Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has all but conceded they're out of the Europa League after defeat to PAOK Salonika.

Early goals from Dimitris Salpigidis and Stefanos Athanasiadis allowed PAOK to race in to a 2-0 lead before Luka Modric pulled one back for the favourites from the penalty spot after Konstantinos Stafylidis was dismissed for handball on the line.

"I am disappointed now because we are not going to be in the last 32," Redknapp said.

"It's very slim - it is very difficult now. I wanted to stay in the competition but it wasn't to be. Full credit to the opposition, they worked hard and looked dangerous."

Exiting the competition would remove one more obstacle to Tottenham's chances of keeping up their unlikely assault on the title, but Redknapp says he does not want to go out of Europe.

"I wouldn't want to say going out is a blessing. I wanted to win tonight. You want to win every game," Redknapp added.