Wednesday January 9, 2008 Finished
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Arsenal
- Tottenham Hotspur
90+3' Full-time and Tottenham and Arsenal will go into their Carling Cup semi-final second leg on January 22 all-square.- 90+2' Diaby forces a corner with some trickery down the left and eventually the ball falls to Eduardo but his header is tame.
90' Walcott gets hia ankle stuck in the turf and has to be replaced by Mark Randall.- 88' A crowd of around 53,000 tonight as many people were caught up by problems with London transport.
- 86' Hoyte gets back to deflect O'Hara's fizzing goalbound effort.
85' Berbatov finds Lennon who squares to Defoe and the England striker spoons over the top from little more than six yards. A massive miss even though there was a hint of offside.- 83' Keane is replaced by Jermain Defoe.
- 81' Tottenham will have some deja-vu after last year's semi-final when they surged into a 2-0 lead in the first leg only to be pegged back to 2-2 by Arsenal who then won the second leg 3-1.
79' GOAL!!! Eduardo sends Walcott, who has come in off the right wing, through on goal. Young-Pyo Lee tracks back and kicks the ball against the young Gunners' body - and then arm - and the ball trickles into the net for a fortunate equaliser.- 78' Kevin-Prince Boateng is on for Malbranque.
- 76' Sagna pulls back to Diaby who unleashes a shot from 20 yards which is blocked by Dawson who puts his body on the line.
- 74' Trickery from Diaby on the edge of the Spurs penalty box and he finds Sagna who is clattered by King. A free-kick on the right-hand edge of the area which is totally squandered by Traore as he blazes over.
- 72 Berbatov and Lennon combine on the right before Diaby steps in. Not for the first time tonight he takes a risk by running with the ball on the edge of the penalty area before being fouled.
- 70' Tottenham have had eight shots at goal compared to Arsenal's five and that is a pretty fair reflection of their domination.
- 68' Jenas makes a great run forward but for once Berbatov is indecisive and Senderos steps in to intercept.
- 66' Berbatov pulls the ball out of the sky with sublime control but he is offside again.
- 64' Looking for their first win over Arsenal since 1999, the Spurs fans are making all the noise.
- 61' Great cross from Traore but King does superbly to head clear with Bendtner lurking.
- 60' Malbranque's long pass almost finds Berbatov in the six-yard box but Senderos just does enough.
- 58' Arsenal are almost carved open once again but Berbatov can't quite latch on to the final ball.
- 56' Arsenal have their first attack of the second-half but Eduardo's cross goes behind for a goal kick.
- 54' Keane chases a lost cause and forces Fabianski into a hashed clearance.
- 52' Jenas' header sends Keane clear but Hoyte forces him wide and the skipper drags his 20-yard shot wide of the post.
- 50' A first-time ball from Malbranque would have given Berbatov a clear sight at goal but he has strayed offside.
- 47' Nervy start by Arsenal as Fabianski drops a corner and the hosts scramble clear.
- 46' Double change by Arsene Wenger at the start of the second-half with Eduardo replacing Van Persie in attack and Bacary Sagna replacing Djourou with Hoyte moving inside.
- 45+2' Spurs totally dominating now and force another corner. That's the half-time whistle. Could Tottenham be on course for their win in N5 for 15 years?
- 45' Jenas, Keane and Berbatov combine once more. The skipper backheels to the Bulgarian whose cheeky dink is well held by Fabianski.
- 43' Berbatov is in the mood for it tonight and almost pierces the Arsenal defence again. Armand Traore makes a key block only for Jenas to pick up the scraps and his low drive is well held by Fabianski.
- 41' Spurs' first corner is only half-cleared - O'Hara picks up the loose ball and delivers a teasing cross with his right peg which is claimed by Fabianski.
- 39' Diaby is penalised for handball and O'Hara's free-kick is flicked over the top by Gilberto.
- 37' GOAL!!! It was on the cards as Spurs take the lead. Djourou only half clears a long punt and the ball falls to Berbatov who releases Keane behind the Gunners defence. He squares to Jermaine Jenas who has the simplest of tap-ins.
- 35' Berbatov stings the fingers of Fabianski with a 25-yard curler. Spurs gaining the upper hand.
- 34' Van Persie attempts a stunning backpost volley in the style of Marco van Basten but his connection is tame and straight at Cerny.
- 33' Berbatov again picks out Keane with a sublime outside of the boot pass. The skipper nips in ahead of Fabianski and his cross to the back post finds Malbranque who heads wide.
- 32' Spurs squander a golden chance. Berbatov picks out Keane in the penalty area - the Irishman's touch lets him down but the ball falls to Malbranque who passes his shot past the far post.
- 30' Arsenal win a third corner but again it proves fruitless.
- 28' Dawson is very lucky not to be booked for an industrial tackle on Bendtner. Mike Dean proving generous.
- 26' Van Persie's free-kick is on target but straight into the arms of Cerny.
- 24' From the resulting free-kick, Jamie O'Hara just curls his effort past the far post with Fabianski beaten.
- 23' Berbatov is blocked by Senderos on the edge of the penalty area - he goes down like he is shot but it is a free-kick nonetheless.
- 22' Berbatov is onside but the Bulgarian is half-hearted in his chase of a long ball over the top and Lukasz Fabianski comes off his line to claim.
- 20' A neat one-two featuring Aaron Lennon and Keane in the Arsenal penalty area but the ball bounces off a Spurs body and away for a goal kick.
- 18' Arsenal win two quick corners in succession, the latter after a whipped Denilson free-kick is turned over his own crossbar by King.
- 16' Abou Diaby has a dig at goal but it's high, wide and not very handsome.
- 15' Super reverse pass from van Persie gives Justin Hoyte space on the right, he picks out Nicklas Bendtner and the Dane's header is superbly saved by Cerny. The visiting custodian started off going to his right but palmed the ball away, diving full length to his left.
- 14' A loose pass from Johan Djourou, making his first start of the season for Arsenal, to Senderos but the Swiss defender gets away with it.
- 13' Spurs give the ball away cheaply but Walcott passes up the opportunity to shoot from 20 yards and eventually is outnumbered in the penalty area.
- 11' Dawson brings down van Persie after being nutmegged by the Dutch striker. But the resulting delivery from Denilson is straight into the arms of Radek Cerny.
- 10' Walcott gets between two defenders but Michael Dawson gets back to clear.
- 9' This time Keane is offside - the Irish striker feels a bit cranky about the decision but it was the correct one.
- 7' Robin Van Persie brings the ball down in the Spurs penalty area but is ruled offside.
- 5' Ledley King breaks into the Arsenal penalty area and produces a dangerous centre across goal but Berbatov is unable to latch onto it.
- 3' A neat give and go between Steed Malbranque and Dimitar Berbatov on the left flank and the Bulgarian goes clear but his centre for Robbie Keane is cut out by Gunners skipper Philippe Senderos.
- 2' Arsenal make all the early running and Theo Walcott bursts into the penalty area only to be dispossessed.
- 1' We are underway at the Emirates even though there are still plenty of empty seats at the ground.
- - Due to a signal failure at Finsbury Park station, the match will now get underway at 8pm.
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Summary
- 85' Berbatov finds Lennon who squares to Defoe and the England striker spoons over the top from little more than six yards. A massive miss even though there was a hint of offside.
- 79' GOAL!!! Eduardo sends Walcott, who has come in off the right wing, through on goal. Young-Pyo Lee tracks back and kicks the ball against the young Gunners' body - and then arm - and the ball trickles into the net for a fortunate equaliser.
- 76' Sagna pulls back to Diaby who unleashes a shot from 20 yards which is blocked by Dawson who puts his body on the line.
- 52' Jenas' header sends Keane clear but Hoyte forces him wide and the skipper drags his 20-yard shot wide of the post.
- 45' Jenas, Keane and Berbatov combine once more. The skipper backheels to the Bulgarian whose cheeky dink is well held by Fabianski.
- 37' GOAL!!! It was on the cards as Spurs take the lead. Djourou only half clears a long punt and the ball falls to Berbatov who releases Keane behind the Gunners defence. He squares to Jermaine Jenas who has the simplest of tap-ins.
- 35' Berbatov stings the fingers of Fabianski with a 25-yard curler. Spurs gaining the upper hand.
- 32' Spurs squander a golden chance. Berbatov picks out Keane in the penalty area - the Irishman's touch lets him down but the ball falls to Malbranque who passes his shot past the far post.
- 26' Van Persie's free-kick is on target but straight into the arms of Cerny.
- 24' From the resulting free-kick, Jamie O'Hara just curls his effort past the far post with Fabianski beaten.
- 15' Super reverse pass from van Persie gives Justin Hoyte space on the right, he picks out Nicklas Bendtner and the Dane's header is superbly saved by Cerny. The visiting custodian started off going to his right but palmed the ball away, diving full length to his left.
Live Team Line-Up
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ArsenalManager: Arsene Wenger
Captain: Philippe Senderos
On the Field
- Fabianski
- Hoyte
- Djourou
- Senderos
- Traore
- Walcott
- Gilberto Silva
- Denilson
- Diaby
- van Persie
- Bendtner
Subs
- Sagna
- Randall
- Mannone
- Eduardo
- Hoyte
Injured
- Hleb
Suspended
None
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Tottenham HotspurManager: Juande Ramos
Captain: Robbie Keane
On the Field
- Cerny
- Chimbonda
- Dawson
- King
- Young-Pyo
- Lennon
- Jenas
- O'Hara
- Malbranque
- Keane
- Berbatov
Subs
- Stalteri
- Robinson
- Defoe
- Boateng
- Taarabt
Injured
- Gardner
- Rocha
- Kaboul
- Assou-Ekotto
- Bale
Suspended
- Huddlestone
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