Rafael van der Vaart returned to redeem Spurs defeat again, but this time they were unable to complete the return as Everton held a point in a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane.
Suspended for UEFA Champions League defeat Wednesday on Inter Milan, van der Vaart scored his fifth goal in so many games to send Spurs in third place in the Barclays Premier League.
Effort Middle Netherlands cancelled brilliant free of Leighton Baines-his first goal for nearly 14 months-as Peter Crouch wasted more than an opportunity to seal that would have been fourth comeback victory of Tottenham in five League games.
The game started badly 48 hours after Spurs came back from Milan and, once again, the words ' European hungover ' remained in the air in North London.
But with the third-and even second-to win over 24 hours, at least, there was a lack of motivation for the men's Redknapp.
It seemed as if they were actually going to have to work for him though, as Everton, without Mikel Arteta, chased and pressed around the pitch.
Middle of Spurs Wilson Palacios, starting his first League game for six weeks, was quite rightly booked for a foul on Yakubu ayegbeni, after full time as visitors looked to hit their opponents on the break.
But gentle long-ranger of Tim Cahill and Luka Modric low strike from the edge of the box-well defended by Tim Howard-were only efforts until Baines goal scored on 17 minutes.
The fit-again Younes Kaboul overthrown Yakubu at the edge of the box and Baines accelerated to scroll a free delicious in the upper corner.
But were level within three minutes after Howard shook the crusade of Alan Hutton and Crouch waved the ball back across goal for who else but van der Vaart explosion on Tottenham line.
Modric, Captain of the day in the absence of Ledley King and Tom Huddlestone, fired width of 20 meters and Crouch saw a penalty appeal turned down after being sandwiched between Phil Jagielka and Phil Neville.
Baines rolled over other encyclopedia of an almost identical position from which he had marked and Crouch sent a header weak direct in Howard Hutton Cruz in stoppage of the first time.
Spurs withdrew Palacios de Sandro during intermission, with Crouch dragged triggered the first effort of the second semester.
Sandro surrogate almost placed on a 52-minute goal for the man of the moment Gareth Bale, whose header play was cleared behind by Jagielka despite being just off target.
This was moments after Seamus Coleman became the first player Everton reserved to overthrow Aaron Lennon as Tottenham broke.
Crouch diverted nearly a John Heitinga free for your own goal before the visitors were forced to bring out a Louis Saha Yakubu hobbling just on time.
The fit-again Steven Pienaar high a wide cut of 25 meters, but he wasn't happening for both sides and Spurs have decided to introduce Roman Pavlyuchenko for Lennon 69 minutes.
Bale moved right and he and Sandro immediately established Crouch to weak Howard, an effort with Cahill just off target with a snapshot at the other end.
Van der Vaart was booked after furiously protesting the granting of a goal-kick when he seemed to have won a corner.
Pavlyuchenko saw its result locked behind by Sylvain Distin following a break spurs and Sando was yellow carded for slaughter Saha as he tried to do the same.
Tony Hibbert replaced Heitinga for the final 12 minutes, shortly before Coleman was withdrawn by Jermaine Beckford.
The two minutes, van der Vaart seemed to have a chance to snatch the three points, but shot on the turn was blocked by Distin and Hibbert.
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