Sluggish Wales were shocked into life and had a penalty claim shrugged off after Gareth Bale had surged into the box only to be stopped, he felt, unfairly - but referee Aleksandar Stavrev disagreed.

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It could have been Tottenham's second spot-kick, as man of the match Gareth Bale had been brought down in the box minutes earlier.

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But Bale won a free kick on the edge of the box and Ramsey stepped forward to fire in a curling, right-footed strike.

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Bale was on hand again just after the hour finding Earnshaw in the box and the Nottingham Forest striker's shot from a tight angle was parried by Eddie Gustafsson.

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Bale predictably set up the position, the Spurs star hacked down on the edge of the box by Yves Oehri.

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