, he got stuck in. Never afraid to run and tackle he had more energy than anybody else on the pitch in a Spurs shirt until Jenas came on. Good on him. I'm also intrigued to see how precisely he measures up before he takes a free kick! Not sure it helps all that much, but its an interesting little routine he has. Not quite looking like he's about to take a dump (as Jonny Wilkinson does), but a bit more like Grant Fox when he used to measure up spot kicks for the All Blacks.

So, we're through and a tie against PSV Eindhoven awaits. Home first leg, which is a shame, and they will, I have no doubt, provide a much greater challenge than Slavia Prague did. While we squeezed through over two legs, the reality is that had we played at anything like full pelt we'd have won this tie - OK, should have won this tie - with ease.

Thoughts turn to Sunday now. A chance to win a trophy for the first time in years. A trip back to Wembley. European football one game away! No doubt we will play at full strength. The most compelling story will be whether Robbo or Cerny gets the start. Also, will Chimbonda have shaken off any after-effects from last night's injury? I can't wait. We have to go into it - as a club, a team, and supporters - confident we can win.

Coasting can't be tolerated. Last night we did what was needed, but we were lucky. I'll settle for that again on Sunday, but I want to see us play like we know we can. Take a trophy outside the top four and prove that quality football isn't restricted to those sides that play in the Champions League.

Come on you Spurs!