TOTTENHAM were given the Northern frights up in the Arctic Circle – but were saved by another dazzling late show.
Former AC Milan man Jens Petter Hauge netted two second-half stunners as beautiful as the Norwegian night sky to put the hosts in command.
On an evening where the Northern Lights were visible in these parts, dreary Spurs were more Aurora Bore-all-of-us for most of the game and a defeat looked no less than they deserved.
But Thomas Frank’s side showed the same resilience that saw them level at the death against Wolves on Saturday to salvage a precious point.
First, stand-in captain Micky van de Ven headed home on 68 minutes.
Then, with a minute of normal time to go, sub Archie Gray’s shot was saved but then turned into the Glimt net by the unfortunate Jostein Gundersen.
Glimt, who saw Kasper Hogh balloon over a penalty before any of the goals went in, will be kicking themselves as they blew the chance to win their maiden home game in the Champions League.
They also missed the opportunity to exact revenge on the team that had beaten them in last season’s Europa League semi-finals.
Frank made five changes from the team that handed Wolves their first Premier League point of the season on Saturday, including hero of that evening Joao Palhinha dropping to the bench.
Spurs missed him and fellow sub Mohammed Kudus badly as they put in a first-half performance to rival last month’s shocker at home to Bournemouth in its lack of quality.
Save for an early chance conjured up by Lucas Bergvall’s clever outside-of-the-boot pass that Richarlison failed to convert, Spurs created next to nothing.
Their lack of ambition against a team they had comfortably seen off in the Europa League semis under Ange Postecoglou just four months ago was stark.
And the longer they sat back, the more the hosts grew in confidence.
Bodo/Glimt’s unusual slash in their name was introduced in the 1980s, because the hyphen they used to have between the two words caused confusion for betting coupons.
There was bemusement all round when Rodrigo Bentancur unnecessarily clattered into Fredrik Andre Bjorkan just inside the penalty area after the half hour.
It was a golden opportunity for the men in yellow to take the lead and the ball was given to Hogh to do the honours.
The burly No9 smashed it into the back of the net, but unfortunately for the frustrated home fans, said net was the massive one held behind the stand to prevent footballs from flying out of the stadium.
It was a terrible effort and a massive let-off for woeful Spurs.
Ten minutes later, Glimt squandered another gilt-edged chance.
This time it was Sondre Brunstad Fet who was the culprit, firing a cut-back well over from eight yards when the ball had sat up so invitingly for him.
Frank’s lacklustre side finally fell behind on 53 minutes when ex-AC Milan man Hauge cut in from the left and curled beautifully in the far corner.
It was no less than what the hosts – and the visitors – deserved.
Moments later Spurs thought they had struck right back as Pedro Porro’s free-kick from out wide went all the across goal, struck the post, bounced out to Brennan Johnson, whose shot was turned home by Bentancur.
But VAR spotted a shirt tug by Van de Ven in the build-up on Bjortuft and the goal was chalked off.
One became two on 66 minutes as Vicario’s poor kick-out eventually led to Hauge bamboozling Porro with a drop of the shoulder and belting into the far corner, this time with his left foot.
Porro made amends to some degree by crossing in for Van de Ven to head in two minutes later.
Wilson Odobert struck the bar with another header and then, right at the death, the unfortunate Gundersen turned into his own net, leaving Frank and his team to look to the heavens and thank their lucky stars.
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