Saturday October 16, 2010 Day 8 Finished Craven Cottage

Fulham 1 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur

  • Kamará 30’
  • Pavlyuchenko 31’
  • Huddlestone 64’

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  1. Spurs inflict first Fulham defeat

    Spurs inflict first Fulham defeat

    A controversial goal from Tom Huddlestone gave Tottenham a 2-1 Premier League win at Fulham, putting Spurs fifth. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Fulham
    • Tottenham Hotspur
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    • 90+4 There you have it, Spurs win, fourth for now behind Arsenal on goal difference after Manchester United AGAIN draw after leading by two goals.
    • 90+3 Spurs are being clever now, winning corners and wide throws as they slow it down and wind down the clock.
    • 90+2 Spurs break and Huddlestone can free Lennon but the winger is pulled too far wide and holds it up instead.
    • 90+1 Fulham are camped on the edge of the Spurs box but oh dear that move comes to a halt thanks to a poor touch from Johnson, playing it well beyond Kelly who was free on the right.
    • 90' Four minutes added time being played...
    • 89' Confusion as Kamara seems to be offside but nothing given, Murphy plays him in again but his cross is blocked.
    • 88' Fulham are pressing and pressing now but Spurs are holding firm...
    • 86' Spurs come again but Kelly puts it out for a throw. Bale is proving a handful, again.
    • 85' Dempsey booked for persistent fouling in the Spurs half.
    • 84' FULHAM SUB: Johnson (Eddie that is) on for Greening.
    • 83' Crouch bounds forward but smart defending from Hangeland to nick it away from him and bring it clear.
    • 82' Great play play by Fulham down the right, a Davies backheel brilliantly sending Kelly in, who plays it to Kamara unmarked but he blasts over! Should have done much better!
    • 81' Crouch shoves his own team-mate Van der Vaart into Schwarzer so he can head the corner in but the ref sees that one all right.
    • 80' Hutton drills in a low shot from the edge of the box but a super low save by Schwarzer!
    • 79' Bale on the left, great low cross, held up by Crouch falling down AND VAN DER VAART but blocked and a corner!
    • 78' BIG MISS FULHAM! Salcido had the whole goal to aim at from 12 yards, slightly to the left, after Gomes dropped Davies's cross under pressure.
    • 77' Fulham are working it down the right but an aimless ball from Kelly evades everyone and is taken by Gomes.
    • 76' Huddlestone with another long-range shot but this one is well wide.
    • 75' FULHAM SUB: Dembele off for Gera.
    • 74' Davies swings it in but Kamara stops moving even thoguh he was onside!
    • 73' Foul by Assou-Ekotto on Dempsey and Fulham. Free-kick...
    • 71' Fulham need to put their anger over that goal to bed. No doubt panellists and the like will talk about the offside laws being confusing, but they're pretty clear to me: if a player is offside but doesn't touch the ball, he is interfering if he obstructs the view of the goalkeeper. And anyway, Gallas seemed to touch the ball and definitely made a movement to play it.
    • 70' Lennon gets on to a Crouch hold-up and he races forward, Crouch is with him but he shoots instead, sending it well over.
    • 68' SPURS SUB: Crouch on for Pavlyuchenko.
    • 66' Fulham seem rattled by that goal. Spurs are in control of the ball now, knocking it about confidently.
    • 64' This one will rumble on and on. In case you don't agree that standing in front of the keeper constitutes interfering, the laws of the game state: "interfering with an opponent means preventing an opponent from playing or being able to play the ball by clearly obstructing the opponent's line of vision or movements or making a gesture or movement which, in the opinion of the referee, deceives or distracts an opponent".
    • 63' OVERRULED! Mike Dean overrules the linesman. Shocking, Gallas was standing right in front of Schwarzer, blocking his view. That IS interfering Dean, and anyway he touched it. Oh dear.
    • 62' WHAT A GOAL! Huddlestone! The corner from Bale is played to the edge of the box he smashes it in from 25 yards, into the bottom left but no! The flag is up! Hudz can't believe it! Mike Dean goes over to the assistant... Gallas was offside, right in front of Schwarzer, meaning he could not see the ball, and he seemed to touch it too.
    • 61' Baird with a firm challenge on Bale on the edge of the box, he thinks it was a foul but in the end a goal kick is given.
    • 60' Dempsey feels hard done by as he eases Gallas off the ball before moving clear. He says it was a shoulder-to-shoulder job but it looked a foul to me.
    • 58' Ooooh Lennon should have done better as he shot straight at Schwarzer! He cut inside from the left and it opened up for him but a weak finish from 15 yards at most.
    • 57' Fulham have a corner on the right which Davies swings in and it's a great header from Baird but an equally good save from Gomes, who flies across to tip over!
    • 56' Good defending from Kelly to play it back to Schwarzer as VdV raced in. The Aussie keeper hoofs away.
    • 55' Harmless corner in the end, headed well wide for a goal kick.
    • 54' Good defending by Kelly to knock a low cross from Lennon behind with Pav lurking at the far post.
    • 53' Spurs roll forward but Fulham have men back in numbers and resist for now...
    • 52' A high ball from Assou-Ekotto straight down Schwarzer's throat.
    • 51' FULHAM SUB: Kelly on for Murphy. An odd one. Baird I assume then will move into midfield.
    • 49' Fulham are able to clear the corner. Spurs come back though, far-post ball from Lennon AND PAV FLIES IN WITH A FAR-POST VOLLEY but Schwarzer blocks!
    • 48' Murphy with an ill-advised stepover with no-one there. Spurs clear, and win a corner, Assou-Ekotto off Davies.
    • 47' Lennon gets his first touch, bursting down the right but Salcido blocks the cross. He gets it back but Hangeland clears.
    • 46' Dempsey has an ambitious effort from range but it dips into the arms of a well-placed Gomes.
    • 46' The second half is underway!
    • 46' SPURS SUB: Aaron Lennon is on for the visitors, Sandro makes way. He was booked it turns out in the first half, I think for that trip on Davies, which would have been harsh.
    • 45+2 Modric on the edge of the box delays as he tries to find the pass, he then goes down, nothing given, and the whistle goes for half-time. Bad news for Spurs though as Ledley King was injured just before the break.
    • 45+1 Hutton bursts down the right, not sure where Dean's got this injury time from, but Hughes clears the low cross.
    • 45' Modric gets it on the left but his attempted cross flies out for a goal kick. Surely no more than a minute of injury time?
    • 44' OH DEAR! King is down, hurt somehow in that passage of play, and he goes off injured.
    • 43' GREAT SAVE GOMES! One handed, he tips it away for a corner but what a strike from Kamara, smashing it towards the top left with a first-time shot from the edge of the box!
    • 42' Dembele in the middle slips it wide to Dempsey, he shifts it on to his right and is in the box but his low driven cross is hacked away by Gallas.
    • 41' Kamara almost gets in again but Gallas clears.
    • 39' Van der Vaart swings it in near post but it's low and easy for the well-placed Schwarzer.
    • 38' Dempsey with a clumsy challenge on Hutton and Spurs have a free-kick on the right.
    • 37' Kamara is onside as he races on to a long ball that catches the Spurs defence cold, but Gomes reads it and gathers on the edge of his box, fractionally before Kamara was to meet it.
    • 36' Slightly pointless shot from around 40 yards from Pav, five or six yards over.
    • 35' End to end as a Spurs attack is snuffed out by Hughes, Kamara again racing through but King able to clear.
    • 34' Kamara holds the ball up for Dempsey, who feeds Greening with a flashy backheel. Gallas with a last-ditch diving header to clear as Kamara was almost in again.
    • 33' Dimonasy Kamara almost gets in but the ball spins away from him on the edge of the box.
    • 32' This is fun now, as Murphy bursts forward and crashes in a shot that King blocks.
    • 31' GOAL SPURS! Straight away! Van der Vaart with a magnificent first touch in the box, killing a high ball and spinning 180 degrees on to it before clipping an outrageous chip over Schwarzer that hits the bar, Pavlyuchenko tapping it in. Pav gets the goal but that was all about Rafa. He's so good!
    • 30' GOAL FULHAM! Kamara knocks it into the empty net after some absurd ball-juggling from Dempsey, who took a high ball on the chest and set the Senegal forward up with a low driven ball across goal. His skills took both King and Gallas out of the game.
    • 29' Greening to Kamara, wide to Baird, his cross is cleared but Fulham have it back, now Salcido crosses, surely that hit Hutton's arm but play on! He stuck an arm out and the ball hit it, should have been a penalty!
    • 28' Salcido on the left, he cuts inside and it opens up for the shot AND IT'S A BEAUTY BUT IT DIPS JUST WIDE! That was from all of 30 yards, to the left, a trademark vicious, swerving effort from the Mexican. Gomes nowhere near it.
    • 27' Great skill from Davies and then Kamara as Fulham are playing with the confidence of last season's Euro run.
    • 26' Dempsey surges down the left and is clearly checked by Hutton but the ref waves play on.
    • 25' This is much better from Fulham but a slack pass from Greening means Spurs have it back.
    • 24 The Murphy free-kick from wide is cleared but Modric plays a horrible mis-kick as he tries to complete the clearance, straight back to Murphy who clips the ball in AND HUGHES UNMARKED BUT HE HEADS OVER! Kamara was in his way, also flying in to meet the ball! Should have been 1-0.
    • 23' Fulham retain possession though ans Davies is played in down the right, flicking it over Sandro who clips him. Free-kick between the corner flag and penalty area.
    • 22' Murphy fancies this, looking to get it up and down over the wall but he sends it weak and low into it. Poor.
    • 21' Needless free-kick given away by Sandro on Dempsey 25 yards out. The USA man was going nowhere with plenty of men back.
    • 20' Fulham are looking more threatening now, keeping the ball for a decent spell as they remember how to pass it.
    • 19' Huddlestone has a word with the ref, asking how on earth no-one saw how offside Kamara was. Had he scored that would have been a joke of a goal.
    • 18' Kamara is surely offside but play on says the ref. He was standing around with the ball waiting for the flag and eventually played on but he had no support as - rightly it turns out - everyone assumed he was off. How weird. Poor officiating, he was strolling back from around five or 10 yards off.
    • 17' Modric is tackled on the edge of the box and Fulham can break but frustratingly the move slows down. They get it forward again though, Salcido to Dembele, he crosses but Davies is tangled with King and can only head weakly into the ground.
    • 16' Clear shove in Assou-Ekotto's back by Kamara, and both players raise a smile.
    • 15' Now Spurs have a corner on the right, won by Huddlestone. No, it's a throw, sorry, very close to the byline. Hutton puts it in but it comes off Huddlestone and out for a goal kick.
    • 14' Kamara wins a corner, showing good close control on the right wing to play it off Assou-Ekotto. JUST WIDE FROM KAMARA! It was a great delivery from Davies and Kamara rose highest, unmarked too, but the downward header just evaded the far post.
    • 13' Baird with a high ball down the right, good touch by Kamara but Assou-Ekotto makes the challenge. Throw.
    • 12' Kamara is played through but the flag is up. He was just offiside, if at all. Close.
    • 11' A long ball from Greening is straight to Gomes. Fulham have barely got their game going yet.
    • 10' Sandro bursts forward from halfway, they step off him and he shoots but it curls outwards and ends up well wide.
    • 8' A promising Fulham counter breaks down thanks to a poor touch from Dempsey, popping up on the left, from where he appears to have been given the brief to cut inside.
    • 7' Fulham respond with a rare move forward, Davies unable to control a highish ball down the right, Spurs throw.
    • 6' JUST WIDE FROM PAVLYUCHENKO! Fulham clear the corner but the ball is sent to Bale on the left, he crosses first time and Pav controls on the chest before taking it around Baird and firing a low drive across the keeper but wide of the far post! First real chance of the game.
    • 5' Great break from Spurs but Sandro slips in the wet. Credit to him though as he manages to keep the ball, it's worked wide to Bale and Pav attacks but he heads well over. It hit Hughes en route and Spurs have a corner.
    • 4' Spurs have had all the ball in these opening stages, Fulham sitting very deep in what is now a trademark cautious approach under Hughes. Almost a dodgy defensive header from Baird that Bale nearly gets on to but Schwarzer claims.
    • 3' Dempsey gets hold of the ball for the first time but is unable to control it adequately and Spurs clear.
    • 2' Good pressure from Spurs, passing the ball well before Hutton wins a corner off Salcido on the right. Van der Vaart to take... He takes it short but plays it short to Modric, who is tackled on the edge of the box.
    • 1' Salcido gets the ball down the left channel but Hutton is able to clear ahead of Kamara. At the other end Schwarzer has to come out of his box to clear from Pavlyuchenko.
    • 1' The first half is underway at Craven Cottage! Fulham in white, Spurs in their deep navy away strip.
    • 14:58 The teams are out on the pitch, a sheepish looking Danny Murphy leading Fulham out after his little poke at rival teams' tackling provoked some furious responses from the likes of Tony Pulis and Sam Allardyce. Mick McCarthy responded in the best way - by taking the mickey. Murphy is one of two Fulham players who formerly turned out for Spurs, along with Simon Davies.
    • 14:55 A landmark game for Jermaine Jenas if he gets off the bench today - it will be his 250th Premier League appearance.
    • 14:50 Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has won his last three league matches against Fulham boss Mark Hughes. In total, he has won five and lost six of his 12 Prem meetings with Hughes. His last defeat against him was Portsmouth’s 6-0 loss at Manchester City in September 2008.
    • 14:45 Fulham are one of only two Premier League sides to remain unbeaten this season, along with Manchester United. Mark Hughes is unbeaten in his last nine Premier League matches as a manager. His only defeat in his last 20 matches (15 draws) was Manchester City’s 3-0 loss against today’s opponents Tottenham at White Hart Lane in December 2009.
    • 14:40 Interesting stat - in the modern, Premier League era, Fulham and Spurs have met 18 times, with results evenly split 6-6-6 (win-loss-draw) between the two.
    • 14:35 SPURS TEAM NEWS: Brazilian prospect Sandro starts for Spurs in midfield, his first start in the league. William Gallas returns from injury, while Ledley King starts despite the upcoming encounter against Inter. Aaron Lennon, who missed out for England with injuy, is on the bench, and it's an impressive bench too - all six outfield players are full internationals for major nations. Jonathan Woodgate is still out, while David Bentley and Younes Kaboul are not considered fit.
    • 14:30 FULHAM TEAM NEWS: Chris Baird continues at right-back with John Pantsil on the bench, while Zoltan Gera is AGAIN left out with Diomansy Kamara starting up front in the absence of Bobby Zamora and one-time footballer Andy Johnson. Damien Duff and Dickson Etuhu are injured. Moussa Dembele returns from an ankle injury.
    • 14:25 Referee: Mike Dean (Wirral)
    • 14:20 TEAMS - Fulham: Schwarzer, Baird, Hangeland, Hughes, Salcido, Davies, Greening, Murphy, Dempsey, Dembele, Kamara; Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Pantsil, Gera, Riise, Eddie Johnson, Halliche /// Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Gallas, King, Assou-Ekotto, Van der Vaart, Huddlestone, Modric, Bale, Sandro, Pavlyuchenko; Subs: Cudicini, Lennon, Jenas, Keane, Crouch, Bassong, Kranjcar
    • 14:15 Welcome to our LIVE coverage of Fulham's London derby clash with Tottenham, kicking off at 3pm at Craven Cottage.

  • Summary

    • 82' Great play play by Fulham down the right, a Davies backheel brilliantly sending Kelly in, who plays it to Kamara unmarked but he blasts over! Should have done much better!
    • 80' Hutton drills in a low shot from the edge of the box but a super low save by Schwarzer!
    • 78' BIG MISS FULHAM! Salcido had the whole goal to aim at from 12 yards, slightly to the left, after Gomes dropped Davies's cross under pressure.
    • 63' OVERRULED! Mike Dean overrules the linesman. Shocking, Gallas was standing right in front of Schwarzer, blocking his view. That IS interfering Dean, and anyway he touched it. Oh dear.
    • 62' WHAT A GOAL! Huddlestone! The corner from Bale is played to the edge of the box he smashes it in from 25 yards, into the bottom left but no! The flag is up! Hudz can't believe it! Mike Dean goes over to the assistant... Gallas was offside, right in front of Schwarzer, meaning he could not see the ball, and he seemed to touch it too.
    • 58' Ooooh Lennon should have done better as he shot straight at Schwarzer! He cut inside from the left and it opened up for him but a weak finish from 15 yards at most.
    • 57' Fulham have a corner on the right which Davies swings in and it's a great header from Baird but an equally good save from Gomes, who flies across to tip over!
    • 49' Fulham are able to clear the corner. Spurs come back though, far-post ball from Lennon AND PAV FLIES IN WITH A FAR-POST VOLLEY but Schwarzer blocks!
    • 43' GREAT SAVE GOMES! One handed, he tips it away for a corner but what a strike from Kamara, smashing it towards the top left with a first-time shot from the edge of the box!
    • 31' GOAL SPURS! Straight away! Van der Vaart with a magnificent first touch in the box, killing a high ball and spinning 180 degrees on to it before clipping an outrageous chip over Schwarzer that hits the bar, Pavlyuchenko tapping it in. Pav gets the goal but that was all about Rafa. He's so good!
    • 30' GOAL FULHAM! Kamara knocks it into the empty net after some absurd ball-juggling from Dempsey, who took a high ball on the chest and set the Senegal forward up with a low driven ball across goal. His skills took both King and Gallas out of the game.
    • 29' Greening to Kamara, wide to Baird, his cross is cleared but Fulham have it back, now Salcido crosses, surely that hit Hutton's arm but play on! He stuck an arm out and the ball hit it, should have been a penalty!
    • 28' Salcido on the left, he cuts inside and it opens up for the shot AND IT'S A BEAUTY BUT IT DIPS JUST WIDE! That was from all of 30 yards, to the left, a trademark vicious, swerving effort from the Mexican. Gomes nowhere near it.
    • 24 The Murphy free-kick from wide is cleared but Modric plays a horrible mis-kick as he tries to complete the clearance, straight back to Murphy who clips the ball in AND HUGHES UNMARKED BUT HE HEADS OVER! Kamara was in his way, also flying in to meet the ball! Should have been 1-0.
    • 14' Kamara wins a corner, showing good close control on the right wing to play it off Assou-Ekotto. JUST WIDE FROM KAMARA! It was a great delivery from Davies and Kamara rose highest, unmarked too, but the downward header just evaded the far post.
    • 6' JUST WIDE FROM PAVLYUCHENKO! Fulham clear the corner but the ball is sent to Bale on the left, he crosses first time and Pav controls on the chest before taking it around Baird and firing a low drive across the keeper but wide of the far post! First real chance of the game.
    • 14:20 TEAMS - Fulham: Schwarzer, Baird, Hangeland, Hughes, Salcido, Davies, Greening, Murphy, Dempsey, Dembele, Kamara; Subs: Stockdale, Kelly, Pantsil, Gera, Riise, Eddie Johnson, Halliche /// Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Gallas, King, Assou-Ekotto, Van der Vaart, Huddlestone, Modric, Bale, Sandro, Pavlyuchenko; Subs: Cudicini, Lennon, Jenas, Keane, Crouch, Bassong, Kranjcar

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • M. Schwarzer
      • C. Baird
      • B. Hangeland
      • A. Hughes
      • C. Salcido
      • J. Greening Substitution Out (84′)
      • D. Murphy Substitution Out (52′)
      • S. Davies
      • C. Dempsey Yellow Card
      • M. Dembélé Substitution Out (75′)
      • D. Kamará Goal

      Subs

      • Z. Gera Substitution In75′
      • S. Kelly Substitution In52′
      • E. Johnson Substitution In84′
      • B. Riise
      • D. Stockdale
      • R. Halliche
      • J. Pantsil

    • Starting line-up

      • Gomes
      • A. Hutton
      • W. Gallas
      • L. King Substitution Out (44′)
      • B. Assou-Ekotto
      • T. Huddlestone Goal
      • Sandro Yellow Card Substitution Out (45′)
      • L. Modric
      • R. van der Vaart
      • G. Bale
      • R. Pavlyuchenko Goal Substitution Out (70′)

      Subs

      • C. Cudicini
      • R. Keane
      • P. Crouch Substitution In70′
      • J. Jenas
      • N. Kranjcar
      • A. Lennon Substitution In45′
      • S. Bassong Substitution In44′

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