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Saturday February 2, 2008 Finished White Hart Lane

Tottenham 1 - Manchester United 1

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Berbatov 21’

Manchester United

  • Tevez 90’
  1. Tevez rescues United with late strike

    Tevez rescues United with late strike

    Carlos Tevez swooped in stoppage time to cancel out Dimitar Berbatov's opener for Tottenham as Manchester United salvaged a point in a 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Manchester United
    • 90'+5 And there goes the final whistle! United steal a point at the death, but Spurs can take a lot of heart from the game... they deserved to take all three...
    • 90'+4 That's so harsh on Spurs.... the last kick of the game!
    • 90'+3 GOAL! TEVEZ SWOOPS TO FIRE HOME FROM NANI'S CORNER TO WIN A POINT RIGHT AT THE DEATH! INCREDIBLE END TO THE GAME!
    • 90' Three minutes of added time to be played... United still pressing for an equaliser...
    • 89' Another corner to United with time running out! But Cerny takes Tevez's near post header without too many problems...
    • 88' It goes square in the end... Rooney! Blocked and Spurs can clear!
    • 87' Ronaldo is fouled yet again, this time 25 yards out... real chance to get a shot on target now...
    • 84' And now Rooney is booked for a dive... Dawson was nowhere near him then!
    • 83' Cerny goes into the book for time-wasting... United have been so strong in the latter stages of recent games... have they got what it takes to steal something here?
    • 82' Rooney plays Tevez in! Oooh! What a challenge from Chimbonda to save Spurs' bacon! United are on the ascendency here!
    • 81' Nani skips past Chimbonda but his shot from a narrow angle is well saved by Cerny!
    • 79' Spurs make their first change of the day... Kevin-Prince Boateng comes on to replace Aaron Lennon.
    • 77' What's Rooney doing all the way back there? He puts in a good tackle to win the ball, but really, should he not be up front trying to score a goal?
    • 76' Anderson! Oooh! The Brazilian lets fly from 25 yards, only to see Cerny get down well to make the save!
    • 74' Another Huddlestone shot is deflected behind for a corner! And listen to those Spurs fans!
    • 70' Rooney's been told not to drop so deep, but he's doing exactly that at the moment... and that's not going to please Alex Ferguson one bit.
    • 68' And now Vidic goes into the book for a wild lunge on Jenas... United losing it a bit here!
    • 67' Oooh! That's a terrible challenge from Nani on Chimbonda! The Portuguese goes in late... Chimbonda makes a real meal out of it though, and could be why it is only a yellow for Nani...
    • 64' Evra is robbed by Lennon on the Spurs right... he gets down to the byline, only to see his cross hacked clear by Vidic!
    • 61' Berbatov reacts badly to a Vidic challenge... not sure why... it wasn't an especially poor tackle...
    • 60' United make a second, and third change... old-timers Giggs and Scholes make way for Anderson and Nani...
    • 58' Spurs could live to rue that Robbie Keane chance.... United are just beginning to get into the game a little more now...
    • 57' United break with Ronaldo, who gets past his man... super recovery from Dawson to slide in and win the ball!
    • 56' Brilliant from Berbatov! He plays in Keane! Must be! No! He almost passes the ball into Van der Sar's arms! He really should have done better there!
    • 56' Real chance for Vidic! But the United defender can only head over the bar from Rooney's cross!
    • 55' Woodgate is all over Scholes from the corner though, and United will be able to try and build from the back...
    • 54' Huddlestone lets fly from 25 yards! Vidic deflects it behind for a Spurs corner... and the crowd roar their approval!
    • 53' Now Berbatov looks for a penalty after clashing with Vidic in the box! No dice again!
    • 51' Hutton tries to win a free kick with a frankly poor dive... the referee isn't convinced either...
    • 49' Spurs are still hassling United whenever they have the ball... and United are still having problems dealing with it...
    • 47' Hargreaves must be carrying an injury... even though he didn't have the best of first halves...
    • 46' One change to tell you about... Hargreaves hasn't reappeared for the second half and former Spurs man Michael Carrick takes his place.
    • 46' Back underway at White Hart Lane!
    • 45'+3 And there goes the half time whistle! Spurs go in a goal up after the opening 45 minutes!
    • 45'+3 Huddlestone trips Ronaldo and he goes into the book too! It's all getting a bit heated out there now!
    • 45' Two minutes of added time to be played...
    • 44' Hargreaves handballs as Lennon threatens to burst free... free kick but no card for the England man!
    • 43' Penalty shout for United as Lennon appears to shove over Evra in the box! The referee signals a corner only!
    • 42' Woodgate commits a cynical foul on Ronaldo, and he'll go into the book for it...
    • 40' Say it quietly, but United will be hoping for the half-time whistle to come soon so they can regroup... and surely Alex Ferguson will have something to say about their performance once he gets them into the dressing room...
    • 39' Brown will get yellow for that challenge on Chimbonda... he loses it a little and flies in on the Spurs full-back...
    • 37' This is not the United we've become used to over the past few weeks... anywhere will do at the moment, and everything is going Spurs' way...
    • 35' Berbatov fires over the bar with a well-struck volley! In fact, it's way over the bar, but that may well have broken the back of the net, had it found it.
    • 33' Ronaldo at the other end! Rooney centres for his mate, but his header from the penalty spot goes wide of the upright!
    • 32' Berbatov again! Oooh! His header goes wide of the mark from another Spurs corner! The hosts are looking extremely dangerous!
    • 31' Giggs and Ronaldo have swapped wings for the moment... but neither are getting any joy against Hutton and Chimbonda...
    • 30' United can break with Giggs now... the Welshman hares off down the right hand side before cutting back inside onto his better left foot... his cross is cleared by Dawson...
    • 29' Ronaldo goes into the book for protesting too much after a handball decision goes against him...
    • 28' Nothing comes of the corner this time... but United are on the rack here!
    • 28' Dawson! He puts Vidic under pressure from Lennon's corner and the Serb defender is forced to concede another one!
    • 27' Chimbonda flies past Brown, but his cross into the box is dealt with by Ferdinand... not for long though... Keane wins a corner moments later...
    • 25' Evra wins a free-kick after Jenas raises his studs... the Spurs man needs to be careful here...
    • 23' Jenas scythes down Ronaldo as the United winger threatened to break away... no yellow card this time - just a talking to.
    • 22' Arsenal must be thanking their bitter rivals for that one! United have it all to do here now...
    • 21' GOAL! BERBATOV OPENS THE SCORING! Lennon skins Hargreaves on the right before crossing into the danger area! Van der Sar can only parry the ball straight to Berbatov, who taps in from close range! Spurs 1-0 up!
    • 19' Good pressing from Spurs now forces Hargreaves and then Vidic to go back to Van der Sar... and the home side's efforts are rewarded by a round of applause.
    • 18' Spurs are definitely on top... they're spending more time in the United half than their own so far...
    • 16' Lennon whips it in, but Van der Sar punches clear, as far as Tevez, who completes the clearance...
    • 15' Berbatov finds some space on the left... he fires on a low cross, but Hargreaves is there to put it behind for a corner!
    • 13' Ronaldo shows off a little with a neat little flick out to Brown... that's really not going to go down well with the home fans...
    • 12' It goes to Scholes on the edge of the box, but his shot is poor and Hutton is able to clear!
    • 11' Ronaldo runs at Woodgate for the first time today... and it's safety first from the new Spurs recruit... corner to United!
    • 8' Nonetheless, it's been a decent start to the game by Tottenham...
    • 6' Tevez pulls the ball back across the face of goal... it's a great little pass, but there's nobody in red there to finish it off!
    • 4' This is going to be a tough game for United... the pressure is really on today...
    • 2' Decent wing play from Malbranque early on... he steps over a few times before sending in a cross... Van der Sar is there to claim!
    • 1' Underway at White Hart Lane!
    • - Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne and Wear)
    • - Man Utd: Van der Sar, Brown, Ferdinand, Vidic, Evra, Ronaldo, Hargreaves, Scholes, Giggs, Rooney, Tevez - Subs: Kuszczak, Anderson, Carrick, Nani, O'Shea
    • - Tottenham: Cerny, Chimbonda, Dawson, Woodgate, Hutton, Lennon, Jenas, Huddlestone, Malbranque, Berbatov, Keane - Subs: Robinson, Lee, Boateng, Taarabt, O'Hara
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big match from White Hart Lane! Manchester United will have to beat Spurs if they are to reclaim top spot from Arsenal, following the Gunners' earlier win over Manchester City!

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Manchester United
    38% Possession 61%
    10 Shots 19
    3 Shots on target 5
    3 Saves 0
    8 Corners 9
    10 Fouls 18
    0 Offsides 1
    3 Yellow cards 7
    0 Red cards 0
    38 Tackles 26
    228 Accurate passes 406
    57 Bad passes 77

  • 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
      12 Radek Cerny 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 0
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 1 0
      2 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 25 10 3
      28 Alan Hutton 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 0 3
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9 3 6
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 34 4 3
      22 Tom Huddlestone 0 5 0 2 0 0 0 47 12 5
      25 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 1 8
      15 Steed Malbranque 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 24 11 6
      10 Robbie Keane 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 3 1
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 24 9 2
      17 Kevin-Prince Boateng 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
      3 Young-pyo Lee 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Adel Taarabt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester United
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Edwin Van der Sar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 4 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 44 1 2
      3 Patrice Evra 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 37 18 3
      6 Wes Brown 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 26 2 3
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 38 8 2
      4 Owen Hargreaves 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 30 1 4
      18 Paul Scholes 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 44 6 2
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 3 0 1 5 0 0 38 12 0
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 8 0
      10 Wayne Rooney 0 3 1 3 0 1 0 32 2 2
      32 Carlos Tevez 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 29 6 3
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 7 1 1
      16 Michael Carrick 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 36 6 3
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 2 1
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90'+3 GOAL! TEVEZ SWOOPS TO FIRE HOME FROM NANI'S CORNER TO WIN A POINT RIGHT AT THE DEATH! INCREDIBLE END TO THE GAME!
    • 82' Rooney plays Tevez in! Oooh! What a challenge from Chimbonda to save Spurs' bacon! United are on the ascendency here!
    • 81' Nani skips past Chimbonda but his shot from a narrow angle is well saved by Cerny!
    • 76' Anderson! Oooh! The Brazilian lets fly from 25 yards, only to see Cerny get down well to make the save!
    • 56' Brilliant from Berbatov! He plays in Keane! Must be! No! He almost passes the ball into Van der Sar's arms! He really should have done better there!
    • 56' Real chance for Vidic! But the United defender can only head over the bar from Rooney's cross!
    • 43' Penalty shout for United as Lennon appears to shove over Evra in the box! The referee signals a corner only!
    • 33' Ronaldo at the other end! Rooney centres for his mate, but his header from the penalty spot goes wide of the upright!
    • 21' GOAL! BERBATOV OPENS THE SCORING! Lennon skins Hargreaves on the right before crossing into the danger area! Van der Sar can only parry the ball straight to Berbatov, who taps in from close range! Spurs 1-0 up!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Clattenburg

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: Robbie Keane

    On the Field

    • Cerny Yellow Card
    • Chimbonda
    • Dawson
    • Woodgate Yellow Card
    • Hutton
    • Lennon Substitution Out (79′)
    • Jenas
    • Huddlestone Yellow Card
    • Malbranque
    • Berbatov Goal
    • Keane Substitution Out (90′)

    Subs

    • Robinson
    • Young-Pyo
    • Boateng Substitution In (79′)
    • O'Hara Substitution In (90′)
    • Taarabt

    Injured

    • King
    • Bent
    • Rocha
    • Assou-Ekotto
    • Bale

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Ryan Giggs

    On the Field

    • van der Sar Yellow Card
    • Brown Yellow Card
    • Ferdinand
    • Vidic Yellow Card
    • Evra
    • Hargreaves Substitution Out (45′)
    • Ronaldo Yellow Card
    • Scholes Substitution Out (60′)
    • Giggs Substitution Out (60′)
    • Tevez Goal Yellow Card
    • Rooney Yellow Card

    Subs

    • Carrick Substitution In (45′)
    • O'Shea
    • Kuszczak
    • Nani Substitution In (60′) Yellow Card
    • Anderson Substitution In (60′)

    Injured

    • Neville
    • Silvestre
    • Saha

    Suspended

    None