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Wednesday December 26, 2007 Finished White Hart Lane

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Tottenham Hotspur

  • Keane 27’, 61’
  • Huddlestone 44’, 68’
  • Defoe 88’

Fulham

  • Dempsey 58’

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Fulham
    • - Thanks for joining me this afternoon; make sure you stick around for all the reports and reaction from today's fixtures.
    • 90 FULL-TIME: Fulham are hammered; Spurs completely out-play their London neighbours as they continue their revival under Juande Ramos.
    • 89 GOAL! Fine, sharp finish from Defoe, who collects a cute pass inside from Berbatov before flicking past Niemi with the outside of his boot.
    • 86 VOLZ IS OFF! The German full-back's first red card in English football, for a second yellow after a foul on Malbranque. Bad day for Fulham.
    • 85 OVER! Substitute Healy, on for Hughes just after the hour, heads over under pressure as a free-kick is launched into the penalty area by Fulham.
    • 81 Huddleston is booked for a reckless challenge on half-way. The youngster has had a good game; he doesn't want to ruin it now.
    • 78 Spurs win a corner...Malbranque curls it in, but Fulham nod clear at the near post. Poor delivery.
    • 74 Fulham's defensive frailties have been all too evident today; they have been fairly woeful at the back. Whoever comes in is going to have to strengthen in January, for sure.
    • 69 GOAL! SPURS 4-1! Huddlestone fires in a fourth from the edge of the area after a mis-control had set the ball up beautifully for a low volley. Fine striker from the youngster, and that's game over.
    • 66 SPURS SUB: Keane is replaced, to rapturous applause, by Defoe.
    • 65 OVER! Keane holds off his marker as they chase down a long ball through the middle, only to thrash his left-foot effort over the crossbar from 10 yards.
    • 61 GOAL! SPURS RESPOND IN SECONDS! Berbatov climbs highest at a corner, nods goalwards, and Keane deflects the ball in at the back post off his thigh! Spurs restore their two-goal lead.
    • 59 GOAL! Dempsey bundles the ball home after the ball rebounded to him following a low Kamara cross from the left.
    • 55 ALMOST! Bouazza is just inches away from getting a head on a long ball arrowed into the penalty area from the left.
    • 54 No chances from either side in the second half; Spurs will want to take the sting out of the game for ten minutes before pressing on for a third.
    • 48 Fulham look more lively since the restart, but they couldn't get any worse...
    • 45 THE SECOND HALF IS UNDERWAY...
    • 45 HALF-TIME: Spurs deservedly lead at the break - Fulham have been awful.
    • 44 GOAL! HUDDLESTONE PILE-DRIVER! The ball is half-cleared to Huddlestone, who smashes an unstoppable left-footed drive into the corner from 30 yards!
    • 44 OVER! Kamara fires over after cutting inside on to his left foot just inside the penalty area. Half-chance for the visitors.
    • 43 GOOD CHALLENGE! King makes another perfectly timed challenge as Davies breaks in to the penalty area from the Fulham right. Baird heads over from the resulting corner.
    • 39 Dempsey requires some treatment on a facial injury after getting accidentally caught in the face by the trailing boot of Huddlestone after the pair had slid in for a ball in midfield.
    • 36 SHANKED! The ball breaks to Davies, just inside the penalty area - he takes a wild swipe at it, only to see the ball fly very high and very wide.
    • 33 Dempsey and Baird get involved in a heated row about something; the signs aren't good when team-mates start turning on each other. Caretaker boss Ray Lewington has problems this afternoon.
    • 31 GOOD CROSS! Malbranque and Lee combine down the left flank...the full-back overlaps and whips in a good cross - which evades everyone and flies across the penalty area.
    • 28 GOAL! Malbranque hits the post with a drive from just inside the area...but the ball rebounds into the path of Keane, who calmly side-foots past Niemi. Spurs take the lead!
    • 25 FIRST EFFORT! It's taken 25 minutes, but we finally have an effort on goal, Berbatov nodding a left-wing cross low and goalwards; Niemi gets down to save.
    • 21 Baird hauls down Malbranque as the winger turned him to get in to the area on the left. Booking for the Northern Ireland international...
    • 18 Fulham are playing very narrow in offence; they are getting no width out wide - everything is coming through the middle, and Spurs are able to defend easily at the moment.
    • 14 Spurs have had the lion's share of the possession, but there has been nothing by way of a chance in the opening quarter-of-an-hour.
    • 12 Fulham launch a long free-kick into the penalty area, but Chimbonda nods clear at the back post.
    • 10 O'Hara gets the chance to stick another testing ball in to the box from the right, but again Fulham deal with the threat well enough.
    • 8 Spurs look bright this lunchtime; King doesn't look like a player who has been out of action for the last seven months - he times a tackle on Kamara superbly on the edge of the box.
    • 5 Lennon is blocked off as he tries to get down the right; chance to get a good ball into the box...O'Hara curls it in with his left-foot - but Fulham scramble clear.
    • 3 Tottenham have been fairly good at home this season - and the return of captain Ledley King should give them a huge boost.
    • 1 OFF WE GO!
    • - Hi there; welcome to our live coverage of this lunchtime's early kick off in the Premier League - and HAPPY CHRISTMAS!

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Fulham
    54% Possession 45%
    14 Shots 12
    8 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 2
    3 Corners 5
    17 Fouls 9
    4 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 1
    19 Tackles 29
    300 Accurate passes 245
    69 Bad passes 48

  • 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
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 6 0
      26 Ledley King 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 7 2
      3 Young-pyo Lee 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 33 11 3
      2 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 40 0 2
      5 Younes Kaboul 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 31 3 1
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 33 8 4
      22 Tom Huddlestone 2 3 2 5 0 0 1 35 9 2
      25 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 20 0 1
      15 Steed Malbranque 0 2 1 1 4 0 0 28 17 3
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 15 0 0
      10 Robbie Keane 2 3 3 1 0 2 0 13 7 0
      18 Jermain Defoe 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      17 Kevin-Prince Boateng 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0 1
      12 Radek Cerny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Darren Bent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Adel Taarabt 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
    • Fulham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Antti Niemi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
      18 Aaron Hughes 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      4 Paul Konchesky 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 23 9 1
      34 Chris Baird 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0 1
      3 Carlos Bocanegra 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 21 5 0
      27 Danny Murphy 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 45 8 4
      8 Alexei Smertin 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 20 1 4
      25 Simon Davies 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 32 8 5
      7 Ki-Hyeon Seol 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2
      23 Clint Dempsey 1 4 2 2 1 0 0 17 0 4
      11 Diomansy Kamara 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 18 6 3
      12 Tony Warner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 David Healy 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 1 2
      2 Moritz Volz 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 14 0 2
      24 Hameur Bouazza 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 5 1
      14 Shefki Kuqi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89 GOAL! Fine, sharp finish from Defoe, who collects a cute pass inside from Berbatov before flicking past Niemi with the outside of his boot.
    • 86 VOLZ IS OFF! The German full-back's first red card in English football, for a second yellow after a foul on Malbranque. Bad day for Fulham.
    • 69 GOAL! SPURS 4-1! Huddlestone fires in a fourth from the edge of the area after a mis-control had set the ball up beautifully for a low volley. Fine striker from the youngster, and that's game over.
    • 65 OVER! Keane holds off his marker as they chase down a long ball through the middle, only to thrash his left-foot effort over the crossbar from 10 yards.
    • 61 GOAL! SPURS RESPOND IN SECONDS! Berbatov climbs highest at a corner, nods goalwards, and Keane deflects the ball in at the back post off his thigh! Spurs restore their two-goal lead.
    • 59 GOAL! Dempsey bundles the ball home after the ball rebounded to him following a low Kamara cross from the left.
    • 44 GOAL! HUDDLESTONE PILE-DRIVER! The ball is half-cleared to Huddlestone, who smashes an unstoppable left-footed drive into the corner from 30 yards!
    • 43 GOOD CHALLENGE! King makes another perfectly timed challenge as Davies breaks in to the penalty area from the Fulham right. Baird heads over from the resulting corner.
    • 31 GOOD CROSS! Malbranque and Lee combine down the left flank...the full-back overlaps and whips in a good cross - which evades everyone and flies across the penalty area.
    • 28 GOAL! Malbranque hits the post with a drive from just inside the area...but the ball rebounds into the path of Keane, who calmly side-foots past Niemi. Spurs take the lead!
    • 25 FIRST EFFORT! It's taken 25 minutes, but we finally have an effort on goal, Berbatov nodding a left-wing cross low and goalwards; Niemi gets down to save.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: Robbie Keane

    On the Field

    • Robinson
    • Chimbonda
    • King Substitution Out (71′)
    • Kaboul
    • Tainio
    • Young-Pyo
    • Lennon
    • Huddlestone Goals×2
    • O'Hara
    • Malbranque
    • Keane Goals×2 Substitution Out (66′)
    • Berbatov

    Subs

    • Defoe Substitution In66′ Goal
    • Bent
    • Boateng
    • Cerny
    • Taarabt Substitution In71′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

  • Fulham

    Manager: Ray Lewington

    Captain: Aaron Hughes

    On the Field

    • Niemi
    • Baird Substitution Out (46′)
    • Konchesky
    • Hughes Substitution Out (64′)
    • Bocanegra
    • Davies
    • Murphy
    • Smertin
    • Ki-Hyeon Substitution Out (46′)
    • Kamara
    • Dempsey Goal

    Subs

    • Kuqi
    • Healy Substitution In64′
    • Volz Substitution In46′ Red Card
    • Bouazza Substitution In46′
    • Warner

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None