Dejan Kulusevski reveals what Tottenham will do ahead of facing Bodo/Glimt on artificial pitch

Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski is confident that the team can tackle Bodo/Glimt despite playing on their artificial pitch at Aspmyra Stadion, with the attacker aiming to finish what has been labelled a disappointing season on a high.

are set to travel to the challenging Arctic Circle venue with a comfortable two-goal lead, Bodo/Glimt, however, are not without hope after Ulrik Saltnes scored late in the game, and they will head into the second leg bolstered by the return of suspended players Patrick Berg and Hakon Evjen, as well as their impressive home record which includes victories over Twente, Olympiacos, and Lazio in this season's knockout stages.

While Tottenham manager has faced criticism for the club's struggles in the Premier League this term, currently sitting in 16th place, he remains optimistic about progressing in Norway, referencing Tottenham's robust performances against Eintracht Frankfurt in the quarter-finals as proof of their resilience.

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Kulusevski shares his manager's belief and is buoyant about the chance to end Tottenham's long wait for silverware at the upcoming Europa League final on May 21 in Bilbao.

“When you do performances like (Frankfurt), you want to repeat them,” Kulusevski said. “I think in Europe, we play a little bit different. We play with less risk and we put the ball up more in the space like we did today and we got to keep doing that in Europe.

“This season has been really disappointing but at least, let’s finish it in the best possible way. We have got to do everything possible every day to make it happen. It is different football (on an artificial pitch), it is a different pitch, but in life, you have to do what you have to do to find a way to win and we have got to do that.”

Asked if Spurs would train on an artificial pitch before the second leg, Kulusevski said: “Yes, probably we have to do it. It is good for me. I have been playing it in Sweden so I should be prepared.”

Kulusevski started on the bench after his recent injury lay-off, but watched Tottenham make an electric start in front of a white-hot atmosphere as Brennan Johnson headed in a 38-second opener. The decibel levels went through the roof as James Maddison continued his excellent form in the European knock-out stages with a 34th-minute goal to follow up key contributions in the victories over Frankfurt and AZ Alkmaar.

After Dominic Solanke slotted home a cool penalty after 61 minutes, Spurs had chances to grab a fourth with Destiny Udogie, Kulusevski and Mathys Tel all going close before Saltnes reduced the deficit for Bodo. Yet, Kulusevski insisted: “Happy with the 3-1 win. It is good to be winning an important game like this, so it is perfect.

“It was beautiful, really beautiful (the atmosphere). Hopefully it can be like this every week. It was unbelievable. The energy was there. Then we got to 2-0. We always wanted more goals but 3-1 is good.

“We are still two up. We are Tottenham and we have to go there and win the game.”