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Tottenham Hotspur

Everton

  • Corluka 52’ (o.g.)

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  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Everton
    • 90+3' That's it, 1-0 to Everton it finishes, with Steven Pienaar the match-winner! David Moyes is ecstatic as he shakes hands with Harry Redknapp. The Toffees move up to seventh in the table as a result of the win.
    • 90+2' Campbell goes close, sliding in to attempt to stab the ball past Howard after Zokora's flick-on, but it drifted narrowly wide.
    • 90+2' Anichebe is bemused as the linesman turns down what he believed was a handball by Bale in his area. Even if it was, it would have been highly dubious in the circumstances.
    • 90' Three minutes to be added and Everton are looking comfortable at the moment, but you never know!
    • 90' Everton go close to doubling their lead through Anichebe as the striker breaks on the counter-attack and flashes a shot past Gomes's far post - it was very close.
    • 89' In an attempt to further sure things up, David Moyes brings on Leighton Baines in place of Leon Osman.
    • 88' Gareth Bale attempts a ridiculously ambitious shot with players waiting in the box for a cross - unforgivable.
    • 87' Tim Howard shows terrific bravery after dropping a catch, to dive at the feet of Ledley King and make a crucial save; injuring himself in the process.
    • 85' Corluka makes a barnstorming run from right-back and feeds Campbell in the box, but Everton are defending very well at present.
    • 83' Steven Pienaar continues to be a nuisance for Spurs down their left and he and Lennon seem to be in an ongoing competition to out-trick each other down that wing.
    • 81' A fine run from Lennon at the heart of the Everton defence culminates in a quick pass to Pavlyuchenko, who swivels but shoots wide.
    • 79' Another fine save from Gomes, diving at the feet of Pienaar, who had been slipped in by Leon Osman. The keeper continues to look very sharp.
    • 78' Tim Cahill is booked for a late sliding challenge on Didier Zokora and he is not happy to say the least.
    • 76' Bentley whips in a cross from the right and Pavlyuchenko toe-pokes from close-range, but Howard makes a superb save low to his left to deny Spurs again. Kevin Prince Boateng is on in place of Tom Huddlestone.
    • 74' Another tragic injury for Louis Saha as his knee appears to buckle under him and is taken off, to be replaced by Victor Anichebe.
    • 72' The booked Assou-Ekotto, is replaced by the attack-minded Gareth Bale in Redknapp's second change.
    • 70' What a difference 70 solid minutes can make to the neurotic mind - Gomes, with an audacious swagger, dummies past the onrushing Saha and nonchalantly clears.
    • 67' Fellaini is booked for impeding Bentley's run and a dangerous free-kick hits the wall and is lumped away by Phil Neville.
    • 66' Gomes comes and collects a testing cross in commanding fashion once again; the keeper has looked rejuvenated today.
    • 64' As expected, Fraizer Campbell is coming on, but surprisingly it is Darren Bent who departs.
    • 62' That man Pienaar again, unleashes a fearsome drive from the edge of the area, which Gomes gets down low well to deal with and parries away.
    • 60' Pienaar is back on the pitch now and Tottenham are back in possession. The only trouble is for Harry Redknapp, that his side are lacking a cutting edge in attack.
    • 57' The goalscorer Pienaar is down injured - winded - from a challenge with Darren Bent on the halfway line. He limps away, but looks like he'll be back in a bit.
    • 56' Looking at who Harry Redknapp has on his bench, it can't be long before Fraizer Campbell joins the action, perhaps along with Gareth Bale.
    • 54' Bentley takes a free-kick short to Pavlyuchenko on the edge of the box, but the Russian striker leans back and fires miles over the bar. Pienaar was booked for celebrating topless.
    • 52' GOAL!! Everton break the deadlock and it is Steven Pienaar to gets it! An innocuous left-footed drive from wide on the edge of the area takes a vicious deflection off Corluka and flies past the hapless Gomes.
    • 50' A goalmouth scramble ensues after a Phil Neville long-throw, and Leon Osman fires well over as the ball finally drops.
    • 48' A ferocious challenge by Jagielka on Bent goes unpunished by Bennett, but the defender is hobbling around gingerly as a result.
    • 46' One footnote to the second-half getting underway; Steven Pienaar was ordered to change his shirt by Steve Bennett after the midfielder emerged wearing Leon Osman's shirt - don't ask!
    • 45+2' Steve Bennett blows his whistle and the players walk briskly from the field after a frantic, but goalless first half.
    • 45' Two minutes to be added and the game is finely in the balance. Mikel Arteta whips in a pin-point cross onto Saha's head just six-yards out, but the striker directs his effort straight at Gomes.
    • 43' An Assou-Ekotto whipped cross is missed by Pavlyuchenko but falls to Bent, who was clearly not expecting it and tamely scuffs his shot - another good chance, though.
    • 40' A solid double-save from Gomes to deny Fellaini, on both occasions; firstly, from a volley outside the area which sat up nicely for the afro-ed midfielder, then a follow-up drive which the keeper parried away.
    • 38' Mikel Arteta mis-times another challenge, this time on Bentley, and the midfielder whips in a superb free-kick which narrowly beats everyone in the box.
    • 36' Straight up the other end, Lennon ghosts in at the back of the Everton penalty area and wastefully slices his shot wide - that was a glorious chance for Spurs squandered.
    • 35' Fellaini forces his way down the Everton left and drills in a low cross which Saha was waiting to tap-in, but Gomes makes a fine sprawling save to deny him.
    • 33' Benoit Assou-Ekotto rightly receives a yellow card after a crude high challenge on Fellaini. There was minimal contact, but the potential danger was there.
    • 31' A teasing delivery from Bentley - who is seeing more and more of the ball down the left wing - brings a fine catch under intense pressure by Howard.
    • 29' Roman Pavlyuchenko does very well to buy a free-kick from Joseph Yobo after turning the defender full-circle. Bentley is the man on the set-piece, but blazes it high and wide.
    • 27' The game has descended into a scrappy midfield affair in the last few minutes. It needs Arteta and Huddlestone, respectively, to get their foot on the ball and spray some passes about to open it up.
    • 24' Didier Zokora and Marouane Fellaini are having their own private battle out there and continue to tussel at every opportunity.
    • 22' Louis Saha has looked bright since he came on, with Tim Cahill coming increasingly into the game too. Arteta remain the key for Everton, though; Spurs will do well to pressure him.
    • 19' Heurelho Gomes makes a fine diving save at the feet of Louis Saha to alleviate impending danger. Hopefully the home fans won't see fit to jeer him all afternoon like they did last Sunday against Blackburn.
    • 17' Darren Bent is clumsily tripped by the usually impeccable Mikel Arteta, and the free-kick almost results in a shooting opportunity for the striker but his touch is poor in the area.
    • 15' Phil Neville attempts 'The Delap' from the right touchline; it is cleared but did have a respectable distance to it.
    • 13' Darren Bent, hanging on the last defender, almost latches onto a Bentley long ball, but Tim Howard is off his line impressively quickly.
    • 11' That knock was all too much for Yakubu who is replaced by Louis Saha. It will be interesting to see just how match-fit the Frenchman is.
    • 10' A fantastic raking ball from left-back by Benoit Assou-Ekotto almost finds Bent at the back post, but Phil Jagielka clears under pressure.
    • 7' Yakubu and Ledley King clash as they both go up for a header; the pair are hobbling around but should be okay to continue.
    • 5' Aaron Lennon drifts in from the right and slips an exquisite through ball to...well, no one. He was simply on a different wavelength to David Bentley and Darren Bent, waiting for the winger's delivery.
    • 3' The returning Steven Pienaar is looking bright early on for Everton down the left wing and he wins two throw-ins which Joleon Lescott launches into the box.
    • 1' We're underway at White Hart Lane and Harry Redknapp and David Moyes embrace with wide grins as Everton kick-off.
    • - Redknapp perseveres with the fledgling strike partnership of Darren Bent and Roman Pavlyuchenko, while mid-week goalscorer Jamie O'Hara fails to retain his starting place. David Moyes employs only one forward in Yakubu, but has the returning Louis Saha and Victor Anichebe on the bench.
    • - Welcome to the Premier League encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at White Hart Lane. Harry Redknapp's side are lying outside the bottom-three on goal-difference, while David Moyes's Toffees are in tenth spot.

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Everton
    52% Possession 47%
    14 Shots 9
    3 Shots on target 5
    2 Saves 2
    5 Corners 1
    15 Fouls 10
    1 Offsides 0
    1 Yellow cards 3
    0 Red cards 0
    14 Tackles 17
    279 Accurate passes 242
    50 Bad passes 42

  • 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 0 0 0 14 2 0
      26 Ledley King 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 8 1
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 15 9 1
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 39 0 1
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 1 2
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 1
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 53 9 2
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 25 5 1
      5 David Bentley 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 22 6 1
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 12 3 1
      10 Darren Bent 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 7 2 0
      18 Fraizer Campbell 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 0
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Chris Gunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Kevin-Prince Boateng 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 1 0
      3 Gareth Bale 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 8 3 3
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Everton
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      24 Tim Howard 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 0
      4 Joseph Yobo 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 13 0 3
      6 Phil Jagielka 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 3 0
      5 Joleon Lescott 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 6 1
      10 Mikel Arteta 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 56 6 3
      25 Marouane Fellaini 0 2 2 5 2 0 0 32 6 6
      18 Philip Neville 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21 0 1
      21 Leon Osman 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 14 2 0
      20 Steven Pienaar 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 24 5 1
      17 Tim Cahill 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 8 1
      22 Yakubu Aiyegbeni 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      8 Segundo Castillo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Dan Gosling 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Leighton Baines 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      28 Victor Anichebe 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0
      1 Carlo Nash 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      26 Jack Rodwell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Louis Saha 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 1

  • Summary

    • 90+2' Campbell goes close, sliding in to attempt to stab the ball past Howard after Zokora's flick-on, but it drifted narrowly wide.
    • 90' Everton go close to doubling their lead through Anichebe as the striker breaks on the counter-attack and flashes a shot past Gomes's far post - it was very close.
    • 76' Bentley whips in a cross from the right and Pavlyuchenko toe-pokes from close-range, but Howard makes a superb save low to his left to deny Spurs again. Kevin Prince Boateng is on in place of Tom Huddlestone.
    • 62' That man Pienaar again, unleashes a fearsome drive from the edge of the area, which Gomes gets down low well to deal with and parries away.
    • 52' GOAL!! Everton break the deadlock and it is Steven Pienaar to gets it! An innocuous left-footed drive from wide on the edge of the area takes a vicious deflection off Corluka and flies past the hapless Gomes.
    • 43' An Assou-Ekotto whipped cross is missed by Pavlyuchenko but falls to Bent, who was clearly not expecting it and tamely scuffs his shot - another good chance, though.
    • 40' A solid double-save from Gomes to deny Fellaini, on both occasions; firstly, from a volley outside the area which sat up nicely for the afro-ed midfielder, then a follow-up drive which the keeper parried away.
    • 36' Straight up the other end, Lennon ghosts in at the back of the Everton penalty area and wastefully slices his shot wide - that was a glorious chance for Spurs squandered.
    • 35' Fellaini forces his way down the Everton left and drills in a low cross which Saha was waiting to tap-in, but Gomes makes a fine sprawling save to deny him.
    • - Welcome to the Premier League encounter between Tottenham Hotspur and Everton at White Hart Lane. Harry Redknapp's side are lying outside the bottom-three on goal-difference, while David Moyes's Toffees are in tenth spot.

Expected Line-Up

  • Referee: Steve Bennett

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • V. Corluka Own Goal
    • L. King
    • J. Woodgate
    • B. Assou-Ekotto Yellow Card Substitution Out (72′)
    • A. Lennon
    • D. Zokora
    • T. Huddlestone Substitution Out (76′)
    • D. Bentley
    • D. Bent Substitution Out (64′)
    • R. Pavlyuchenko

    Player to watch

    Aaron Lennon
    Aaron Lennon

    Very much the man in form for Spurs, Lennon is finally turning his dazzling pace and skill into consistent end product.

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • M. Dawson
    • K. Boateng Substitution In76′
    • J. O'Hara
    • G. Bale Substitution In72′
    • F. Campbell Substitution In64′
    • C. Gunter

    Injured

    • A. Hutton
    • L. Modric
    • G. Dos Santos

    Suspended

    None

  • Everton

    Manager: David Moyes

    Captain: Philip Neville

    Starting line-up

    • T. Howard
    • P. Neville
    • J. Yobo
    • P. Jagielka
    • J. Lescott
    • M. Arteta
    • M. Fellaini Yellow Card
    • S. Pienaar Yellow Card
    • L. Osman Substitution Out (89′)
    • T. Cahill
    • A. Yakubu Substitution Out (11′)

    Player to watch

    Ayegbeni Yakubu
    Ayegbeni Yakubu

    With the Toffees' injury crisis in attack, a lot of pressure is rested on the Yak's big shoulders.

    Subs

    • L. Saha Substitution In11′ Substitution Out72′
    • C. Nash
    • L. Baines Substitution In89′
    • V. Anichebe Substitution In72′
    • S. Castillo
    • D. Gosling
    • J. Rodwell

    Injured

    • T. Hibbert
    • L. Jacobsen
    • N. Valente
    • J. Vaughan

    Suspended

    None

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  1. tottenham shored of won 1 because corluka did an own­ gggggggola

    From Jordan, on Sun 3 May 4:56PM

  2. tttttttttottenham so

    From Jordan, on Sun 3 May 4:54PM
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