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Saturday December 13, 2008 Finished White Hart Lane

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Tottenham Hotspur

Manchester United

  1. United held at Tottenham

    United held at Tottenham

    Manchester United head to the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan six points behind Liverpool in the Premier League after drawing 0-0 at Tottenham. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Manchester United
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes, and Spurs have moved up to 14th and kept United six points behind leaders Liverpool.
    • 90+3' Near disaster for Spurs! The ball is bouncing towards Gomes but Corluka doesn't see him coming, and almost knocks a header past his goalkeeper!
    • 90+1' There are three minutes of stoppage time signalled. The halfway mark of that is passed as Carrick's header floats harmlessly to Gomes.
    • 90' GIGGS TO STRIKE... WHAT A WONDERFUL SAVE FROM GOMES!! The Brazilian tips the excellent free-kick around the upright! Tottenham clear the resulting corner as we move into injury time.
    • 90' Now Corluka fouls Giggs, and this one is much closer for Ronaldo...
    • 87' Dawson fouls Ronaldo in a central area about 35 yards from goal. Ronaldo and Giggs stand over it, but there is only one man taking this... Ronaldo's shot is straight at the wall, but it deflects and United have another corner.
    • 86' Scholes dictates the tempo of a United break, but he finds Berbatov in an offside position.
    • 84' Modric bursts through the middle, escapes Ferdinand and shoots... His deflected shot hits the top of the net!
    • 82' It really is all United now. O'Shea sends a throw-in to Park, who loses Bentley with ease and STRIKES... Tipped over the bar by Gomes!
    • 80' Dawson comes steaming across and puts in a great sliding tackle on Ronaldo. There is a bit of afters as Ronaldo appears to kick out at Dawson. He gets up and apologises, Dawson grudgingly accepts.
    • 78' Modric breaks forward through the middle and plays up to Bent... The Spurs striker is offside.
    • 76' Ronaldo finds Park in acres of space to run into and Gomes comes sprinting of his line to clear! United win a corner and the ball gets stuck under Corluka's feet and Carrick STRIKES... Gomes is down to save and hold the shot!
    • 75' Assou-Ekotto's cross is met by Vidic before Modric can get there and Spurs have a corner. It's played short and Lennon curls in a ball that nobody attacks but JUST misses the far post! Van der Sar was confident enough to watch it sail past!
    • 73' The tension is beginning to creep up as Berbatov wins another corner for United. Giggs curls it towards FERDINAND AT THE NEAR POST... The header hits the roof of the net!
    • 71' Giggs's first act is to come over and take a corner. Bent hacks it away but it's played back in for VIDIC... Gomes saves the effort from the big Serb.
    • 69' United now make a double change, with veteran duo Ryan Giggs and Paul Scholes coming on for Darren Fletcher and Carlos Tevez.
    • 63' Bentley stands over the free-kick. It from fairly far out but he goes for the STRIKE... Tipped over the bar by Van der Sar! Bentley struck a wonderful curling free-kick that dipped wickedly - credit to the keeper for thwarting him again!
    • 62' Before Tottenham take the free-kick, Jamie O'Hara comes on for Jenas.
    • 62' Lennon is haring forward now and he eludes Tevez before Rafael brings him down, and he can have no complaints about the booking he receives.
    • 60' Berbatov wins a 50/50 with Bentley and feeds Park, who manages to roll Assou-Ekotto and STRIKE... Straight at Gomes, his former PSV team-mate!
    • 59' The Tottenham support are beginning to make their voices heard more now, but in truth United are beginning to emerge - ever so slightly - as the side with the initiative in this match.
    • 56' Huddlestone is the first man to be booked for his foul on Park.
    • 55' Roman Pavlyuchenko's rather isolated evening draws to a close as he is replaced by Darren Bent.
    • 54' The corner comes in and it falls to Ronaldo with far more space than he needs and CRISTIANO RONALDO RIFLES A SHOT INTO THE TOP CORNER!! The referee rules it out for handball! Ronaldo can maybe count himself unlucky, it wasn't an entirely intentional control with the hand.
    • 53' Berbatov goes on another run. He fights off Assou-Ekotto and BERBATOV IS READY TO SHOOT...A fine tackle by Dawson sends the ball behind for a corner! He had to get that exactly right and he did!
    • 50' Another disappointing delivery from Bentley, and his ball in goes right to Van der Sar.
    • 49' Lennon draws a dubious foul from Rafael and Spurs have a free-kick in a good position for a Bentley delivery.
    • 46' No half-time changes for either side as Manchester United get the second half underway.
    • 45+3' Half-time at the Lane and, while this match hasn't been the cracker many expected thus far, there has been plenty of incident, not least Pavlyuchenko's block of Huddlestone's thunderous drive.
    • 45+2' Assou-Ekotto gives the ball away to Ferdinand. He gets it back off Berbatov and STRIKES... A good low strike but Gomes is equal to it and holds on. Benoit Assou-Ekotto breathes a sigh of relief.
    • 45+1' Tevez now takes his turn to maraud down the left, but he is marshalled well by Zokora and his cross goes out for a goal kick.
    • 45' Ronaldo bamboozles Zokora with some silky skills before feeding O'Shea for the cross... The Irishman's ball in goes over everyone.
    • 41' Tottenham break forward and a shot is teed up for HUDDLESTONE... His drive from outsdide the area blasts right into the chest of Pavlyuchenko! Who knows where that would have gone?!
    • 40' Ronaldo draws three players towards him before bursting into the box and firing a low ball in... Gomes palms it and - luckily for him - a Tottenham defender is there to clear!
    • 39' Zokora gets down the right and curls in a cross for MODRIC WITH THE DIVING HEADER... Wide of the mark! modric lost Ferdinand completely there, and Van der Sar was rooted to the spot!
    • 36' Tevez charges forward with the ball at his feet. He holds off Assou-Ekotto and Corluka before gettting a shot off... The angle was too tight and the effort is doesn't trouble Gomes.
    • 34' Some nice link-up from Tottenham is wasted as Lennon and Modric are not quite on the same wavelength, the Croatian knocking a through ball forward when Lennon wanted it to feet. Park fouls Assou-Ekotto, but Bentley's delivery sails right to Van der Sar.
    • 32' The corner goes to the far psot and Ronaldo knocks it back for Vidic to turn and SHOOT... The shot is blocked but it coems back to FLETCHER... The effort from the edge of the box is charged down and Tottenham survive.
    • 32' Michael Carrick is lining up a SHOT FROM DISTANCE... Deflected behind for a corner.
    • 30' Just before that incident, Ronaldo was holding his wrist and wincing after banging into Zokora. However, next time the ball came near him he seemed to recover well enough.
    • 29' Lennon jinks and cuts inside on to his right foot and SHOOTS... Van der Sar saves but PAVLYUCHENKO FOLLOWS UP... He was offside. After a long while, finally something to lift the home crowd.
    • 28' These sides continue to exchange possession in midfield. Spurs send a long ball forward and Rio Ferdinand nods it back to Van der Sar but PAVLYUCHENKO IS THERE... The Russian is just too far away to pounce on the pass back!
    • 26' Referee Mike Dean has gone over to ask of Tevez is ok. No sign of anyone warming up on the United bench as yet.
    • 25' Now Carlos Tevez is limping around the pitch, and is not running forward to join the attack as Ronaldo bombs down the wing.
    • 22' Considering the noise around the Lane before this match, the atmosphere is now very subdued, save for the odd chants of "Who are ya?" from some prematurely cocky Spurs fans.
    • 21' The news from the Tottenham camp is that Woodgate's problem is the recurrence of a back injury, which could put him as a doubt for Thursday's UEFA Cup game against Spartak Moscow.
    • 21' Now it's Tottenham's turn to knock the ball patiently amongst themselves as they probe for some kind of opening.
    • 19' Assou-Ekotto is hounded down by Tevez in the Spurs area, but the full-back is canny enough to draw the foul.
    • 18' United play it right across the edge of the Spurs box form Ronaldo to Park via Berbatov. Huddleston gets a big cheer after his clean challenge on his formwer team-mate. The abuse of the former Spurs hero has abated somewhat.
    • 16' Park is galloping down the right for United until Lennon sprints back to clumsily bundle him over. The free-kick falls to Berbatov, but the ball ends up in the arms of Heurelho Gomes.
    • 13' Modric is fouled on the left wing. Jenas delivers the free-kick... Headed behind by Vidic for a corner. Van der Sar catches the set piece.
    • 11' Woodgate is substituted for Tom Huddlestone. He will move into midfield, Zokora to right-back and Corluka to centre-back.
    • 10' Bad news for Spurs... Woodgate landed awkwardly after jumping with Tevez for a header, and has gone down.
    • 9' Bentley tees himself up for a shot and BLASTS IT WITH HIS LEFT... GREAT SAVE VAN DER SAR!!! The Dutch keeper avoided the fate of Arsenal's Manuel Almunia, who was beaten from similar range.
    • 8' Great ball in from Bentley, but Pavlyuchenko falls over in the box. He has enough huimility to not appeal...
    • 7' Modric is fouled in midfield. The little Croatian has been steadily improving of late. How Spurs could do with a performance from him.
    • 5' This one is cleared too. United have barely relinquished possession thus far, Spurs have been playing like the away side. Jenas fouls Ronaldo in midfield.
    • 4' Berbaotv shrugs off Corluka and finds Tevez. The little Argentinian is crowded out but it comes to PARK... The shot is blocked and it's another corner. Woodgate heads behind for another...
    • 1' It took all of 15 seconds for the first boos to ring out around the Lane as Berbatov gets his first touch. united have a corner.... Driven towards Ferdinand at the near post, Woodgate gets their first and clears.
    • 1' Spurs get this show on the road!
    • 17:26 The players are coming out on to the pitch... Kick-off just moments away.
    • 17:20 This fixture usually delivers plenty of thrills, even if United more often than not leave with the spoils.
    • 17:19 As for Tottenham, they have only made one change to the team that beat West Ham on Monday, and it's an enforced one; Spurs captain Ledley King has lost his race to be fit in time, so Michael Dawson steps in to partner Jonathan Woodgate.
    • 17:18 So, as you can see, it's the return of Dimitar Berbatov to Spurs. It will be interesting to see what sort of reception he gets at the club where he made his name in the Premier League.
    • 17:17 Man Utd: Van der Sar, Rafael Da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, O'Shea, Park, Fletcher, Carrick, Ronaldo, Berbatov, Tevez. Subs: Kuszczak, Neville, Anderson, Giggs, Nani, Scholes, Evans.
    • 17:17 Tottenham: Gomes, Corluka, Dawson, Woodgate, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Bentley, Modric, Pavlyuchenko. Subs: Cesar, Bale, Huddlestone, Bent, Gunter, Boateng, O'Hara.
    • 17:15 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s LIVE coverage of the final Premier League clash of the day, as Tottenham Hotspur welcome champions Manchester United to White Hart Lane!

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Manchester United
    33% Possession 67%
    10 Shots 16
    3 Shots on target 6
    2 Saves 1
    4 Corners 14
    10 Fouls 10
    4 Offsides 2
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    30 Tackles 23
    211 Accurate passes 507
    66 Bad passes 92

  • 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 6 2 0
      20 Michael Dawson 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 8 1 9
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 21 13 5
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25 6 2
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 21 3 0
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 2 6
      5 David Bentley 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 18 7 1
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 17 9 0
      14 Luka Modric 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 17 7 1
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 7 3 1
      10 Darren Bent 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 4 0
      24 Jamie O'Hara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 1
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 37 5 4
      23 Kevin-Prince Boateng 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Gareth Bale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Chris Gunter 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 0 0 0 22 4 0
      5 Rio Ferdinand 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 65 1 2
      22 John O'Shea 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 61 24 1
      21 Rafael Pereira da Silva 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 35 0 7
      15 Nemanja Vidic 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 52 6 1
      24 Darren Fletcher 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 44 4 2
      16 Michael Carrick 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 59 14 3
      13 Ji-sung Park 0 3 2 2 2 0 0 32 2 4
      7 Cristiano Ronaldo 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 54 16 0
      32 Carlos Tevez 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 30 9 0
      9 Dimitar Berbatov 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 37 12 2
      11 Ryan Giggs 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 1
      29 Tomasz Kuszczak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Anderson Oliveira 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Jonny Evans 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Gary Neville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      18 Paul Scholes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 0
      17 Luís Almeida da Cunha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 90+3' Near disaster for Spurs! The ball is bouncing towards Gomes but Corluka doesn't see him coming, and almost knocks a header past his goalkeeper!
    • 90' GIGGS TO STRIKE... WHAT A WONDERFUL SAVE FROM GOMES!! The Brazilian tips the excellent free-kick around the upright! Tottenham clear the resulting corner as we move into injury time.
    • 82' It really is all United now. O'Shea sends a throw-in to Park, who loses Bentley with ease and STRIKES... Tipped over the bar by Gomes!
    • 76' Ronaldo finds Park in acres of space to run into and Gomes comes sprinting of his line to clear! United win a corner and the ball gets stuck under Corluka's feet and Carrick STRIKES... Gomes is down to save and hold the shot!
    • 73' The tension is beginning to creep up as Berbatov wins another corner for United. Giggs curls it towards FERDINAND AT THE NEAR POST... The header hits the roof of the net!
    • 63' Bentley stands over the free-kick. It from fairly far out but he goes for the STRIKE... Tipped over the bar by Van der Sar! Bentley struck a wonderful curling free-kick that dipped wickedly - credit to the keeper for thwarting him again!
    • 60' Berbatov wins a 50/50 with Bentley and feeds Park, who manages to roll Assou-Ekotto and STRIKE... Straight at Gomes, his former PSV team-mate!
    • 54' The corner comes in and it falls to Ronaldo with far more space than he needs and CRISTIANO RONALDO RIFLES A SHOT INTO THE TOP CORNER!! The referee rules it out for handball! Ronaldo can maybe count himself unlucky, it wasn't an entirely intentional control with the hand.
    • 53' Berbatov goes on another run. He fights off Assou-Ekotto and BERBATOV IS READY TO SHOOT...A fine tackle by Dawson sends the ball behind for a corner! He had to get that exactly right and he did!
    • 45+2' Assou-Ekotto gives the ball away to Ferdinand. He gets it back off Berbatov and STRIKES... A good low strike but Gomes is equal to it and holds on. Benoit Assou-Ekotto breathes a sigh of relief.
    • 41' Tottenham break forward and a shot is teed up for HUDDLESTONE... His drive from outsdide the area blasts right into the chest of Pavlyuchenko! Who knows where that would have gone?!
    • 40' Ronaldo draws three players towards him before bursting into the box and firing a low ball in... Gomes palms it and - luckily for him - a Tottenham defender is there to clear!
    • 39' Zokora gets down the right and curls in a cross for MODRIC WITH THE DIVING HEADER... Wide of the mark! modric lost Ferdinand completely there, and Van der Sar was rooted to the spot!
    • 32' The corner goes to the far psot and Ronaldo knocks it back for Vidic to turn and SHOOT... The shot is blocked but it coems back to FLETCHER... The effort from the edge of the box is charged down and Tottenham survive.
    • 29' Lennon jinks and cuts inside on to his right foot and SHOOTS... Van der Sar saves but PAVLYUCHENKO FOLLOWS UP... He was offside. After a long while, finally something to lift the home crowd.
    • 9' Bentley tees himself up for a shot and BLASTS IT WITH HIS LEFT... GREAT SAVE VAN DER SAR!!! The Dutch keeper avoided the fate of Arsenal's Manuel Almunia, who was beaten from similar range.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Dean

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • V. Corluka
    • M. Dawson
    • J. Woodgate Substitution Out (10′)
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • D. Bentley
    • D. Zokora
    • J. Jenas Substitution Out (63′)
    • A. Lennon
    • L. Modric
    • R. Pavlyuchenko Substitution Out (54′)

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • D. Bent Substitution In54′
    • T. Huddlestone Substitution In10′ Yellow Card
    • K. Boateng
    • J. O'Hara Substitution In63′
    • G. Bale
    • C. Gunter

    Injured

    • P. Stalteri
    • L. King
    • A. Hutton
    • G. Dos Santos

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester United

    Manager: Alex Ferguson

    Captain: Rio Ferdinand

    Starting line-up

    • E. van der Sar
    • R. Da Silva Yellow Card
    • R. Ferdinand
    • N. Vidic
    • J. O'Shea
    • D. Fletcher Substitution Out (69′)
    • M. Carrick
    • C. Ronaldo
    • J. Park
    • C. Tevez Substitution Out (69′)
    • D. Berbatov

    Subs

    • P. Scholes Substitution In69′
    • G. Neville
    • R. Giggs Substitution In69′
    • T. Kuszczak
    • .. Nani
    • O. Anderson
    • J. Evans

    Injured

    • O. Hargreaves
    • W. Brown

    Suspended

    • P. Evra
    • W. Rooney