Wednesday March 19, 2008 Finished White Hart Lane
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4
Tottenham Hotspur
- Woodgate 12’
- Berbatov 60’
- Huddlestone 75’
- Keane 88’
Chelsea
- Drogba 3’
- Essien 19’
- Cole 52’, 80’
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Spurs hold Chelsea in epic
Tottenham put a dent in Chelsea's title hopes by holding their London rivals to a 4-4 draw at White Hart Lane. More
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Live Commentary
Time:90'- Tottenham Hotspur
- Chelsea
90+3' That''s the last action of a pulsating match as the full-time whistle goes! Both sides deserve more than a point from this, one of the most entertaining matches seen at the Lane for a long time! Chelsea are now five points behind leaders Manchester United, with eight matches remaining.
90' Lennon skips across the edge of the area, beating one man, then another! He tries an audacious backheel when he runs into trouble, but it find it's way through to BERBATOV WHO MUST SCORE... CUDICINI SAVES ONE-ON-ONE!!! If you were to put your house on anyone, it would be Berbatov, but Cudicini does brilliantly to save!
89' Shaun Wright-Phillips was about to come on, but after that goal Avram Grant gets Shevchenko stripped off double quick! The Ukranian replaces Paulo Ferreira.
88' GOAL!! Would you believe it, it's 4-4!! Robinson's long ball rebounds off Carvalho's thigh into the path of Robbie Keane, who unleashes a marvellous curling shot right over Cudicini!! Incredible stuff!- 87' Makelele has to slide in to send Lennon's ball behind for a corner. Huddlestone's corner and follow-up ball in are lacklustre, and Chelsea gratefully clear.
85' Huddlestone wins the ball off Drogba a Chelsea look to break, but Keane is offside when Zokora plays the ball up. A tense final five minutes begins.- 83' Michael Ballack finally makes his entrancem replacing the phenomenonal Joe Cole.
- 80' GOAL!! Drogba plays the ball across the edge of the box and Joe Cole beats Chimbonda with a sublime turn and hammers a finish into the top corner! If his first was fortunate, that one was anything but! Surely that's the winner now. Surely.
- 78' Lennon takes the ball on the run and chips a ball over to BENT AT THE FAR POST.. Too far in front of him!
- 75' GOAL!! The corner skims off a Chelsea head and goes to HUDDLESTONE... He lashes the ball into the far corner with his left foot and it's 3-3!! This must be one of the games of the season!
- 73' Kalou is hauled off by Avram Grant to be replaced by Alex. Is the defensive change too early?
73' Now Huddlestone hits the deck in the Chelsea area! Terry missed the ball but the man too, again no penalty! Huddlestone is booked for the dive.- 71' Kalou goes down in the box under the challenge from Hutton... Riley not interested and rightly so! Robinson takes the quick goal kick but it backfires and ASHLEY COLE SHOOTS FROM MILES AWAY... CURLED WIDE OF THE FAR POST!
- 68' Ledley king comes off to be replaced by Darren Bent. Fair play to Ramos for chasing this match.
- 67' Wonderful by Joe Cole, as he weaves through the SPurs defence before laying off a ball for ESSIEN... OFF THE POST!!! There is no respite from the aaction in this match!
- 66' Berbatov controls a long ball well with his chest, turns and dinks the ball through for KEANE... GREAT SAVE CUDICINI!! That should have been 3-3!
- 65' But now they have another chance after Chimbonda cimbed all over Drogba. It's from further out so Lampard takes and swings it in... Woodgate clears!
- 63' Chelsea have a free kick on the right-hand corner of the area. Drogba will strike it... Curled around the wall and punched clear by Robinson! The ball is hacked away and Spurs survive.
- 60' GOAL!! The corner is played in high and Berbatov rises highest to send a looping header over Cudicini! Can Tottenham damage Chelsea's title hopes tonight after all?
- 59' The home side are still trying to play some nice football, with Berbatov, Keane and Malbranque linking up with some wonderful one-touch play. Lennon gets in at the byline and wins a corner...
- 58' Spurs have a good spell of possession around the Chelsea area, but can't make any kind of breakthrough. A loose pass from Huddlestone sees them reliquish the ball again.
- 55' Berbatov flicks on for Malbranque, who will have to settle for a corner after being hounded by Ferreira. The corner doesn't beat the first man and Chelsea break! Robinson takes his turn to steam out of his box and hack away before Joe Cole can get a touch!
- 52' GOAL!! Chelsea extend their lead! Joe Cole knocks the ball round Chimbonda and beats him for pace for his shot rebounds off the onrushing Robinson and loops into the net! Cole has deserved a goal for sure, but it's a cruel blow for Spurs!
- 49' Hutton is taking a lot of abuse form Chelsea, he's fouled again! Spurs bring men forward for the free kick, which is cleared but only as far as LENNON... Blocked by Ferreira!
- 46' Jermaine Jenas didn't emerge for the second half, and is replaced by Tom Huddlestone. The midfielder's first touch is a free kick in front of the Chelsea goal... Struck right at the wall!
- 46' Let's ee if the second set of 45 minutes is as thrilling as the first, as we're underway in the second half!
- 45+3' Half time is mercifully blown before a 22-man Battle Royal breaks out! The last five minutes have left a sour taste at the end of a tremendous first half.
- 45+1' Robbie Keane goes into the book now for dissent. Unbelievable to think that Cole should not be on the pitch now, but he gets the same punishment as Keane for moaning a little. There is a real sense of bitterness on the pitch between these two sides now.
- 45' Ashley Cole lunges in on Alan Hutton and catches him right on the shin! The left-back then gives a sickening display of childish petulance as Mike Riley calls him over to book him. There is no excuse for flying in studs up on someone, and Cole is acting as though he is the persecuted party!
- 43' Lampard tackles Jenas in midfield and releases Drogba! The Drog has the time and space and SHOOTS... Low and straight at Robinson! Jenas is still down on the floor after Lampard's challenge. After a minute or so he is finally up.
- 38' Chelsea are taking control of this match now. Tottenham still look good in possession, they are just seeing less of it as Chelsea play ever higher up the pitch.
- 36' Paulo Ferreira lifts a lovely ball over Chimbonda for Cole. Joe Cole heads for the box but goes down under the challenge of the Spurs full-back... No foul! Cole lambasts the linesman for keeping his flag down, and referee Mike Riley comes over to book him for his behaviour!
- 31' Ashley Cole loses possession at left back and Aaron Lennon chases down the loose ball! Cudicini has to sprint out of his area to send the ball into the stands just in time!
- 29' The frenetic pace of this game refuses to let up, with Chelsea ready to pounce and break everytime Spurs lose possession.
- 25' The corner is cleared but Spurs retain possession, and Jenas pops up on the left-hand side. He gets a yard off Carvalho and SHOOTS... Straight at Cudicini.
- 24' Berbatov flicks on a header for Keane to take in the area. He's about to turn and swerve a half-volley at goal, but Terry sees the danger and clears for a corner. Excellent defending from the England captain.
- 23' Almost 3-1! Drogba's neat flick through was JUST out of Lampsrd's reach. He would have been free in the box otherwise.
- 19' GOAL!! What a game we have here! Joe Cole has been unstoppable in this match, and he slips a ball through to Essien, and Drogba blocks off Chimbonda for the midfielder to lift his finish over Robinson!
- 17' Joe Cole has got in behind Chimbonda and flashes a ball across for DROGBA... The striker couldn't get to it in time! Just as well, as King missed the ball completely with his slide in!
14' Essien clatters into Zokora and will require treatment. Ballack is warming up but the Ghanaian is one tough cookie!- 12' GOAL!! Spurs have equalised! Jenas sends in another set piece from the right, and Terry and Drogba are so busy watching Berbatov that Jonathan Woodgate steals in unmarked to head past Cudicini! Woody continues to do a great job of endearing himself to his new supporters!
- 11' Alan Hutton wins another free kick , this time on the right. Jenas has a determined look in his eyes as he curls the ball in for Woodgate... Headed away by Carvalho.
- 8' Berbatov wins a free kick off of Carvalho in a good position. Jenas swings in the delivery... It's over everyone and into the hands of Cudicini.
- 4' Joe Cole now has the ball in the back of the net!! But it's ruled offside! Spurs are all at sea and there's not even five minutes on the clock!
- 3' GOAL!! It takes Chelsea just three minutes to breach the Spurs defence, and it's that man again, Didier Drogba! Joe Cole curled in a cross form the edge of the area and the Drog was free at the far post to nod it past Robinson!
- 1' Welcome to Eurosport's LIVE coverage of Tottenham v Chelsea at White Hart Lane! Spurs captain Ledley King is back in the side for this one, as coach Juande Ramos leaves nothing to chance. Avram Grant also fields would could be seen as his first-choice side as he aims to avenge the Carling Cup final defeat and potentially go level on points with United and Arsenal. The match is underway!
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Team Stats
Tottenham Hotspur Stats Chelsea 48% Possession 51% 12 Shots 10 7 Shots on target 7 0 Saves 3 10 Corners 2 18 Fouls 9 4 Offsides 5 2 Yellow cards 2 0 Red cards 0 23 Tackles 17 256 Accurate passes 287 38 Bad passes 47 -
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
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Tottenham Hotspur G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 1 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 1 0 39 Jonathan Woodgate 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 19 0 3 2 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 20 12 2 28 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 34 1 3 26 Ledley King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 2 0 8 Jermaine Jenas 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 13 0 0 4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 31 2 3 25 Aaron Lennon 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 15 1 3 15 Steed Malbranque 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 29 8 5 10 Robbie Keane 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 17 3 0 9 Dimitar Berbatov 1 2 2 2 3 1 0 22 2 1 20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Radek Cerny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Teemu Tainio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Darren Bent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 Tom Huddlestone 1 2 1 2 0 0 1 24 6 2 -
Chelsea G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T 23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 1 26 John Terry 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 28 2 0 3 Ashley Cole 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 4 3 20 Paulo Ferreira 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 1 3 6 Ricardo Carvalho 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 1 4 5 Michael Essien 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 28 7 1 8 Frank Lampard 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 40 9 1 4 Claude Makelele 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 43 9 2 10 Joe Cole 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 28 0 1 11 Didier Drogba 1 5 4 3 3 3 1 17 3 0 21 Salomon Kalou 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 7 1 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 Michael Ballack 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 Andriy Shevchenko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 Henrique Hilário 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Alex da Dias Costa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Summary
- 90' Lennon skips across the edge of the area, beating one man, then another! He tries an audacious backheel when he runs into trouble, but it find it's way through to BERBATOV WHO MUST SCORE... CUDICINI SAVES ONE-ON-ONE!!! If you were to put your house on anyone, it would be Berbatov, but Cudicini does brilliantly to save!
- 88' GOAL!! Would you believe it, it's 4-4!! Robinson's long ball rebounds off Carvalho's thigh into the path of Robbie Keane, who unleashes a marvellous curling shot right over Cudicini!! Incredible stuff!
- 80' GOAL!! Drogba plays the ball across the edge of the box and Joe Cole beats Chimbonda with a sublime turn and hammers a finish into the top corner! If his first was fortunate, that one was anything but! Surely that's the winner now. Surely.
- 75' GOAL!! The corner skims off a Chelsea head and goes to HUDDLESTONE... He lashes the ball into the far corner with his left foot and it's 3-3!! This must be one of the games of the season!
- 71' Kalou goes down in the box under the challenge from Hutton... Riley not interested and rightly so! Robinson takes the quick goal kick but it backfires and ASHLEY COLE SHOOTS FROM MILES AWAY... CURLED WIDE OF THE FAR POST!
- 67' Wonderful by Joe Cole, as he weaves through the SPurs defence before laying off a ball for ESSIEN... OFF THE POST!!! There is no respite from the aaction in this match!
- 66' Berbatov controls a long ball well with his chest, turns and dinks the ball through for KEANE... GREAT SAVE CUDICINI!! That should have been 3-3!
- 65' But now they have another chance after Chimbonda cimbed all over Drogba. It's from further out so Lampard takes and swings it in... Woodgate clears!
- 63' Chelsea have a free kick on the right-hand corner of the area. Drogba will strike it... Curled around the wall and punched clear by Robinson! The ball is hacked away and Spurs survive.
- 60' GOAL!! The corner is played in high and Berbatov rises highest to send a looping header over Cudicini! Can Tottenham damage Chelsea's title hopes tonight after all?
- 52' GOAL!! Chelsea extend their lead! Joe Cole knocks the ball round Chimbonda and beats him for pace for his shot rebounds off the onrushing Robinson and loops into the net! Cole has deserved a goal for sure, but it's a cruel blow for Spurs!
- 49' Hutton is taking a lot of abuse form Chelsea, he's fouled again! Spurs bring men forward for the free kick, which is cleared but only as far as LENNON... Blocked by Ferreira!
- 43' Lampard tackles Jenas in midfield and releases Drogba! The Drog has the time and space and SHOOTS... Low and straight at Robinson! Jenas is still down on the floor after Lampard's challenge. After a minute or so he is finally up.
- 23' Almost 3-1! Drogba's neat flick through was JUST out of Lampsrd's reach. He would have been free in the box otherwise.
- 19' GOAL!! What a game we have here! Joe Cole has been unstoppable in this match, and he slips a ball through to Essien, and Drogba blocks off Chimbonda for the midfielder to lift his finish over Robinson!
- 17' Joe Cole has got in behind Chimbonda and flashes a ball across for DROGBA... The striker couldn't get to it in time! Just as well, as King missed the ball completely with his slide in!
- 12' GOAL!! Spurs have equalised! Jenas sends in another set piece from the right, and Terry and Drogba are so busy watching Berbatov that Jonathan Woodgate steals in unmarked to head past Cudicini! Woody continues to do a great job of endearing himself to his new supporters!
- 3' GOAL!! It takes Chelsea just three minutes to breach the Spurs defence, and it's that man again, Didier Drogba! Joe Cole curled in a cross form the edge of the area and the Drog was free at the far post to nod it past Robinson!
Live Team Line-Up
- Referee: Mike Riley
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Tottenham Hotspur
Manager: Juande Ramos
Captain: Ledley King
Starting line-up
- P. Robinson
- A. Hutton
- L. King
- J. Woodgate
- P. Chimbonda
- A. Lennon
- J. Jenas
- D. Zokora
- S. Malbranque
- R. Keane
- D. Berbatov
Subs
- T. Tainio
- D. Bent
68′ - M. Dawson
- T. Huddlestone 46′
- R. Cerny
Injured
- B. Assou-Ekotto
- G. Bale
Suspended
None
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Chelsea
Manager: Avram Grant
Captain: John Terry
Starting line-up
- C. Cudicini
- P. Ferreira
- J. Terry
- R. Carvalho
- A. Cole
- C. Makelele
- F. Lampard
- M. Essien
- S. Kalou
- J. Cole ×2
- D. Drogba
Subs
- M. Ballack 83′
- S. Wright-Phillips
- A. Shevchenko 88′
- D. Alex 72′
- H. Sampaio
Injured
None
Suspended
None
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