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Sunday October 26, 2008 Finished White Hart Lane

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Tottenham Hotspur

  • Pavlyuchenko 17’
  • Bent 76’ (pen.)

Bolton Wanderers

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    Redknapp watches Spurs win

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Bolton Wanderers
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes, and Spurs finally have their first win of the season, and all it took was four sacking and the appointment on one crafty cockney!
    • 90' Spurs flood forward and it's three agains three! Bentley has options but elects to shoot, and the effort is blocked and loops harmlessly into Jasskelainen's arms.
    • 88' Modric works the space to SHOOT... Rebounds of Jasskelainen... It falls to JENAS... Saved again by Jasskelainen! It could have been three!
    • 85' A double-change here for Bolton here, as Riga and gardner come on for Elmander and Muamba.
    • 83' Jenas finds Bent on the right, and the striker comes inside. He has options to pass on either side, but he elects to shoot and his effort is wide. Good to see Bent playing with confidence though.
    • 79' Bolton have a free-kick that is ideal for Matthew Taylor. Taylor will STRIKE... right into the wall and the danger is cleared.
    • 75' GOAL!! Darren Bent blasts low into the bottom corner and surely Spurs have sealed this match now!
    • 74' Modric forces another good save from the keeper and Bent follows up and Jaaskelainen brings him down... PENALTY!
    • 73' Great spell by Tottenham as Huddlestone forces a good save from Jaaskelainen and LENNON... OVER THE BAR!! should be 2-0!
    • 70' Aaron Lennon comes on for O'Hara in order to give 10-man Bolton some problems for the last 20 minutes.
    • 70' Corner is played short to MODRIC... His low shot from distance hits the side-netting!
    • 69' Modric releases Bent who sprints towards goal and fires from and angle... Saved by Jaaskelainen at the nar post! Bent had the beating of Cahill there1
    • 67' The goalscorer Pavlyuchenko limps off to be replaced by Darren Bent.
    • 66' Taylor dinks a ball across and Gomes puches weakly and it falls for MUAMBA... The lobbed effort lands on the roof of the net! What a let-off!
    • 62' Steinsson sends in a long throw for Bolton and again Gomes can't catch competently! He is having another nightmare, and this time he was not under much pressure. The possibility of tottenham outdoing even their own recent efforts and throwing this game away is very much a reality.
    • 60' Assou-Ekotto finds O'Hara who twists and turns before getting on to his left foot and he SHOOTS... A solid strike but way over the bar.
    • 57' Nice one-two between Modric and Huddlestone and the Croatian is in on goal and SHOOTS... Jasskelainen parries Modric's shot from a tight angle.
    • 55' McCann catches Huddlestone after the ball is played and referee Andre Marriner wastes no time in giving him a secind yellow card and a subsequent red! McCann was already walking before the cards were out! Finally it seems things are going Tottenham's way.
    • 53' Huddlestone is all over Muamba and concedes the foul. It's sent in and Gomes fumbles yet another catch! The whistle had already gone for obstruction on the Brazilian goalkeeper, but that will do nothing for his confidence, or that of his team-mates. Bolton are exploiting his weakness every time they have a set piece.
    • 52' Steinsson cuts in again and squares a ball for NOLAN... fired over the bar by the Bolton captain.
    • 50' Bolton were in the ascendancy going into the break, and they have continued that into this half. Gretar Steinsson runs on to the loose ball on the right but he is caught in two minds over whether to cross or shoot and he ends up blasting into the crowd.
    • 49' Taylor sends in a free-kick and Cahill attacks, but after a series of half-clearances the ball ends up in Gomes's hands.
    • 46' Bolton win an early corner, and they send in plenty of men to get in the way of Heurelho Gomes. On this occasion they can't make anything of it.
    • 46' Bolton get the second half underway.
    • 45+2' Half time at White Hart Lane, and Spurs are deservedly ahead. When was the last time anybody wrote that? They should really be more than a single goal to the good considering all of their possession however.
    • 45+1' Bolton come again and Davies almost works the space for a shot, but King clears.
    • 45+1' Andy O'Brien sends in a free-kick from the centre circle that Gomes rises high to catch.
    • 44' Bentley is firing in cross after cross at the moment, with far more consistent quality than at any time since he joined Spurs, with Bolton trying to ride it out until half-time.
    • 41' McCann is booked for dissent following a foul on Hutton near the corner flag. Bentley's corner is headed half-clear and Bolton eventually escape.
    • 39' Bolton are pinned in their area at the moment, with their defenders being pulled from pillar to post as Spurs are playing the ball all aroound their area. Even the lightweight Luka Modric is showing a willingness to scrap today, so fired up are the home side.
    • 38' Modric now is clipped by Nolan, and Andre Marriner has a word.
    • 37' Nolan takes down Jenas in the centre circle, and gets a booking for his efforts.
    • 36' Nice play again by Spurs. Modric feeds O'Hara, who beats two men before feeding Huddlestone, who turns on to his left foot and STRIKES... Inches wide of the far post! Great spell in this match.
    • 33' Bentley stands over a free-kick in a similar position to Taylor's just now. Bentley's ball curls in towards Jasskelainen but it slips out of his hands and HUDDLESTONE IS THERE... OVER THE BAR!! It caught the midfielder by surprise, but he should have done better from less than six yards out.
    • 32' Bolton have a free-kick out on the right. Taylor sends it in and Gomes can't keep his hands on it and it falls for ELMANDER... BLOCKED ON THE LINE BY KING!!
    • 29' Spurs fail again to deal with a simple Bolton long ball and Taylor can turn and shoot from the edge of the box... Dragged just wide of the mark!
    • 27' Assou-Ekotto heads a dangerous backpass towards Gomes and Nolan and Taylor chase down the ball. It breaks loose for Davies on the right of the area and DAVIES SHOOTS... JUST wide of the open goal! A reminder of the work needed to be done for Harry Redknapp.
    • 25' Johan Elmander picks up the ball in midfield and has acres of space to run into. He's surrounded by four white shirts as he is stopped in his tracks on the edge of the box, and in desperation toe-punts an effort high and wide.
    • 22' Bolton have a corner, which king heads clear, and Elmander is penalised for a foul as he fights for the ball near the corner flag.
    • 20' Tottenham are continuing to dominate proceedings as they did before the goal. Amazing what a change in circumstances can do for a side.
    • 16' GOAL!! Spurs have taken the lead! David Bentley's excellent cross is just aching to be headed in, and Pavlyuchenko escapes his marker to duly oblige! It went in off the far post with Jasskelainen given no chance.
    • 14' Nice interplay from Spurs and Modric almost finds himself one-on-one with Jasskelainen, but Samuel's clearance is timely.
    • 13' Jenas tries a little dink over the top for Pavlyuchenko, but the Russian can't control it and Bolton break forward. The attack comes to nothing though.
    • 10' Spurs look up for it today, more so than at any other time all season. Players are hounding down whichever Bolton player has the ball. Jenas is a little over-zealous though, and is turned inside out by Nolan who passes to Muamba. The shot is blocked for a corner, which Gomes catches well.
    • 6' Bentley's corner swings wickedly towards the far post for PAVLYUCHENKO... O'Brien dives in front of him to head clear! Spurs build again but Bentley and Modric aren't reading off the page and the former's pass is missed by the latter and it rolls out for a goal kick
    • 5' Alan hutton cuts in and squars the ball across for O'Hara to SHOOT... Deflected behind for a corner.
    • 2' David Bentley - back in the side after missing Thursday's UEFA Cup defeat, allegedly because he described the whole mess at the club as "a bit st" - threads a through ball up for Pavlyuchenko, but the Russian is offside.
    • 1' The match begins, and another chapter in Tottenham's crazy season begins!
    • 14:58 Team-wise, Spurs are boosted doubly in defence, as Vedran Corluka has shaken off his concussion from last week and captain Ledley King plays two consecutive games for the first time in ages. Tom Huddlestone also comes into the midfield and Roman Pavlyuchenko replaces Darren bent as the lone striker. Bolton are unchanged.
    • 14:55 Well well well, where to start? Incoming Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp doesn't actually start his job officially yet, so he is in the White Hart Lane stands as Clive Allen is boss for the day.
    • 14:53 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of Tottenham Hotspur v Bolton Wanderers!

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Bolton Wanderers
    64% Possession 35%
    20 Shots 17
    8 Shots on target 2
    2 Saves 2
    3 Corners 4
    15 Fouls 9
    4 Offsides 0
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 1
    21 Tackles 25
    364 Accurate passes 136
    49 Bad passes 29

  • 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 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 0 0
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 1
      26 Ledley King 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 5 1
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 11 2
      2 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 38 1 2
      14 Luka Modric 0 4 3 2 1 0 0 27 9 3
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 4 1 3 1 0 0 39 7 3
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 2 1 1 3 0 0 58 6 3
      5 David Bentley 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 27 6 2
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 28 3 2
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 6 0 1
      16 Chris Gunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Darren Bent 1 3 2 0 1 2 0 1 0 0
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1
      18 Fraizer Campbell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      17 Giovani dos Santos 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Bolton Wanderers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      22 Jussi Jaaskelainen 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 3 0
      31 Andy O'Brien 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 16 2 2
      5 Gary Cahill 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 2
      3 Jlloyd Samuel 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 8 5 2
      15 Grétar Steinsson 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 4
      7 Matthew Taylor 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 16 7 0
      4 Kevin Nolan 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 13 1 3
      6 Fabrice Muamba 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 8 3 6
      19 Gavin McCann 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 15 0 2
      9 Johan Elmander 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 17 2 1
      14 Kevin Davies 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 12 1 3
      17 Riga Mustapha 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
      11 Ricardo Gardner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0
      26 Ali Al-Habsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      10 Ebi Smolarek 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Danny Shittu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Nicky Hunt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Heidar Helguson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Modric works the space to SHOOT... Rebounds of Jasskelainen... It falls to JENAS... Saved again by Jasskelainen! It could have been three!
    • 75' GOAL!! Darren Bent blasts low into the bottom corner and surely Spurs have sealed this match now!
    • 74' Modric forces another good save from the keeper and Bent follows up and Jaaskelainen brings him down... PENALTY!
    • 73' Great spell by Tottenham as Huddlestone forces a good save from Jaaskelainen and LENNON... OVER THE BAR!! should be 2-0!
    • 70' Corner is played short to MODRIC... His low shot from distance hits the side-netting!
    • 69' Modric releases Bent who sprints towards goal and fires from and angle... Saved by Jaaskelainen at the nar post! Bent had the beating of Cahill there1
    • 66' Taylor dinks a ball across and Gomes puches weakly and it falls for MUAMBA... The lobbed effort lands on the roof of the net! What a let-off!
    • 60' Assou-Ekotto finds O'Hara who twists and turns before getting on to his left foot and he SHOOTS... A solid strike but way over the bar.
    • 57' Nice one-two between Modric and Huddlestone and the Croatian is in on goal and SHOOTS... Jasskelainen parries Modric's shot from a tight angle.
    • 55' McCann catches Huddlestone after the ball is played and referee Andre Marriner wastes no time in giving him a secind yellow card and a subsequent red! McCann was already walking before the cards were out! Finally it seems things are going Tottenham's way.
    • 36' Nice play again by Spurs. Modric feeds O'Hara, who beats two men before feeding Huddlestone, who turns on to his left foot and STRIKES... Inches wide of the far post! Great spell in this match.
    • 33' Bentley stands over a free-kick in a similar position to Taylor's just now. Bentley's ball curls in towards Jasskelainen but it slips out of his hands and HUDDLESTONE IS THERE... OVER THE BAR!! It caught the midfielder by surprise, but he should have done better from less than six yards out.
    • 32' Bolton have a free-kick out on the right. Taylor sends it in and Gomes can't keep his hands on it and it falls for ELMANDER... BLOCKED ON THE LINE BY KING!!
    • 29' Spurs fail again to deal with a simple Bolton long ball and Taylor can turn and shoot from the edge of the box... Dragged just wide of the mark!
    • 27' Assou-Ekotto heads a dangerous backpass towards Gomes and Nolan and Taylor chase down the ball. It breaks loose for Davies on the right of the area and DAVIES SHOOTS... JUST wide of the open goal! A reminder of the work needed to be done for Harry Redknapp.
    • 16' GOAL!! Spurs have taken the lead! David Bentley's excellent cross is just aching to be headed in, and Pavlyuchenko escapes his marker to duly oblige! It went in off the far post with Jasskelainen given no chance.
    • 6' Bentley's corner swings wickedly towards the far post for PAVLYUCHENKO... O'Brien dives in front of him to head clear! Spurs build again but Bentley and Modric aren't reading off the page and the former's pass is missed by the latter and it rolls out for a goal kick

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Andre Marriner

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Clive Allen

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • A. Hutton
    • V. Corluka
    • L. King
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • J. Jenas
    • T. Huddlestone
    • L. Modric
    • D. Bentley
    • J. O'Hara Substitution Out (70′)
    • R. Pavlyuchenko

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • D. Zokora
    • D. Bent Substitution In67′
    • A. Lennon Substitution In70′
    • G. Dos Santos
    • F. Campbell
    • C. Gunter

    Injured

    • J. Woodgate
    • D. Gilberto

    Suspended

    • M. Dawson
    • G. Bale

  • Bolton Wanderers

    Manager: Gary Megson

    Captain: Kevin Nolan

    Starting line-up

    • J. Jaaskelainen Yellow Card
    • G. Steinsson
    • G. Cahill
    • A. O'Brien
    • J. Samuel
    • G. McCann Red Card
    • K. Nolan Yellow Card
    • F. Muamba Substitution Out (85′)
    • K. Davies
    • M. Taylor
    • J. Elmander

    Subs

    • H. Helguson
    • R. Gardner Substitution In85′
    • E. Smolarek
    • D. Shittu
    • N. Hunt
    • A. Al Habsi
    • R. Mustapha

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None