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Tottenham Hotspur

  • Pavlyuchenko 64’

West Ham

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  1. Russian sub sinks Hammers

    Russian sub sinks Hammers

    Tottenham Hotspur moved into the top half of the Premier League table with a 1-0 win over local rivals West Ham at White Hart Lane. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • West Ham
    • 90+3' The final whistle goes and Spurs have beaten their London rivals and move up into the top half of the table.
    • 90' Tottenham are doing a good job of starving West Ham of possession as the clock ticks over into stoppage time.
    • 88' Mark Noble is the fourth Hammers player to be booked today after he trips Huddlestone in midfield.
    • 86' West Ham have the ball in the final third and plenty of men forward here. The ball is pulled back for DI MICHELE TO STRIKE... Saved a tthe near post by Gomes!
    • 85' Pavlyuchenko fouls Upson as the two men tussle for the ball.
    • 84' The rather ineffectual Diego Tristan is replaced by Freddie Sears as Gianfranco Zola makes his play.
    • 81' Huddlestone strikes... The ball deflects off the wall and behind for a corner. Spurs once more waste the set piece, but West Ham can't muster a counter-attack.
    • 80' Upson fouls Pavlyuchenko and Psurs have a free-kick in a good position. Huddlestone looks as though he may have a pop from here...
    • 79' Lennon checks inside and curls the ball towards the far corner... tipped behind by Green! Godd vision from Lennon to spot the shot opportunity, and credit to Green for making the save.
    • 77' West Ham have still got a chance in this match, but they haven't really looked that dangerous since they've been forced to chase the game.
    • 75' Dyer has three men around him, but that won't stop him from shooting from the edge of the Spurs box. His drilled effort is wide of Gomes's near post though.
    • 72' Modric tries a cheeky backheel into te path of Keane inside the West Ham box, but the irishman is not on the same page as the Croat and doesn't latch on to it.
    • 70' Luis Boa Morte is replaced by Kieron Dyer.
    • 68' Assou-Ekotto is hounded down by two West Ham men, and eventually wins a free-kick just before he would have conceded a throw-in.
    • 67' Zokora picks the ball up and has space in front of him. The Ivorian drills a long-range shot wide of goal.
    • 66' West Ham are really under the cosh now. Modric has a dig from the edge of the box, but it hits one of the bodies in the area and rebounds away from goal.
    • 64 GOAL!! Spurs make the breakthrough! Luka Modric finds Pavlyuchenko in the area, and the Russian striker rolls his marker and fires a low finish into the far corner!
    • 62' David di Michele is the latest player to receive a yellow card from referee Atkinson.
    • 60' Spurs are beginning to stetch the Hammers defence a bit more now. Pavlyuchenko's introduction appears to have livened up Robbie Keane.
    • 57' West Ham break forward and Di Michele is one-on-one with Gomes.. The Italian fires right at the keeper, and King hacks the loose ball clear!
    • 56' Spurs send in a free-kick that's flicked on for PAVLYUCHENKO... The Russian's header is tame and Green catches easily.
    • 55' Another Tottenham change, this time Roman Pavlyuchenko comes on to replace Darren Bent.
    • 53' Spurs are having another good spell of possession. However, a misplaced pass almost initiates a West Ham break, but Zokora fouls Neill in midfield and gets a deserved booking.
    • 51' Assou-Ekotto curls a ball towards the far post... Upson manages to flick a header behind for another corner with Darren Bent also jumping for the header.
    • 50' Collins manages to intercept a through ball and concede the corner. Spurs can't capitalise from the set piece.
    • 49' The second half has resumed in the same manner that the first finished, with play going from end to end without any real clear-cut chances being created.
    • 48' It seems that Jenase picked up a hamstring injury in the first half, hence the change.
    • 46' Harry Redknapp made one change at half-time; Jermaine Jenas is replaced by Didier Zokora.
    • 46' The players are back out and Spurs get the second half underway!
    • 45+2' Half-time at White Hart Lane, and Tottenham have been the better side but have failed to convert that into goals.
    • 45' Modric sends the free-kick to the far post. It's headed only half-clear and it could fall for KEANE... Hacked away by a Hammers player!
    • 45' Luis Boa Morte is the first man to go into the referee's book for a foul on Modric.
    • 44' Lennon beats his man on the wing but, once again, his final ball is poor.
    • 43' Tristan pulls the ball back to Di Michele who goes down on the edge of the box... Martin Atkinson waves away the appeals! A high octane finish to the half here.
    • 41' Jermaine Jenas chips a nice ball to the far post... just a shame nobody in a white shirt was anywhere near it.
    • 39' Huddlestone controls Corluka's chipped ball forward slickly and shoots on the turn... wide of Green's goal.
    • 37' Lucas Neill is doing a good job in the centre of midfield today. His tackle on Jenas starts a good West Ham attack, before the ball ends up in Gomes's arms.
    • 35' Keane sprays the ball out wide to Lennon, but Spurs can't work the shot. West Ham break and Di Michele turns on the edge of the box and STRIKES... Deflected behind for a corner!
    • 34' Noble sends in a free-kick from deep to that's headed out to DI MICHELE AT THE FAR POST... Gomes saves the volley! This match is finally coming to life.
    • 32' Assou-Ekotto lifts a cross into the centre for DARREN BENT.. The Spurs striker sends his header just wide of the far post!
    • 31' Boa Morte is tackled fairly by woodgate, but the West Ham man acts as though his family has been insulted.
    • 30' Huddlestone and Lennon leave a volley opportunity to each other, and in the Corluka fires a strike on goal. It deflects of a Hammers defender and KEANE POUNCES... Saved at the near post by Rob Green!
    • 28' Assou-Ekotto muscles Di Michele off the ball on the wing. west Ham are struggling the retain possession in the Spurs half.
    • 27' Boa Morte is receiving treatment following that clash with Gomes.
    • 26' Heurleho Gomes is up-ended as he charges out to punch the ball clear with Boa Morte lurking! The Brazilian loves to be in the wars.
    • 25' Assou-Ekotto neatly skips the sliding challenge of Stanislas and crosses to the far post for... no one.
    • 24' Several times this season Tottenham have paid for not turning their early dominance into goals. West Ham will be hoping this is another one of those days.
    • 23' More nice play as Spurs pass the ball across the edge of the West Ham area. It comes out to Keane on the elft and he strikes... The shot flies wide of the far post.
    • 21' Another Tottenham corner, flicked on at the near post but nobody follows it up. Keane brings the ball into the area but hits the deck all too easily and West Ham can clear.
    • 19' West Ham are really under pressure now, and Spurs win a corner. Keane mis-kicks a volley at the far post and he's appealing for a handball off Tomkins! The referee is having none of it.
    • 17' Good attacking possession from Spurs, as the West Ham box faces a barrage of crosses. No cutting edge though. Robbie Keane has barely had a touch so far. Then again, neither has Diego Tristan for the Hammers.
    • 16' Tomkins deflects a cross behind for corner. Modric's delivery is headed clear and Huddlestone fires over the bar from distance.
    • 15' Assou-Ekotto gets two stabs at crossing the ball into the box, and the second is headed clear by Upson.
    • 14' Herita Ilunga is unlucky to concede a free-kick as the ball bounces up and hits his hand. Spurs send the ball upfield but Tomkins gets to it before Jenas.
    • 12' Woodgate and Boa Morte have a bizarre set-to on the wing... The Spurs defender shields the ball and repeatedly barges the winger away, and eventually wins the free-kick.
    • 9' Stanislas fires a cross towards the far post for Di Michele... The Italian can only send his volley back across goal, missing everyone.
    • 8' Luka Modric wins a free-kick on the left wing. King has come up for the set piece. The croat curls in the delivery, but Green plucks it out of the air.
    • 7' Boa Morte down the elft, but can neither beat Corluka nor cross around him.
    • 6' David di Michele chases a ball down the right channel, but Ledley King is across in good time and clears the ball.
    • 5' Lennon goes marauding through the centre again, but a lack of good options means his half-hearted pass goes through to nobody.
    • 4' Spurs have had the better of it in the opening stages. West Ham are yet to get their foot on the ball.
    • 3' Corluka feeds Lennon and the little winger digs out a shot from distance, but it sails into the crowd.
    • 1' West Ham push up to make the first attacking move of the match, but it's cleared easily by the Spurs defence.
    • - We're just a minute from kick-off at White Hart Lane for this local derby...

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats West Ham
    58% Possession 41%
    18 Shots 8
    7 Shots on target 3
    3 Saves 2
    10 Corners 1
    13 Fouls 9
    2 Offsides 4
    1 Yellow cards 5
    0 Red cards 0
    17 Tackles 21
    456 Accurate passes 298
    89 Bad passes 46

  • 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 2 2 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 54 21 2
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 66 1 2
      26 Ledley King 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 34 5 1
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 27 1 3
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 69 17 2
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 3 1
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 30 3 2
      14 Luka Modric 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 62 17 1
      15 Robbie Keane 0 4 2 0 0 1 0 40 8 0
      10 Darren Bent 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0
      5 David Bentley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Didier Zokora 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 5 2
      21 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 9 6 1
      3 Gareth Bale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Ham
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Robert Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1
      15 Matthew Upson 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 22 1 0
      30 James Tomkins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 0 4
      2 Lucas Neill 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 41 8 1
      3 Hérita N'Kongolo Ilunga 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 40 9 1
      19 James Collins 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 17 1 1
      16 Mark Noble 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 52 9 6
      46 Junior Stanislas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 25 7 2
      13 Luis Boa Morte 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 11 1 3
      25 Diego Tristán 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 21 4 1
      32 David Di Michele 0 6 3 1 1 2 0 27 4 1
      10 Savio Nsereko 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0
      7 Kieron Dyer 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 0
      44 Bondz Ngala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Walter Lopez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Freddie Sears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      35 Josh Payne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      24 Jan Lastuvka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 86' West Ham have the ball in the final third and plenty of men forward here. The ball is pulled back for DI MICHELE TO STRIKE... Saved a tthe near post by Gomes!
    • 79' Lennon checks inside and curls the ball towards the far corner... tipped behind by Green! Godd vision from Lennon to spot the shot opportunity, and credit to Green for making the save.
    • 64 GOAL!! Spurs make the breakthrough! Luka Modric finds Pavlyuchenko in the area, and the Russian striker rolls his marker and fires a low finish into the far corner!
    • 57' West Ham break forward and Di Michele is one-on-one with Gomes.. The Italian fires right at the keeper, and King hacks the loose ball clear!
    • 56' Spurs send in a free-kick that's flicked on for PAVLYUCHENKO... The Russian's header is tame and Green catches easily.
    • 45' Modric sends the free-kick to the far post. It's headed only half-clear and it could fall for KEANE... Hacked away by a Hammers player!
    • 34' Noble sends in a free-kick from deep to that's headed out to DI MICHELE AT THE FAR POST... Gomes saves the volley! This match is finally coming to life.
    • 32' Assou-Ekotto lifts a cross into the centre for DARREN BENT.. The Spurs striker sends his header just wide of the far post!
    • 30' Huddlestone and Lennon leave a volley opportunity to each other, and in the Corluka fires a strike on goal. It deflects of a Hammers defender and KEANE POUNCES... Saved at the near post by Rob Green!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Martin Atkinson

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • V. Corluka
    • J. Woodgate
    • L. King
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • J. Jenas Substitution Out (46′)
    • T. Huddlestone
    • A. Lennon
    • L. Modric
    • D. Bent Substitution Out (55′)
    • R. Keane

    Subs

    • C. Cudicini
    • D. Zokora Substitution In46′ Yellow Card
    • D. Bentley
    • P. Chimbonda
    • M. Dawson
    • R. Pavlyuchenko Substitution In55′ Goal
    • G. Bale

    Injured

    • J. Defoe

    Suspended

    • W. Palacios

  • West Ham

    Manager: Gianfranco Zola

    Captain: Lucas Neill

    Starting line-up

    • R. Green
    • J. Collins
    • J. Tomkins
    • M. Upson
    • H. Ilunga
    • J. Stanislas
    • M. Noble Yellow Card
    • L. Neill
    • L. Boa Morte Yellow Card Substitution Out (70′)
    • D. Di Michele Yellow Card
    • D. Tristan Substitution Out (84′)

    Subs

    • K. Dyer Substitution In70′
    • J. Lastuvka
    • S. Nsereko
    • F. Sears Substitution In84′
    • B. Ngala
    • W. Lopez
    • J. Payne

    Injured

    • S. Parker
    • D. Gabbidon
    • D. Ashton
    • C. Cole
    • J. Spector
    • V. Behrami
    • J. Collison

    Suspended

    None

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  1. supercalifragilistic roman pavlyuchenko

    From Omar, on Sun 12 Apr 10:26PM

  2. Pavluchenko is like the Torres of the spurs,except­ he's not lazy, he doesn't dive, he's not­ ugly, and he's talented. Theyre both no. 9

    From Omar, on Sun 12 Apr 10:24PM

  3. keep on going u spurs!!! we're now in the top 10!­ Harry Redknapp is magig! I knew it! Finally, Pav's­ been used!

    From Omar, on Sun 12 Apr 10:22PM

  4. hahahahahahahahaha westham so predictable who are ya!

    From jktiptree, on Sun 12 Apr 1:28PM

  5. Guess what? I've got a next-door-neighbor who­ supports... THE HAMMERS! He was so annoyed when they­ lost to spurs!

    From villaspark96, on Sun 12 Apr 1:15PM

  6. we done the double of u this season two nil at upton­ park and one nil at the lane, never mind!! come on u­ spurs

    From samanthamccarthy, on Sat 11 Apr 8:48PM

  7. we gonna finish above the east end s hite COYS

    From andy, on Sat 11 Apr 8:01PM

  8. Pav is comeback!!!

    From AG, on Sat 11 Apr 5:33PM

  9. just typical

    From henrymcmullen, on Sat 11 Apr 5:09PM

  10. Do you really need to keep this guy chained to the­ bench, Harry?

    From billbush999, on Sat 11 Apr 5:01PM

  11. Steven W. F**k you. What a f*****g sore loser. @#$%.­ Come on you Spurs.

    From Fandango Hunter, on Sat 11 Apr 5:01PM

  12. WEST HAM WE @#$% EM­ OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!

    From redhotmarc84, on Sat 11 Apr 5:00PM

  13. Zola why not pick Sears instead of Tristan. Needs­ development yes but will have his day unlike Tristan­ who is passed his sell by date

    From William, on Sat 11 Apr 4:59PM

  14. yea yea MUG!"!!!!!

    From redhotmarc84, on Sat 11 Apr 4:59PM

  15. Good job Spurs!

    From lee, on Sat 11 Apr 4:58PM

  16. its still a win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From jason.neely, on Sat 11 Apr 4:57PM

  17. we love you tottenham we­ do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From paulrichardson249, on Sat 11 Apr 4:55PM

  18. What's Zola on 6 minutes for Sears to come good­ what a waste of time, if he was going to play him he­ could have given him time to feel his feet.

    From Ronsenglish, on Sat 11 Apr 4:54PM
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    Oh Sh** Sh** F***

    I bloody hate Spurs

    From salsalady, on Sat 11 Apr 4:54PM
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    JOKE TEAM-SPURS
    JOKE FANS
    JOKE GROUND
    ANY TEAM THAT­ SELLS IT'S PLAYERS THEN BUYS THEM BACK IS A­ JOKE.
    WORST TEAM IN LONDON.

    From STEVEN W, on Sat 11 Apr 4:53PM
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