FOOTBALL Live

Saturday March 1, 2008 Finished St Andrews

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Birmingham City

  • Forssell 7’, 59’, 80’
  • Larsson 53’

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Jenas 87’
  1. Birmingham cruise past Spurs

    Birmingham cruise past Spurs

    Mikael Forssell scored a hat-trick as Birmingham beat Tottenham 4-1 at St Andrews. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Birmingham City
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • 90+2 It's all over at St Andrews, and that's just the kind of victory to boost your survival campaign! Birmingham do the double over a sorry Spurs. Thanks for joining us, stay tuned for Man City v Wigan and a whole host of Italian and Spanish action!
    • 87' GOAL!! Don't worry Spurs fans, it's Jermaine Jenas who scored! Keane was tackled in the area and the ball broke to Jenas at the far post to tap in. He jogs back to his own half with a completely blank expression!
    • 86' He's at it again! Zarate beats FOUR Spurs players before forcing another save from Robinson! But the referee has already blown for a foul on the little Argentinian! Zarate takes the free kick himself... Straight at the keeper.
    • 85' Zarate bursts forward and twists Kaboul inside-out before forcing Robinson to save with his feet at the expense of a corner! If there is a time to open your Birmingham account, it's now!
    • 84' St andrews stands in applause for McFadden and Forssell as they go off to be replaced by Cameron Jerome and Mauro Zarate.
    • 80' GOAL!! Birmingham break and it's two-on-two. McFadden feeds it to Forssell who slots a cool finish into the far corner for his hat-trick!
    • 77' Muamba is dithering in his own area now! Keane sneaks up on him and tackles and the ball comes back to HUDDLESTONE... Over the bar again. Muamba is let off the hook!
    • 75' O'Hara turns and plays the ball to Bent at the far post, but it's over his head. Berbatov was screaming for the ball on the edge of the box. There is a dejected look about the Tottenham team right now, and no wonder!
    • 73' Berbatov blasts from outside the box.. Tipped over the bar from Taylor! O'Hara's corner swings in... Headed wide by Bent. Welsh full-back Chris gunter replaces Didier Zokora.
    • 66' Spurs are piling on the pressure again now, and Taylor has to tip over the bar from a Berbatov effort. The corner is headed back to HUDDLESTONE... Deflected over the bar! The next corner is met by BENT... Headed high and wide!
    • 64' Tottenham have another free kick in a goo, central position, this time a lot closer than the previous one. Huddlestone STRIKES... Right into the wall, but it rebounds to Jenas, who fires it to KEANE... He turned it right into the arms of Taylor!
    • 59' GOAL!! It's getting better for Birmingham! Didier Zokora tries a ridiculous acrobatic clearance from a cross that force Robinso into a save and Forssell is there to slot in his second of the match!
    • 53' GOAL!! Larsson bends it round the wall superbly and leaves Robinson flapping at thin air! That's the second great goal the former Arsenal man has scored against Tottenham this season!
    • 53' Now Birmingham have one of their own after Zokora fouls McSheffrey. McFadden and Larsson are standing over it...
    • 52' The match is as open now as it was in the first half, with neither side able to control play for significant lengths of time. Spurs win a free kick in a central area after Hutton is fouled. Jenas rolls it to KABOUL... OVER THE BAR! A solid strike from the centre back, and it wasn't that far off!
    • 47' McSheffrey bursts down the left wing and curls in an inviting cross for FORSSELL... GREAT SAVE ROBINSON!! Forssell's shot hit the ground and almost looped over the goalkeeper!
    • 46' The second half is underway, and right away Birmingham come forward and McFadden has a shot... Straight at Robinson, who lets the ball bounce in front of him before holding onto it, which almost allows Forssell to sneak in!
    • HT Robbie Keane and Jermaine Jenas are coming on to rescue Spurs for the secomd half, with Steed Malbranque and Teemu Tainio being sacrificed.
    • 45' Half time is called at St Andrews. So far we have learnt that Birmingham should not go down with the quality in their side, and a Carling Cup win does not instantly make you a top team! Stay tuned for the second half.
    • 44' Johnson upends Hutton and will get booked for his troubles. Hutton is furious with him!
    • 42' Bent does really well again to win Berbatov's flick-on and spread the play. He's had a lonely 45 minutes but has done well so far with Berbatov dropping deep. Huddlestone sends in a free kick that misses eneryone and goes for a goal kick.
    • 38' Darren Bent is having another frustrating afternoon. Referee Lee Probert blows up for a foul after the striker flicked on a header that he won fair and square.
    • 37' O'Hara comes in from the left. He twists and turns to work the space and shoot... It's powerful but straight at Taylor, who holds onto it with Berbatov lurking for the rebound.
    • 34' This is a really open match. Now Tottenham come forward and Malbranque has the ball at his feet in the box... He is forced wide past two men and by the time he shoots the angle is too wide to get any power on it with his left foot.
    • 32' Damien Johnson jumps onto a loose pass and shoots... A tame effort, collected easily by Robinson.
    • 29' Larsson plays his team-mate, and former Spurs man, Stephen Kelly into trouble, and O'Hara charges down the clearance! Lyuckily Jaidi is there to tidy up.
    • 27' Birmingham are under pressure here, as Tottenham are keeping possession in the final third. Berbatov is causing havoc for the defenders. Eventually the ball coems to Malbranque, who cuts inside and SHOOTS... Caught by Taylor at the near post!
    • 26' Huddlestone controls wonderfully and lifts a ball over to Bent, who is onside! He chases to ball but Taylor JUST makes it out of his area in time to boot it into the stands!
    • 24' A real scrap for the ball in midfield, and Tottenham emerge with the ball! Hutton's cross is to nobody and Taylor catches.
    • 22' Tottenahm have a corner. Murphy misses his clearance and fouls Chimbonda on the left wing! O'Hara with the free kick... Chimbonda heads but it doesn't make it through the wall of blue.
    • 21' Birmingham have a free kick. Spurs clear and play it up to Bent, who knocks it on to O'Hara and the break is on... OFFSIDE! Bent insists he was in his own half when he received the clearance, and he was!
    • 20' Berbatov intercepts as Muamba dithers in possession and SHOOTS... OFF THE POST!! Taylor was beaten!
    • 16' The pressure from the Blues is unrelenting at the moment. Murphy sends in a long throw that is cleared but only as far as MUAMBA... The half-volley is blasted well over!
    • 13' Larsson curls in a cross and Hutton almost glances it into his own net! Luckily it goes wide and Spurs clear the resulting corner, but Birmingham retain possession.
    • 11' Berbatov plays a long hopeful ball up for Bent to chase. Bent beats Jaidi to the ball and sets up O'HARA... Jamie O'Hara's first-time shot flashing just wide of the near post.
    • 10' This mixed-up Spurs side does not look too cohesive at the moment. There are several players playing out of their normal positions. However, that it nothing new under Ramos.
    • 7' GOAL!! Spurs fail to clear their lines and the ball finds McFadden at the far post. He fires it back across goal and Mikael Forssell heads in for only his fifth goal of the season!
    • 7' Huddlestone has to clear a scramble away for a corner. It's been a bright start from Birmingham.
    • 3' McFadden holds the ball up well in the corner, and is unlucky to concede the throw off Chimbonda. The in-form Scotsman could well be a real handful for Spurs today.
    • 2' Dimitar Berbatov chests a clearance and tries a shot from way out... It goes tamely wide of Maik Taylor's goal.
    • 1' Welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of Birmingham City v Tottenham Hotspur! The newly-crowned Carling Cup champions, Spurs, will be favourites for this match, but struggling Birmingham can take heart from already beating them this season, 3-2 at White Hart Lane. The match is underway!

  • Team Stats

    Birmingham City Stats Tottenham Hotspur
    35% Possession 64%
    14 Shots 23
    9 Shots on target 8
    4 Saves 2
    5 Corners 6
    11 Fouls 14
    0 Offsides 3
    1 Yellow cards 0
    0 Red cards 0
    23 Tackles 16
    151 Accurate passes 372
    38 Bad passes 62

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Birmingham City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Maik Taylor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      6 Liam Ridgewell 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 1 0
      2 Stephen Kelly 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 0 2
      14 David Murphy 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 17 2
      24 Radhi Jaidi 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 9 2 1
      22 Damien Johnson 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 22 3 3
      26 Fabrice Muamba 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 19 1 4
      7 Sebastian Larsson 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 11 2 4
      9 Mikael Forssell 3 5 4 1 2 0 0 11 3 0
      16 James McFadden 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 6 1 3
      11 Gary McSheffrey 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 16 8 4
      13 Colin Doyle 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      12 Mehdi Nafti 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Cameron Jerome 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
      21 Stuart Parnaby 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0
      19 Mauro Zárate 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 4 0 0
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0
      5 Younes Kaboul 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 27 2 1
      2 Pascal Chimbonda 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 45 7 3
      28 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 35 1 2
      6 Teemu Tainio 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22 7 2
      22 Tom Huddlestone 0 4 1 2 0 0 0 49 16 1
      15 Steed Malbranque 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 4
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 35 8 1
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 5 2
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 3 1 1 2 1 0 37 3 0
      23 Darren Bent 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 12 2 0
      12 Radek Cerny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Robbie Keane 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 10 1 0
      8 Jermaine Jenas 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 38 9 0
      44 Chris Gunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0
      25 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 87' GOAL!! Don't worry Spurs fans, it's Jermaine Jenas who scored! Keane was tackled in the area and the ball broke to Jenas at the far post to tap in. He jogs back to his own half with a completely blank expression!
    • 85' Zarate bursts forward and twists Kaboul inside-out before forcing Robinson to save with his feet at the expense of a corner! If there is a time to open your Birmingham account, it's now!
    • 80' GOAL!! Birmingham break and it's two-on-two. McFadden feeds it to Forssell who slots a cool finish into the far corner for his hat-trick!
    • 77' Muamba is dithering in his own area now! Keane sneaks up on him and tackles and the ball comes back to HUDDLESTONE... Over the bar again. Muamba is let off the hook!
    • 73' Berbatov blasts from outside the box.. Tipped over the bar from Taylor! O'Hara's corner swings in... Headed wide by Bent. Welsh full-back Chris gunter replaces Didier Zokora.
    • 66' Spurs are piling on the pressure again now, and Taylor has to tip over the bar from a Berbatov effort. The corner is headed back to HUDDLESTONE... Deflected over the bar! The next corner is met by BENT... Headed high and wide!
    • 64' Tottenham have another free kick in a goo, central position, this time a lot closer than the previous one. Huddlestone STRIKES... Right into the wall, but it rebounds to Jenas, who fires it to KEANE... He turned it right into the arms of Taylor!
    • 59' GOAL!! It's getting better for Birmingham! Didier Zokora tries a ridiculous acrobatic clearance from a cross that force Robinso into a save and Forssell is there to slot in his second of the match!
    • 53' GOAL!! Larsson bends it round the wall superbly and leaves Robinson flapping at thin air! That's the second great goal the former Arsenal man has scored against Tottenham this season!
    • 52' The match is as open now as it was in the first half, with neither side able to control play for significant lengths of time. Spurs win a free kick in a central area after Hutton is fouled. Jenas rolls it to KABOUL... OVER THE BAR! A solid strike from the centre back, and it wasn't that far off!
    • 47' McSheffrey bursts down the left wing and curls in an inviting cross for FORSSELL... GREAT SAVE ROBINSON!! Forssell's shot hit the ground and almost looped over the goalkeeper!
    • 37' O'Hara comes in from the left. He twists and turns to work the space and shoot... It's powerful but straight at Taylor, who holds onto it with Berbatov lurking for the rebound.
    • 26' Huddlestone controls wonderfully and lifts a ball over to Bent, who is onside! He chases to ball but Taylor JUST makes it out of his area in time to boot it into the stands!
    • 20' Berbatov intercepts as Muamba dithers in possession and SHOOTS... OFF THE POST!! Taylor was beaten!
    • 16' The pressure from the Blues is unrelenting at the moment. Murphy sends in a long throw that is cleared but only as far as MUAMBA... The half-volley is blasted well over!
    • 13' Larsson curls in a cross and Hutton almost glances it into his own net! Luckily it goes wide and Spurs clear the resulting corner, but Birmingham retain possession.
    • 7' GOAL!! Spurs fail to clear their lines and the ball finds McFadden at the far post. He fires it back across goal and Mikael Forssell heads in for only his fifth goal of the season!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Probert

  • Birmingham City

    Manager: Alex McLeish

    Captain: Liam Ridgewell

    On the Field

    • Taylor
    • Kelly
    • Ridgewell
    • Jaidi
    • Murphy
    • Larsson Goal
    • Muamba
    • Johnson Yellow Card
    • McSheffrey Substitution Out (67′)
    • McFadden Substitution Out (84′)
    • Forssell Goals×3 Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • Nafti
    • Parnaby Substitution In (67′)
    • Doyle
    • Jerome Substitution In (84′)
    • Zarate Substitution In (84′)

    Injured

    • Queudrue
    • Kapo

    Suspended

    • Taylor

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: Paul Robinson

    On the Field

    • Robinson
    • Hutton
    • Kaboul
    • Zokora Substitution Out (73′)
    • Chimbonda
    • Tainio Substitution Out (45′)
    • Huddlestone
    • O'Hara
    • Malbranque Substitution Out (45′)
    • Bent
    • Berbatov

    Subs

    • Keane Substitution In (45′)
    • Jenas Substitution In (45′) Goal
    • Lennon
    • Cerny
    • Gunter Substitution In (73′)

    Injured

    • Woodgate
    • King
    • Assou-Ekotto
    • Dawson
    • Bale

    Suspended

    None