For Spurs' second goal, Berbatov used his height and strength to head on to Defoe, whose brilliant first touch carried theball forward before he crashed his shot past Kiraly.
But after a first half that sapped both sides' strength, Asec's advantage was halved onthe stroke of half time, as Aboucherouane slid in to force theball over the line from Sami's cross.
Hiddink was not satisfied with his team's use of theball in possession but says their mental strength played a significant part in going into the return leg on 6 May on level terms.