Sunday November 28, 2010 Day 15 Finished White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 Liverpool

  • Škrtel 65’ (o.g.)
  • Lennon 90’
  • Škrtel 42’

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  1. Lennon winner crushes Liverpool

    Lennon winner crushes Liverpool

    Tottenham Hotspur moved up to fifth in the Premier League table after they beat Liverpool 2-1 in a thrilling match at White Hart Lane. More

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    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Liverpool
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    • 90+6' The final whistle is greeted by a huge cheer from the home crowd, as it heralds Spurs' fourth-striaght win! They move up to fifth in the table.
    • 90+5' Spurs try to shield it in the corner but Liverpool launch it upfield.
    • 90+4' Tottenham substitution: Sandro replaces Defoe.
    • 90+3' That's Lennon's first goal of the season, and sums up his recent resurgence in form.
    • 90+2' GOAL!! LENNON SCORES FOR TOTTENHAM!! Assou-Ekotto's long ball is flicked on by Crouch and Konchesky is too slow as Lennon nips in and beats Reina! The keeper got a hand to it but not enough to deny the winger a potential winner here!
    • 90+1' Five minutes of added time are signalled. This game should go on indefinitely until someone scores!
    • 90' Gomes has to be strong as he comes out to punch clear. Torres fires the loose ball intot he crowd.
    • 89' GOAL!! Crouch flicks on the free-kick from deep and Lennon nods it into the path of Defoe who lashes it past Reina! Hang on... it won't count! Defoe was offside when Lennon headed the ball to him!
    • 89' Bale is receiving treatment now. What a bruising encounter this has been!
    • 88' Johnson goes into the referee's book for a late tackle on Bale out wide.
    • 87' Liverpool substitution: Sotirios Kyrgiakos replaces Carragher.
    • 86' Now Carragher is in the wars. He's receiving treatment on his wrist after tangling with Crouch.
    • 85' The corner is headed away but only as far as Modric... the dipping volley flies a yard wide of the target.
    • 84' Defoe wins a corner off Carragher. it feels as though every chance could lead to a goal at the moment.
    • 83' Meireles fires in a cracking strike that has Gomes beaten but flies agonisingly wide of the upright!
    • 82' The only other Liverpool player to score a goal on both ends in the Premier League is John Barnes. He scored also at Tottenham on both ends. On August 26, 1995, he scored twice for Liverpool and one for Spurs. (Infostrada)
    • 81' Spurs attack now, and the ball drops in front of Bale for the volley... blocked by Reina!
    • 80' Liverpool finally clear the danger from that free-kick and come forward. Maxi tries the give-and-go with Meireles but the Portuguese's return pass is not what was required. He has had a good game though.
    • 79' Torres is penalised for tripping over Palacios as the pair go for the ball on the halfway line.
    • 78' Crouch fails to get a telling touch on Assou-Ekotto's throw-in, and Liverpool clear. The hectic pace of earlier has dropped now.
    • 76' Meireles tries to find Kuyt with a ball lifted over the top but Gomes claims it.
    • 75' Liverpool substitution: Fabio Aurelio replaces David N'Gog.
    • 74' N'Gog is receiving treatment on the field for a knock to the calf.
    • 73' Spurs break forward and Defoe's persistence blocks Johnson's clearance.
    • 72' Torres hustles and harries and Hutton concedes a throw in the final third.
    • 71' Martin Skrtl is the second player to score on both end in one PL match. Brede Hangeland also scored an own goal and a regular goal in one PL match this season. That was on August, 22 in the match Fulham vs Manchester United. (Infostrada)
    • 70' Real appeals for a penalty as Assou-Ekotto dives in on Kuyt, but the referee says play on. Controversial moment.
    • 69' Bassong chases Torres down the wing and gives him a sly boot in the back of the leg. not sly enough though, the referee sees it and gives Liverpool and free-kick.
    • 68' Kuyt plays a dangerous backpass to Reina that Defoe almost latches on to, but the Spanish keeper clears just in time. This game is perfectly poised now.
    • 67' Well, that goal means that all 20 teams in the Premier League have scored this weekend. For once, it wasn't Jamie Carragher who scored an own goal for Spurs! Hutton has a wild strike from distance with inevitable results.
    • 66' GOAL!! Modric glides through three defenders and plays the ball across to Crouch, but Skrtel steers it in before it reaches the Spurs striker!
    • 66' Jermain Defoe has taken 14 penalties in the PL. He missed six and scored eight. (Infostrada)
    • 65' Palacios clears the corner at the second attempt.
    • 64' Liverpool want a penalty after Bassong downs Kuyt, but nothing doing. The Reds have a corner now...
    • 63' A cross goes all the way over the area as a renewed Liverpool build another attack. Assou-Ekotto has plenty of time to clear.
    • 62' Defoe joins the list for Spurs players to miss spot-kicks this season that includes Van der Vaart, Roman Pavlyuchenko and Bale!
    • 61' By the way, Reina was booked for his protests in between the penalty being awarded and taken.
    • 60' DEFOE FIRES WIDE!! Reina guesses the right way, but the shot flies just wide of the foot of the post!
    • 59' PENALTY!! Bale's free-kick hits N'Gog's arms in the wall, and the referee points to the spot! no excuses for N'Gog there. Defoe will take it..
    • 57' Defoe wins a free-kick off Carragher after the defender palms him away. Quite a soft free-kick, but Bale won't mind as he places the ball down...
    • 56' Konchesky collides with Crouch in mid-air. The crowd want a penalty, but the referee waves play on.
    • 55' Liverpool have a corner here. Meireles's ball comes over to Skrtel, but his volley was always going to be difficult.
    • 54' The last time Liverpool lost an away match in the PL after leading at the break was at Tottenham Hotspur on November 1, 2008. (0-1 HT, 2-1 Result). (Infostrada)
    • 53' Assou-Ekotto lines up a shot from distance... he scored one last season... but this time it's deflected behind for a corner. Liverpool clear the corner and Konchesky tidies up from the second ball.
    • 52' Reina paws at Lennon's cross and it falls for BALE... blocked on the line by Meireles! Liverpool living dangerously!
    • 50' Lennon's cross is headed behind for a corner by Skrtel. Crouch heads Bale's corner back down at the far post and Defoe just couldn't connect with his shot on the turn!
    • 49' Crouch weaves his way through two red shirts in midfield, but the whistle goes for a foul on the lanky forward. He then lays Bale's cross back to Defoe, who miscues his volley on the edge of the box.
    • 48' Liverpool have picked up where they left off at tghe end of the first half. Can they make their dominance count?
    • 47' Torres is played in down the right and he's haring for goal... again Bassong denies him with a well-timed challenge!
    • 46' Spurs kick off and the second half is underway. The Lilywhites have salvaged 13 points from losing positions so far this season - more than any other side.
    • 45+3' The half-time whistle goes, and Liverpool are the side who go into the break much the stronger.
    • 45+3' Now Torres is through! He's in front of gomes... great tackle from Bassong! That had to be perfect, and it was!
    • 45+2' SHOULD BE TWO! Torres finds Maxi with a wonderful reverse pass and the Argentine takes far too long getting his shot right and the chance goes!
    • 45+2' Two minutes of injury time are indicated.
    • 45' Carragher slips over as he prepares to head away a cross unchallenged. Fortunately for him, there is no Defoe lurking to capitalise.
    • 44' That's Skrtel's second goal for Liverpool, and his first in just over a year, since he netted in a 2-2 draw at Man City on November 21 2009.
    • 43' GOAL!! Liverpool have a free-kick of their own from around the same area. Meireles floats it in and Martin Skrtel heads it off the back of N'Gog. The ball comes back to the Slovakian defender and he prods it past Gomes!
    • 42' Bale is some 35 yards out, but he'll have a pop... curled over the wall but a yard wide of Reina's post.
    • 41' Modric comes charging forward right through the centre of the park! Carragher coems across and has to shove the little Croatian over! That's another booking for a Liverpool defender, and another free-kick for Bale to take...
    • 40' Meireles fires a low shot in from 30 yards out. Gomes is down to meet it two-handed, but it slips from his grasp and goes out for a corner! For a second it looked like it was going in.
    • 39' Only once before had Rafael van der Vaart played less minutes from the start of a match in his professional career. In August 2004, he was substituted in the seventh minute in a friendly match for the Netherlands against Sweden. (Infostrada)
    • 38' Hutton fires a cross intot he box, but it's plucked out of the air by Reina.
    • 37' Johnson twists and turns around Assou-Ekotto, and is unfortunate to end up conceding a goal kick.
    • 36' Tottenham substitution: Sebastien Bassong replaces Kaboul.
    • 35' Kaboul remains down after blocking that strike. The last thing Tottenham need is another injured defender. He's up on his feet soon enough, but will play no further part.
    • 34' Torres runs at Kaboul and elects to strike from range rather than try and beat him. The shot cannons off the defender and out of play.
    • 33' Appeals for a penalty after Lennon's cross strikes Konchesky on the arm,,, rightly ignored by the officials.
    • 32' Palacios loses out to Lucas. The Brazilian finds Kuyt, who puts in a teasing cross for N'Gog at the near post... headed wide!
    • 31' Modric fires a low ball across. Reina parries but the ball breaks loose and Defoe pounces on the edge of the six-yard box... Carragher blocks on the line! Heroics fromt he Liverpool skipper!
    • 30' Spurs have a free-kick while within shooting range. Bale's strike hits the wall and Liverpool clear.
    • 29' Bale roams inside and drives forward with the ball before Konchesky has to bring him down. He'll take that booking.
    • 28' Palacios takes too long lining up a shot and David N'Gog steals the ball from him. The French striker comes forward and Hutton has to concede the throw.
    • 27' Since Harry Redknapp arrived at White Hart Lane Spurs have won three games (two league and one cup) against Liverpool at home, scoring twice as many goals as their opponents on each occasion. (Opta)
    • 26' Alan Hutton surges into the box between two defenders and goes down... referee Martin Atkinson waves away the appeals. Highly dubious from Hutton.
    • 25' Modric is hounded by two red shirts but he wins Spurs a corner. Bale sends it in and it's just too high for Crouch.
    • 24' Bale and Meireles chase for a loose ball. The Portuguese wins the ball but trips Bale. A harsh booking, in all honesty.
    • 23' Spurs clear twice from Meireles deliveries. Kuyt spins and shoots ont he turn and they have another corner. Crouch hacks away for a throw-in. Plenty of Liverpool pressure here.
    • 22' Nice pirouette from Meireles as Liverpool build a promising attack. Lucas's strike from range takes a deflection and Liverpool have a corner.
    • 21' Kaboul lines up a strike from distance and blazes it over the bar.
    • 19' Spurs clear the corner and attempt to launch the counter. Think that's going to be the theme of this match.
    • 18' Torres runs at Gallas, knocks it square to Maxi and Gomes has to tip the strike from 20 yards away for a corner. Decent save from the Brazilian.
    • 17' Bale wins a corner off Glen Johnson. That duel will be an interesting one this afternoon. Crouch gets in front of Carragher but can only toe-poke his effort wide.
    • 16' Benoit Assou-Ekotto is caught dithering by Torres. The left-back makes up for his error by dispossessing Kuyt.
    • 15' Gallas is forced into conceding a corner. Raul Meireles's delivery is cleared by Bale. Lucas tidies up.
    • 14' Defoe gets on to a long ball but Jamie Carragher challenges at the expense of a throw. Modric's cross is met by Defoe, who volleys on the turn but it's easy for Reina.
    • 13' Spurs on the counter here. Wilson Palacios plays a sloppy pass for Lennon and now Liverpool will counter. Roy Hodgson is livid on the touchline as the move breaks down.
    • 12' Tottenham substitution: Jermain Defoe replaces Van der Vaart.
    • 12' Spurs soak up a Liverpool attack before they hoof the ball out of play so Van der Vaart can be replaced.
    • 11' Van der Vaart does not rejoin play. It looks as though he has tweaked that troublesome hamstring again. He may play no further part.
    • 10' Crouch heads down to the feet of Van der Vaart inside the box, but there is no one there to receive the return pass.
    • 9' Bale intercepts Torres's ball for Dirk Kuyt but it comes back to Maxi who strikes... fired wide of the far post!
    • 8' Fernando Torres flicks a lovely nonchalant ball through for Maxi Rodriguez, but the Argentine was offisde.
    • 7' Gareth Bale plays Van der Vaart down the left, and this time it's the Dutchman who tries a trick turn that cedes possession to Liverpool.
    • 6' Quite an odd stat this, considering we're 15 games into the season. This will be Liverpool's first match this season in London. They are the last team to play their first match in the capital this PL season. (Infostrada)
    • 5' Lennon zips past Paul Konchesky to the byline and pulls a pass back for Luka Modric... the Croatian's half-volley was awkward, and bounces tamely to Pepe Reina.
    • 4' Aaron Lennon surges forward through the middle. He has Rafael van der Vaart out on the left but doesn't play to him, and in the end treads on the ball and loses it.
    • 3' William Gallas tries a back pass to Heurelho Gomes who was very close to him! The keeper manages to lift the ball clear. Shades of Newcastle's opening goal against Chelsea in Sunday's earlier match.
    • 2' Spurs keep calm possession around the defence to begin with. The crowd at the Lane is in full voice at the start of this one. They will feel they can take on anyone right now.
    • 1' Liverpool kick off and away we go! If both Tottenham and Liverpool score today, it will be the first time in the Premier League that all clubs scored in one complete round of matches. It will take just one goal for this to be the highest-scoring weekend in Premier League history. (Infostrada)
    • 15:57 The players are walking out on to the White Hart Lane pitch now. We'll be underway shortly...
    • 15:55 So, it's been quite a week for Spurs. They beat Arsenal away for the first time in 17 years last weekend, and followed that up by reaching the knockout stages of the Champions League. Can they make it three big results in a row by claiming a third-straight home win over Liverpool?
    • 15:50 Referee Martin Atkinson has shown six red cards in the league this season, more than any other official. He gave Joe Cole his marching orders on the opening day draw with Arsenal.
    • 15:45 Fernando Torres has scored three goals in four appearances against Spurs. Jamie Carragher has scored as many goals for Tottenham (3 own goals) as he has for Liverpool in the Premier League. (Opta)
    • 15:40 For all their early-season travails, Liverpool will go above Tottenham into sixth if they win by two clear goals here. Spurs will leapfrog fifth-placed Bolton with a third-straight home win over the Reds. Premier League table
    • 15:35 HEAD-TO-HEAD: Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have met 134 times in the league. Tottenham have won 37, Liverpool 63 and there have been 34 draws. They have met 36 times in the Premier League. Tottenham have won nine, Liverpool 17 and there have been 10 draws. The home side has won each of the last four PL meetings between them. Tottenham have won two of their last 12 PL matches against Liverpool – their two most recent meetings at White Hart Lane. (Infostrada)
    • 15:30 Liverpool make one change fromt he side that beat West Ham last weekend, bringing in Lucas for Christian Poulsen. Midfielder Joe Cole is still missing for the Reds with a hamstring injury. Jamie Carragher, on his 450th Premier League appearance, will continue to captain the side in the absence of Steven Gerrard (hamstring).
    • 15:25 Rafael van der Vaart returns from an ankle knock. Jermaine Jenas is missing with the calf injury that forced him off against Bremen. Fit-again striker Jermain Defoe starts on the bench. Michael Dawson (ligament damage) is back in training, but Giovani dos Santos (groin) looks to be out, while captain Ledley King (groin), Jamie O'Hara (back) and Jonathan Woodgate (groin) are long-term absentees.
    • 15:20 TOTTENHAM: Gomes, Hutton, Kaboul, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart, Crouch. Subs: Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Bassong, Kranjcar, Corluka, Sandro /// LIVERPOOL: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Konchesky, Kuyt, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi, Torres, Ngog. Subs: Jones, Aurelio, Jovanovic, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Poulsen, Shelvey.
    • 15:15 Welcome to Eurosport-Yahoo!'s live coverage of the final Premier League match of the weekend - Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool at White Hart Lane!

  • Summary

    • 90+2' GOAL!! LENNON SCORES FOR TOTTENHAM!! Assou-Ekotto's long ball is flicked on by Crouch and Konchesky is too slow as Lennon nips in and beats Reina! The keeper got a hand to it but not enough to deny the winger a potential winner here!
    • 89' GOAL!! Crouch flicks on the free-kick from deep and Lennon nods it into the path of Defoe who lashes it past Reina! Hang on... it won't count! Defoe was offside when Lennon headed the ball to him!
    • 81' Spurs attack now, and the ball drops in front of Bale for the volley... blocked by Reina!
    • 70' Real appeals for a penalty as Assou-Ekotto dives in on Kuyt, but the referee says play on. Controversial moment.
    • 66' GOAL!! Modric glides through three defenders and plays the ball across to Crouch, but Skrtel steers it in before it reaches the Spurs striker!
    • 60' DEFOE FIRES WIDE!! Reina guesses the right way, but the shot flies just wide of the foot of the post!
    • 52' Reina paws at Lennon's cross and it falls for BALE... blocked on the line by Meireles! Liverpool living dangerously!
    • 47' Torres is played in down the right and he's haring for goal... again Bassong denies him with a well-timed challenge!
    • 45+3' Now Torres is through! He's in front of gomes... great tackle from Bassong! That had to be perfect, and it was!
    • 45+2' SHOULD BE TWO! Torres finds Maxi with a wonderful reverse pass and the Argentine takes far too long getting his shot right and the chance goes!
    • 43' GOAL!! Liverpool have a free-kick of their own from around the same area. Meireles floats it in and Martin Skrtel heads it off the back of N'Gog. The ball comes back to the Slovakian defender and he prods it past Gomes!
    • 31' Modric fires a low ball across. Reina parries but the ball breaks loose and Defoe pounces on the edge of the six-yard box... Carragher blocks on the line! Heroics fromt he Liverpool skipper!
    • 18' Torres runs at Gallas, knocks it square to Maxi and Gomes has to tip the strike from 20 yards away for a corner. Decent save from the Brazilian.
    • 9' Bale intercepts Torres's ball for Dirk Kuyt but it comes back to Maxi who strikes... fired wide of the far post!
    • 15:20 TOTTENHAM: Gomes, Hutton, Kaboul, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart, Crouch. Subs: Cudicini, Pavlyuchenko, Defoe, Bassong, Kranjcar, Corluka, Sandro /// LIVERPOOL: Reina, Johnson, Carragher, Skrtel, Konchesky, Kuyt, Meireles, Lucas, Maxi, Torres, Ngog. Subs: Jones, Aurelio, Jovanovic, Kyrgiakos, Babel, Poulsen, Shelvey.

Team Line-up & Ratings

  • Line-up

    Live Team Line-Up

    • Starting line-up

      • Gomes
      • A. Hutton
      • Y. Kaboul Substitution Out (36′)
      • W. Gallas
      • B. Assou-Ekotto
      • W. Palacios
      • L. Modric
      • A. Lennon Goal
      • R. van der Vaart Substitution Out (12′)
      • G. Bale
      • P. Crouch

      Subs

      • C. Cudicini
      • J. Defoe Substitution In12′ Substitution Out90′
      • N. Kranjcar
      • S. Bassong Substitution In36′
      • V. Corluka
      • Sandro Substitution In90′
      • R. Pavlyuchenko

    • Starting line-up

      • J. Reina
      • G. Johnson Yellow Card
      • J. Carragher Yellow Card Substitution Out (87′)
      • M. &#352krtel Own Goal Goal Yellow Card
      • P. Konchesky Yellow Card
      • Lucas
      • Raul Meireles Yellow Card
      • D. Kuyt
      • M. Rodríguez
      • D. N'Gog Substitution Out (74′)
      • F. Torres

      Subs

      • Fábio Aurélio Substitution In74′
      • C. Poulsen
      • B. Jones
      • R. Babel
      • J. Shelvey
      • M. Jovanovic
      • S. Kyrgiakos Substitution In87′

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