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Sunday October 19, 2008 Finished Britannia Stadium

2 - 1

Stoke City

  • Higginbotham 19’ (pen.)
  • Delap 53’

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Bent 25’

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  1. Stoke compound Spurs woe

    Stoke compound Spurs woe

    Tottenham's miserable start to the Premier League season was compounded as Stoke ran out 2-1 winners at a wind-swept Britannia Stadium. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Stoke City
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • - Thanks for joining us today... it's real trouble for Spurs boss Juande Ramos as Spurs have now got off to their worst start to a new season. Bye for now.
    • 90+12 And there goes the final whistle! What a game! Packed full of incident, but it ends 2-1 to Stoke!
    • 90+11 Off the bar by Fuller! What an ending to the match!
    • 90'+9 Oh dear... Spurs are reduced to nine men after Dawson goes in over the top! It just gets worse for Spurs.
    • 90'+6 Fuller steps up... HE MISSES! OFF BOTH POSTS! AND THEN DELAP STRIKES THE BAR FROM THE REBOUND! Incredible! Is that going to be telling?
    • 90'+5 ANOTHER PENALTY TO STOKE! It's Soares again who wins it as Woodgate fells him!
    • 90'+1 Eleven minutes of added time to be played!
    • 90' Woodgate goes into the book for tripping Fuller as the substitute threatened to burst clear.
    • 89' Soares with a chance to seal victory for Stoke! But he blazes over the bar!
    • 88' Jenas fires over from the free kick... no equaliser for Spurs just yet.
    • 87' Faye goes into the book for upending Bent... free kick for Spurs in a dangerous position, 25 yards out.
    • 84' Meanwhile, Sonko hobbles off and is replaced by Ryan Shawcross.
    • 82' Word is that Corluka was out cold, but he's now regained consciousness.
    • 81' Woodgate with a desperate clearance at one end before Sonko goes down at the other... another injury for the medical staff to deal with... we're looking at at least 10 minutes of added time.
    • 78' Play gets back underway, with the prospect of seven and a half minutes added time to be played at the end of 90.
    • 77' On comes Dawson to replace Corluka.
    • 76' Corluka is finally stretchered off the pitch as he receives oxygen. An ambulance awaits him.
    • 74' Corluka is still on the floor, surrounded by a posse of medics...
    • 72' And Corluka can't carry on here... there's real concern for him here. Dawson is preparing to come on to replace the stricken defender.
    • 71' Corluka goes down again minutes later! This time he's really in trouble - again it's Gomes who delivers the telling blow as the keeper knees the Croat in the face as they challenge for a free kick delivered into the Spurs box!
    • 68' Corluka's down here... he looks to be out for the count. Gomes appeals to the ref, but replays suggest it was probably the keeper's own fault!
    • 66' There must have been contact... Sorensen has a nick to the eye, so he races off to get is stitched up. Steve Simonsen comes on to replace him.
    • 64' Hutton leaves a foot in on Sorensen and, although there's no contact with the keeper, the Spurs right-back gets booked.
    • 63' Olofinjana! Ooh! Gomes is forced to paw away the Stoke midfielder's crisp strike from outside the box!
    • 60' Chance for Modric! It's a terrible slip from Sonko that lets in the Croat... but his shot is over the bar and Sorensen isn't even tested.
    • 59' Spurs make a change now... an apparently fit Pavlyuchenko replaces Bentley.
    • 58' Sidebe gets there with a header, but it's wide of the post!
    • 57' Delap sends in another swirling long throw, which Gomes is again forced into turning behind for a corner.
    • 56' Stoke make a change now as a none-too-happy Kitson is replaced by Ricardo Fuller.
    • 53' GOAL! Stoke lead again! And it's Rory Delap who has the easy task of guiding the ball home from Sidebe's teasing, inch perfect cross. 2-1 to Stoke and listen to the roar from the crowd!
    • 51' Soares sends in the corner at the second attempt... but it's cleared all too easily at the near post.
    • 50' Delap launches another throw towards goal.... Gomes punches behind for a corner!
    • 48' There's still a strong wind in the Potteries... and that will only help Stoke's long throw tactics.
    • 46' Back underway at the Britannia Stadium! No changes to tell you about.
    • 45'+3 There goes the half time whistle, and despite being reduced to 10 men, Spurs have enjoyed the better of the opening period.
    • 45'+1 Gomes takes a knock on his injured ribs whilst punching that Delap throw, and he looks like he's in quite some pain. Actually, he looks like he's about to cry.
    • 45' Delap wings it in but Gomes deals with it well enough.
    • 44' Corner, sorry throw-in, to Stoke now... Delap runs across the pitch to take it. Danger.
    • 42' Lennon catches Griffin as the Stoke skipper clears his lines... surely that hurts, but Griffin is a hard man. He shrugs and plays on. Why can't there be more players like him in the Premier League?
    • 40' Lennon! The winger moves inside and lets fly, forcing Sorensen into a decent save!
    • 39' Higginbotham furiously massages his nether regions as he waits for the corner to come over... and it's he who heads clear once it finally does arrive.
    • 38' Ouch! Hutton blasts the ball straight into Higginbotham's balls! That's got to hurt! A corner to Spurs compounds the Stoke man's misery!
    • 37' Oooh! Nearly brilliant from Modric! The Croatian midfielder dances his way into the box before firing just wide of the far post! Spurs are dominating at the moment!
    • 35' Spurs actually look dangerous at the moment... Lennon's got the beating of Griffen and Bentley is having some joy down the right.
    • 33' Hutton has a bit of space now on the right hand side... how is that? Stoke have an extra man! Nevertheless, the ball reaches Bentley, who delivers a decent cross into the box... it's dealt with by the Stoke defence this time.
    • 32' Lennon again breaks forward... but again the final shot doesn't really test Sorensen... Spurs have reacted superbly to losing Bale.
    • 30' Hutton does well to first keep the ball in play and then win a free kick out on the Spurs left. He's growing as the game goes on.
    • 28' Lennon beats his man... he sends in a cross that is cleared only as far as Modric! But the Croat's shot is poor and the ball bounces well wide of the mark.
    • 27' Spurs have a renewed vigour about them at the moment... and they're actually enjoying the better of play at the moment.
    • 26' Spurs are lucky with that one... replays show Bent was in an offside position when Hutton let fly with the initial shot.
    • 25' GOAL! Bent levels things up for Spurs! Hutton storms forward and unleashes a goalbound shot that takes a deflection and falls into Bent's path! His stabs the ball under Sorensen and Spurs are back on level terms!
    • 23' Lennon sends a cross way over everyone's heads - was that his first touch of the game? Quite possibly.
    • 21' 'Sacked in the morning' is the chant coming from the Stoke fans! And you can assume they're not talking about Tony Pulis....
    • 20' It just gets worse for Spurs... how are they going to come back from this now? Down to 10 men and trailing by a goal away from home. It'll take quite some recovery if they are to get something today.
    • 19' GOAL! Higginbotham holds his nerve and slots into the side netting. Gomes guesses the right way, but there's nothing he can do about that one! Stoke lead!
    • 18' The wind keeps blowing the ball off the penalty spot... it's happened three times now! Still Higginbotham waits to take it. This is bizarre... he's had to re-spot in three times.
    • 17' PENALTY TO STOKE! AND A RED CARD FOR BALE! The Welshman brings down Soares in the box, and as soon as the ref points to the spot, you knew Bale had to go!
    • 16' That's better from Bentley, on the same side... the winger crosses onto Bent's head... but it's straight at Sorensen!
    • 15' Oh dear... that's awful from Hutton. Spurs looked like making a decent break there, but the ring-rusty Scotsman mis-hits a cross way out of play.
    • 12' Higginbotham goes in hard on Bentley... welcome to Stoke, Dave!
    • 10' Jenas slips Bent through at the other end now... the Spurs striker takes it on first time, but Sonko gets there to make the block!
    • 9' Delap slings it in... Gomes flaps, but Kitson is penalised for a foul anyway... the danger is already evident to Spurs though.
    • 8' Stoke win a corner now... and that's pretty much as good as a corner with Rory Delap in the line-up.
    • 7' It opens up for Delap here! He lays off for Soares! Must be! No! He goes for precision rather than power and Gomes is able to save easily!
    • 5' There's a cracking atmosphere in the Potteries today! Both sets of fans are up for this one...
    • 3' Sidebe runs onto a through pass... Woodgate comes across to deal with the danger but rather bundles the Stoke striker off the ball... play on says referee Lee Mason.
    • 1' Here we go! Underway at the Britannia Stadium!
    • - And today's referee is Lee Mason (Lancashire).
    • - And Spurs: Gomes, Hutton, Woodgate, Corluka, Bale, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Modric, Bentley, Bent - Subs: Cesar, Huddlestone, Campbell, Dawson, O'Hara, Assou-Ekotto, Pavlyuchenko
    • - The teams are in... here's how Stoke line up: Sorensen, Griffin, Abdoulaye Faye, Sonko, Higginbotham, Soares, Olofinjana, Diao, Delap, Sidibe, Kitson - Subs: Simonsen, Whelan, Cresswell, Fuller, Shawcross, Amdy Faye, Tonge
    • - Hello and welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's LIVE coverage of today's big game between Stoke and Tottenham!

  • Team Stats

    Stoke City Stats Tottenham Hotspur
    44% Possession 55%
    11 Shots 12
    4 Shots on target 4
    1 Saves 1
    6 Corners 1
    14 Fouls 16
    2 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 2
    23 Tackles 20
    184 Accurate passes 249
    49 Bad passes 45

  • 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
    • Stoke City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      29 Thomas Sorensen 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 0
      25 Abdoulaye Faye 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 19 4 1
      33 Ibrahima Sonko 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 1 3
      3 Danny Higginbotham 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 8 1
      2 Andy Griffin 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 21 1 4
      18 Salif Diao 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 28 2 5
      4 Seyi Olofinjana 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 21 5 2
      24 Rory Delap 1 2 1 3 1 0 0 14 13 3
      8 Tom Soares 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 16 1 1
      12 Dave Kitson 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 10 1 1
      11 Mamady Sidibe 0 1 0 2 4 1 1 23 8 2
      9 Richard Cresswell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Glenn Whelan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Amdy Faye 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Steve Simonsen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Ryan Shawcross 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
      23 Michael Tonge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ricardo Fuller 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 3 0
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14 1 0
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 24 1 4
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 5 1
      2 Alan Hutton 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 25 0 2
      14 Luka Modric 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 33 7 0
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 46 13 5
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 34 6 4
      3 Gareth Bale 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 0
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 2 2 3 1 0 0 14 7 2
      5 David Bentley 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 25 1 0
      10 Darren Bent 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 6 0 0
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
      18 Fraizer Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+11 Off the bar by Fuller! What an ending to the match!
    • 90'+9 Oh dear... Spurs are reduced to nine men after Dawson goes in over the top! It just gets worse for Spurs.
    • 90'+6 Fuller steps up... HE MISSES! OFF BOTH POSTS! AND THEN DELAP STRIKES THE BAR FROM THE REBOUND! Incredible! Is that going to be telling?
    • 90'+5 ANOTHER PENALTY TO STOKE! It's Soares again who wins it as Woodgate fells him!
    • 89' Soares with a chance to seal victory for Stoke! But he blazes over the bar!
    • 63' Olofinjana! Ooh! Gomes is forced to paw away the Stoke midfielder's crisp strike from outside the box!
    • 60' Chance for Modric! It's a terrible slip from Sonko that lets in the Croat... but his shot is over the bar and Sorensen isn't even tested.
    • 58' Sidebe gets there with a header, but it's wide of the post!
    • 53' GOAL! Stoke lead again! And it's Rory Delap who has the easy task of guiding the ball home from Sidebe's teasing, inch perfect cross. 2-1 to Stoke and listen to the roar from the crowd!
    • 40' Lennon! The winger moves inside and lets fly, forcing Sorensen into a decent save!
    • 37' Oooh! Nearly brilliant from Modric! The Croatian midfielder dances his way into the box before firing just wide of the far post! Spurs are dominating at the moment!
    • 25' GOAL! Bent levels things up for Spurs! Hutton storms forward and unleashes a goalbound shot that takes a deflection and falls into Bent's path! His stabs the ball under Sorensen and Spurs are back on level terms!
    • 19' GOAL! Higginbotham holds his nerve and slots into the side netting. Gomes guesses the right way, but there's nothing he can do about that one! Stoke lead!
    • 17' PENALTY TO STOKE! AND A RED CARD FOR BALE! The Welshman brings down Soares in the box, and as soon as the ref points to the spot, you knew Bale had to go!
    • 16' That's better from Bentley, on the same side... the winger crosses onto Bent's head... but it's straight at Sorensen!
    • 7' It opens up for Delap here! He lays off for Soares! Must be! No! He goes for precision rather than power and Gomes is able to save easily!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Lee Mason

  • Stoke City

    Manager: Tony Pulis

    Captain: Andy Griffin

    Starting line-up

    • T. Sorensen Substitution Out (65′)
    • A. Griffin
    • A. Diagne-Faye Yellow Card
    • I. Sonko Substitution Out (84′)
    • D. Higginbotham
    • T. Soares
    • S. Diao
    • S. Olofinjana
    • R. Delap Goal
    • D. Kitson Substitution Out (56′)
    • M. Sidibe

    Subs

    • A. Faye
    • S. Simonsen Substitution In65′
    • R. Cresswell
    • M. Tonge
    • R. Fuller Substitution In56′
    • G. Whelan
    • R. Shawcross Substitution In84′

    Injured

    • L. Lawrence

    Suspended

    None

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Juande Ramos

    Captain: Jermaine Jenas

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • A. Hutton Yellow Card
    • V. Corluka Substitution Out (77′)
    • J. Woodgate Yellow Card
    • G. Bale
    • J. Jenas
    • D. Zokora
    • L. Modric
    • A. Lennon
    • D. Bentley Substitution Out (59′)
    • D. Bent Goal

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • M. Dawson Substitution In77′ Red Card
    • T. Huddlestone
    • R. Pavlyuchenko Substitution In59′
    • J. O'Hara
    • F. Campbell

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None

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