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  1. Spurs put West Brom on brink

    Spurs put West Brom on brink

    West Brom's hopes of Premier League survival were almost completely wiped out following a 1-0 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • West Bromwich
    • 90+1' It's all over at White Hart Lane, and it's another nail in the coffin for West Brom. They remain a Premier League club mathematically, but surely there is no way back for them now.
    • 89' Lennon has been a real nuisance to West Brom all game, and he jinks his way into the box and STRIKES... His shot hits the foot of the near post and runs behind Carson and away!
    • 88' Teixeira has a shot from outside the area blocked by Corluka.
    • 87' A long and hopeful ball over the top is shepherded out by Corluka. Things are getting desperate for the Baggies now.
    • 85' Modric's cross is put behind by Martis for a corner. The Dutch defneder then completes thwe job by clearing the Croat's corner.
    • 82' Spurs break immediately and Modric finds Deofe who slots past Carson into the net... The linesman has his flag up for offside.
    • 81' A terrific save from a long-range strike Koren by Gomes!
    • 79' Mowbray makes his final change, bringing on Felipe Teixeira for Borja Valero.
    • 79' Hary Redknapp is not looking happy on the bench. He believes his team should have put this game to bed by now. Can West Brom conjure up a late fight back here?
    • 74' Carson comes off his line to clear just as Robbie Keane - yes folks, he is on the pitch - looks as though he may just latch on to a loose ball.
    • 71' Just before that corner, Mensequez came on for Mulumbu as Tony Mowbray pushes for an equaliser.
    • 70' West Brom can't fashion a chance from their second corner and Tottenham clear.
    • 69' The corner comes in... Deofe gets a foot to it at the near post and Gomes palms it away for another corner! The striker makes his mark on the game in heroic fashion!
    • 68' Jay Simpson tries to beat Assou-Ekotto but will have to be happy with a corner.
    • 67' Valero almost steers a Lennon cross into his own net, but it goes over the bar for a corner.
    • 64' Defoe gets a big ovation from the Spurs crowd as he replaces Pavlyuchenko.
    • 63' Woodgate is forced to hoof the ball into touch under pressure from Mulumbu.
    • 62' Jermain Defoe is preparing to come on for what will be only his fifth league appearance since rejoining SPurs in January.
    • 60' Carson searches for a West Brom player out on the wing with a long kick, but it's out of play. The Baggies are running out of steam.
    • 58' West Brom are under it now, and they are fortunate to see a Tottenham cross fly across goal with nobody there to turn it in.
    • 56' Lennon has another effort on goal, and again Carson is equal to it.
    • 54' Fortune's shot deflects off Woodgate's boot and on to the post! There is nobody on the follow-up for West Brom and Tottenham escape. Gomes was beaten by the deflection there.
    • 51' Modric nicks the ball off Zuiverloon and gets to the byline, but he'ssurrounded by West Brom players and can't get his ball back across goal.
    • 50' Fortune is released by a delightful through ball, but he is forced wide and his low shot across goal is a simple take for Gomes.
    • 49' Modric tries a through ball down the left but nobody anticipates it.
    • 48' Carson sends a long kick upfield that Fortune almost gets on to before Gomes steps out to collect it.
    • 47' Neither manager has made any changes during the break.
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • 45+1' Half-time at White Hart Lane, and for all West Brom's early promise, they go into the break 1-0 down against a Tottenham side that took a while to get going.
    • 45' The initial ball is cleared away, but West Brom are still camped in their own half. The home team can't engineer another chance through the wall of yellow shirts though.
    • 44' SPurs have another free-kick, and it's Palacios who will strike... deflected behind for a corner.
    • 43' It was Vedran Corluka who got the assist for Jenas to score his fourth league goal of the season.
    • 42' GOAL!! Jermaine Jeans side foots a lovely finish from the edge of the area that curls inside Carson's post! Tottenham took a while to get going, but you have to say the goal was coming.
    • 41' Jenas sends in a cross for Ledley King, Carson saves.
    • 40' Spurs come again and Modric cuts the ball back to LENNON... Greatsave by Carson, who got low down to his rigth to tip the shot away.
    • 39' Lennon scampers forward at great pace and SHOOTS... the shot is deflected behind for a corner.
    • 38' Spurs are stepping it up a gear now, and a cross flashes across the West Brom box but no white shirts can get on the end of it.
    • 37' West Brom can break now, but King and Woodgate do a good job of tidying up and the ball ends in Gomes's hands.
    • 36' Corluka bulldozes his way forward down the right. Lennon plays the ball inside but the move is snuffed out.
    • 34' Lennon carries the ball forward and lays it to Pavlyuchenko, who turns on the edge of the box and shoots just wide on the turn.
    • 32' Pavlyuchenko is released down the left by Modric. He's inside the box and sends his shot well into the stand.
    • 30' Modric has his pocket picked by Mulumbu, but the ball looking for Koren is caught by Gomes.
    • 29' Another nice move by West Brom, but Koren wastes it with a poor cross.
    • 26' Wilson Palacios chases down to meet a Corluka through ball, but he can't keep his first-time cross in play.
    • 24' The West Brom captain stayed down and received some on-pitch treatment, but he gets up eventually.
    • 22' Jenas bursts down the left and his shot almost falls into the path of LENNON... Carson is down to intercept and Greening puts his body on the line to stop the loose ball being turned in.
    • 20' The delivery comes in from the other side and Gomes charges off his line to punch clear.
    • 19' West Brom are enjoying plenty of possession down the flanks, and they have another corner... Olsson's header is palmed away by Gomes!
    • 18' West Brom's corner misses everyone and the second ball back in goes out for a goal kick.
    • 16' Corluka starts a move down the right, but Lennon comes inside and loses the ball.
    • 15' With Middlesbrough losing at Old Trafford earlier today, West Brom could draw level on points with Boro if they claim all three here.
    • 14' Woodgate fouls Borja in the Tottenham half, but Greening's free-kick comes to nothing.
    • 13' That move just about sums up the Baggies' season. They certainly look as though they have more of the fight in them though. Tottenham's slim hopes of a European place are about the same as West Brom's of survival, but they're yet to fully start playing.
    • 12' Some lovely one-touch football from West Brom as they pour men forward, but the final ball is disappointing.
    • 11' Fortune is caught offside.
    • 10' Spurs have a corner. Whipped in with pace but headed clear.
    • 9' Albion have managed to score in all seven of their Premier League encounters with Spurs.
    • 8' Spurs have scored in their last nine league games, the best current run in the division.
    • 7' Pavlyuchenko drills the free-kick low... just wide of the foot of the post with Carson rooted to the spot.
    • 6' Modric is tripped over on the edge of the West Brom area. SPurs have a free-kick that the Croat or Jenas may fancy...
    • 5' The Baggies have had a high tempo start to the game.
    • 4' A West Brom corner is headed away at the near post.
    • 3' Borja Valero gets down the rigth wing a cuts a ball bback inside that Fortune fails to control.
    • 2' Modric floats a cross in but it's headed away.
    • 1' Spurs kick off and this game is underway!
    • 14:59 For West Brom, Youssuf Mulumbu starts in place of Jay Simpson in attack.
    • 14:57 Roman Pavlyuchenko starts up front for Spurs in the absence of Darren Bent, while Jermain Defoe is on the bench. Otherwise it's as you were for Spurs.
    • 14:56 Albion have conceded at least two goals in 12 of their last 14 Premier League away games. Tottenham's last three Premier League home games have ended as 1-0 home wins.
    • 14:54 Incredibly, considering Tottenham's travails earlier in the year, they have conceded only nine goals at home this season, fewer than any other Premier League team.
    • 14:52 Late goals from Roman Bednar and Craig Bettie secured a win for the Baggies in the reverse fixture back in December when Spurs were candidates for the drop themselves.
    • 14:50 West Bromwich Albion arrive at White Hart Lane with just a fraction of hope that they can stage another unlikely escape from relegation.

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats West Bromwich
    53% Possession 46%
    21 Shots 11
    5 Shots on target 4
    4 Saves 1
    9 Corners 7
    8 Fouls 6
    2 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    24 Tackles 27
    387 Accurate passes 312
    62 Bad passes 54

  • 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 9 0 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 52 17 7
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 41 0 3
      26 Ledley King 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 26 3 0
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 1 4
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 5 2 2 1 0 0 28 1 2
      14 Luka Modric 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 54 16 3
      8 Jermaine Jenas 1 3 2 1 0 0 0 56 6 1
      12 Wilson Palacios 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 39 5 3
      15 Robbie Keane 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 8 0
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 0 6 0 0 1 0 0 12 5 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 David Bentley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      25 Jermain Defoe 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0 1
      3 Gareth Bale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 0
      3 Paul Robinson 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 17 1 3
      24 Shelton Martis 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 17 0 6
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 4 0
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 34 4 5
      7 Robert Koren 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 31 5 1
      11 Chris Brunt 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 32 2 1
      28 Borja Valero 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 34 7 4
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 56 15 4
      31 Youssuf Mulumbu 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 30 3 0
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 0 2 1 1 0 3 0 13 4 1
      29 Jay Simpson 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Juan Carlos Menseguez 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 2 1
      20 Filipe Teixeira 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Roman Bednar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 89' Lennon has been a real nuisance to West Brom all game, and he jinks his way into the box and STRIKES... His shot hits the foot of the near post and runs behind Carson and away!
    • 81' A terrific save from a long-range strike Koren by Gomes!
    • 69' The corner comes in... Deofe gets a foot to it at the near post and Gomes palms it away for another corner! The striker makes his mark on the game in heroic fashion!
    • 54' Fortune's shot deflects off Woodgate's boot and on to the post! There is nobody on the follow-up for West Brom and Tottenham escape. Gomes was beaten by the deflection there.
    • 42' GOAL!! Jermaine Jeans side foots a lovely finish from the edge of the area that curls inside Carson's post! Tottenham took a while to get going, but you have to say the goal was coming.
    • 40' Spurs come again and Modric cuts the ball back to LENNON... Greatsave by Carson, who got low down to his rigth to tip the shot away.
    • 22' Jenas bursts down the left and his shot almost falls into the path of LENNON... Carson is down to intercept and Greening puts his body on the line to stop the loose ball being turned in.
    • 19' West Brom are enjoying plenty of possession down the flanks, and they have another corner... Olsson's header is palmed away by Gomes!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Rob Styles

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • V. Corluka
    • L. King
    • J. Woodgate
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • W. Palacios Yellow Card
    • J. Jenas Goal
    • A. Lennon
    • L. Modric
    • R. Pavlyuchenko Substitution Out (64′)
    • R. Keane

    Subs

    • C. Cudicini
    • D. Zokora
    • J. Defoe Substitution In64′
    • D. Bentley
    • T. Huddlestone
    • A. Hutton
    • G. Bale

    Injured

    • D. Bent
    • M. Dawson

    Suspended

    None

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • S. Carson
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • S. Martis
    • J. Olsson
    • P. Robinson Substitution Out (58′)
    • C. Brunt
    • J. Greening
    • V. Borja Substitution Out (77′)
    • R. Koren
    • M. Fortune
    • Y. Mulumbu Substitution Out (69′)

    Subs

    • D. Kiely
    • F. Teixeira Substitution In77′
    • J. Menseguez Substitution In69′
    • R. Bednar
    • D. Kim
    • R. Donk
    • J. Simpson Substitution In58′

    Injured

    • J. Morrison
    • I. Miller
    • A. Meite
    • L. Barnett
    • G. Dorrans

    Suspended

    None

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  1. jenas won crossbar game on soccer am this week come on

    From sharon.barnes4, on Sun 24 May 5:07PM

  2. Yid Army - aint not really team. Buy Y.Benaun and­ change you label from @#$% on six ended star. So­ you'll show your true core. Its gonna be more­ correctly.
    BluesMan.

    From K L, on Wed 6 May 8:39PM

  3. when a team has spent more than any other and 33 points­ behind how the hell can you call them great and rednapp­ a good manager go get a life you lot because you lot­ will be in a different league soon arsenal liverpool­ utd chelsea will leave for a different one because they­ do not get anybody to chalenge them

    From abdu, on Sun 3 May 9:13AM

  4. wilson yellow card palacios keep up the good work my­ son yr a mad man but love seeing u wear that heart on­ yr sleeve. Also is it me or does assou ekotto seem to­ go unnoticed by a lot of people i think he is awesome­ on his day . well done to all the boys that game was­ never gonna b straight forward people might say its­ only west brom but when yr down there fighting its hard­ 4 any team to come out on top coys 7th spot is still­ there 4 the taking west ham will slip

    From garylocker, on Sat 2 May 7:01PM

  5. keane could not find the goal when he was at liverpool,­ it will be no different when he returns.

    From RAY, on Sat 2 May 6:46PM

  6. ARSENALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL­ LLLLLLLLLLLL

    From tcw000321, on Sat 2 May 5:23PM

  7. Sorry Liverpool but looks like Keano will score against­ u. He's savin up all thee energy 2 score a woppa!x

    From francescamarsh27, on Sat 2 May 5:01PM

  8. another 1-0 win!

    From Marco, on Sat 2 May 4:56PM

  9. Spurs are the best thats y we love them! Avid Spurs­ fans are the best thats y u should love us! Woop­ Woop!!!! xxxxxx

    From francescamarsh27, on Sat 2 May 4:52PM

  10. SPURS ARE THE GREATEST HARRY REDNAPP A LEGEND LEDLY­ KING A LEADER OF MEN

    From Nhyim, on Sat 2 May 4:52PM

  11. Yid Army!!!

    From Brendan, on Sat 2 May 4:43PM
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    Spuds getting all excited about a one-nil lead against­ the bottom club - what a pathetic lot you are and the­ laughing stock of the EPL!

    From Peter S, on Sat 2 May 4:34PM
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    West Brom to win I am a United fan.

    From Cathal, on Sat 2 May 4:19PM

  14. please don't score keane...

    From tarmizi, on Sat 2 May 4:15PM

  15. yeah where is Keane? he didn't get one mention!! ­
    2nd half hat-trick then!!! :)

    From Marco, on Sat 2 May 4:07PM

  16. come on you spurs!!!!

    From roberts, on Sat 2 May 4:01PM

  17. where is Keane ????????

    From ekykki, on Sat 2 May 3:53PM

  18. C'mon Spurs!!!

    From GEM K, on Sat 2 May 3:51PM

  19. YAY COME ON SPURS!!!!!

    From Nath, on Sat 2 May 3:47PM
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    Arsenal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From hejon1, on Sat 2 May 3:41PM
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