Wednesday November 28, 2012 Day 14 Finished White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 1 Liverpool

  • Lennon 7’
  • Bale 16’
  • Bale 72’ (o.g.)

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    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Liverpool
    • - Don't forget you can watch highlights of this match, along with every Premier League game, from 00:01 on Thursday morning (UK only).
    • 90'+2 Villas-Boas pumps a fist as Dowd blows the final whistle. Tottenham hold on to win 2-1, and record back-to-back wins after three straight defeats. For Liverpool, it is now just one win in nine matches in all competitions.
    • 90'+1 Lennon shows great energy to stop Enrique from crossing from the left.
    • 90' Sigurdsson gets off a snapshot that is deflected by Reina is able to save easily.
    • 89' Enrique nudges Lennon to the flooe on the right, and gets a yellow card.
    • 88' Suarez is knocked to the floor by Gallas as they compete for an Enrique cross, and looks for a penalty, No chance - that was good defending.
    • 87' Tom Huddlestone comes on for Dembele.
    • 86' Enrique on the halfway line goes back to Reina. Not really what is required now.
    • 85' Sandro stabs away Sterling's fine cross from the right. That is Liverpool's eighth corner of the game.
    • 84' Lloris is down smartly to intercept a low cross from Sterling. Sterling and Johnson are looking dangerous down the right.
    • 82' The game stops as Dembele suffers a head injury and receives treatment.
    • 81' Agger plays to the whistle and hooks the ball over his head from the touchline and finds Suarez near the penalty spot, but the Uruguayan is unable to keep his shot down.
    • 80' Dawson gets in front of Agger to head clear Shelvey's corner.
    • 79' Suarez breaks from the right, and Sandro has to concede a corner.
    • 78' Assaidi replaces Downing, so Enrique will drop back to left back from left midfield.
    • 77' Sandro breaks and finds Bale, who leaves out a leg as he takes on Agger and is penalised for simulation. Yellow for Bale.
    • 77' Vertonghen and Sandro do well to deny Suarez a cross. Good defending from Tottenham.
    • 76' Suarez tries a first time optimistic effort which rolls out for a throw-in!
    • 74' Shelvey's cross from the left is cleared by Dawson, then Defoe, up front on his own, holds up the ball and buys himself a free-kick.
    • 73' Dawson clears a swirling cross from the right from Sterling. The Liverpool fans are awake now!
    • 71' GOAL: And Liverpool are back in it after Bale puts through his own goal. Agger's flick on Shelvey's corner finds Gerrard to head towards goal, and Lennon's attempted clearance hits Bale on the face and goes into the goal.
    • 70' Johnson down the right sets up Enrique for a shot, but Walker does well to clear for a corner.
    • 68' Bale curls one towards the left hand top of the goal. Reina scrambles across but would not have made it, but it just goes over.
    • 67' Shelvey fouls Lennon in a dangerous area, 35 yards from goal. Bale territory.
    • 66' Walker's free-kick sails over Tottenham's heads, but Johnson is penalised for climbing. However, Bale's free-kick from the left is headed away by Gerrard.
    • 65' That sums up Liverpool, and especially Downing's confidence. The former England winger turned and passes backwards when he had the space to run forward. The Downing of five years ago would not have done that.
    • 64' Shelvey replaces Henderson for Liverpool. Sigurdsson is on for Dempsey.
    • 63' Dempsey shoots and hits the wall, then the ball falls back to him but he fouls Skrtel as he attempts the follow-up.
    • 62' Dempsey draws a foul from Allen, on the D of the area. Clever play from the American.
    • 61' Dempsey is tackled by Johnson, then Walker does well to clear a cross.
    • 60' Liverpool have played some really good possession football in the last ten minutes, without really threatening.,
    • 58' Sterling attempts to take on Vertonghen, but tries to be too showy then eventually concedes a free-kick in frustration.
    • 57' Enrique tries to put in Suarez, then Henderson gives the ball away with a blind pass.
    • 56' Dempsey attempts a very unlikely volley from 35 yards after the ball loops to him, and Reina easily saves.
    • 55' Suarez glares at the linesman after being adjudged offside.
    • 54' Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has called 'Jonjo' to his subs. Shelvey is likely to replace Henderson.
    • 53' Defoe beats Skrtel and finds Dempsey, but Skrtel, who had lost the ball in the first place, manages to get back to block.
    • 52' Lloris punches clear a Gerrard corner, and Tottenham clear.
    • 52' Liverpool are looking sharper now, with Lloris clearing a half break from Suarez.
    • 51' Johnson gets the ball to the byline and crosses, but Dawson clears for a corner with a diving header. Gerrard's corner is cleared.
    • 50' Enrique heads the ball towards Henderson from Suarez's cross after Dawson's mistake. But he should have been more selfish and shot himself.
    • 49' Downing tries to take on Lennon down the left, but the Tottenham winger does brilliantly to tackle then retrieve the ball for a corner.
    • 48' Sterling's low cross from the right is cleared by Dawson for a throw.
    • 47' Suarez swaps passes with Enrique, but the defender is unable to trouble Lloris.
    • 47' Villa-Boas had a chat with Tottenham goalkeeping coach Tony Parks at half-time. Lloris may be carrying a slight knock.
    • 46' We are underway at White Hart Lane for the second half. Tottenham have had 9 shots, 5 of which have been on target, and 52 percent possession.
    • 45'+1 Half-time at White Hart Lane. The hope for Liverpool in the second half is that Tottenham have only kept two clean sheets in the last 16 Premier League games.
    • 45' Dempsey nicks the ball and finds Bale, but the Welshman mishits the shot and Reina is able to scramble to save.
    • 44' Walker advances 30 yards with the ball but the England defender gets carried away and shoots wastefully.
    • 43' Gerrard wastes the corner, putting it far too close to Lloris, who drops gratefully on the ball.
    • 42' Downing crosses, and it deflects off Dawson and Gallas, and goes over the ball for a corner. That was a fine cross from the former England player.
    • 41' Lennon impresses again against Downing, and crosses towards Vertonghen, but Allen clears the chest-high cross.
    • 40' Suarez again looks bright as Liverpool get a foothold in the game, but the impressive Dawson again clears.
    • 39' Dawson gives the ball away to Gerrard, but is able to recover and clear. Lennon attempts to make something of it, but Allen clears.
    • 37' Skrtel crashes into Dempsey on the halfway line, a really cynical challenge, and referee Phil Dowd rightly shows a yellow card.
    • 36' Gerrard takes advantage of a Tottenham defensive mistake and puts in Suarez after falling over a Dembele tackle, but Walker is able to rush back and clear off the line.
    • 35' Johnson sets up Sterling down the right, but Dawson is able to head clear under pressure from Suarez.
    • 34' Bale falls over when trying to control Dembele's pass. A rare mistake from the Welshman.
    • 32' Johnson runs at the Tottenham defence after some good possession, but Lloris is well-positioned to save Enrique's stinging shot.
    • 31' This is definitely a period of consolidation at White Hart Lane, but Skrtel then manages to clear a Dawson long ball towards Defoe.
    • 29' Sandro and Dempsey play keep ball in the centre, then Vertonghen also joins in. Patient build-up play from the home side.
    • 28' Enrique scampers down the left, but his pull-back is to no-one on the edge of the box and Tottenham are able to clear.
    • 27' Suarez has a chance on the edge of the box, but Lloris is able to save at the second attempt. However, the Uruguayan perhaps had Enrique in a better position.
    • 26' Gerrard puts in Downing down the left, but the cross just evades Suarez at the far post. Better from Liverpool.
    • 25' Johnson tries a volley which is blocked by Dawson, who clears to the halfway line.
    • 24' Agger screams at Downing, who is playing Lennon onside as the rest of the Liverpool defence steps up.
    • 23' Lennon tries to cross from the right, but Bale manages to keep the overhit ball in on the left. However, his cross is over Dempsey, Defoe and Sandro.
    • 22' Sterling tries to make something for Liverpool down the flanks, but Gallas is across to block.
    • 21' Another mistake from Liverpool, as Dembele nicks the ball off Allen but his shot is well over.
    • 20' Bale comes in from the left, and finds Defoe, but his shot is wide. Tottenham are realy on top at White Hart Lane.
    • 18' Rodgers comes off the bench to shout at his team. He needs to peg back the Tottenham threat, with Sterling having to help his full-back.
    • 16' Suarez wins a corner for Liverpool, but it comes to nothing.
    • 15' Liverpool look unable to cope with the speed of the Tottenham midfield. Sandro is completely mugging Henderson.
    • 14' GOAL: Tottenham make it 2-0, as Bale hits a free-kick that flicks off the hapless Henderson and past Reina. It is the first time he has scored three matches in a row, and it is 6 goals from 10 for Bale.
    • 13' Henderson has a great chance to level, after Allen robs Defoe and Suarez feeds Luis Enrique down the left. Henderson had pretty much an open goal to aim at, as Lloris was in no-mans-land but Kyle Walker did well ro put the midfielder off.
    • 12' Tottenham defender Steven Caulker is ill, apparently, but he should be fit for the weekend.
    • 10' It has to be said, Liverpool left-back Downing did not cover himself in glory for the Tottenham goal.
    • 9' Tottenham have never lost a Premier League game when Lennon has scored.
    • 8' Luis Suarez almost pulls one back immediately for Liverpool with a snapshot that Lloris saves, and Sandro helps out his goalkeeper to clear.
    • 7' GOAL: Bale drives from the halfway line down the left, and he skips past past Gerrard, Johnson and Allen, then gets the ball across to Lennon to tap home. As I predicted, a winger made the chance.
    • 5' Bale almost makes it three goals from three games, as Defoe robs a heavy-touched Steven Gerrard then puts in the Wales midfielder down the left. However, his shot flashes just wide.
    • 4' Joe Allen fouls Dempsey 35 yards out and Bale hits the free-kick. Pepe Reina saves it, and Glen Johnson clears the ball under pressure from Defoe.
    • 3' Dembele comes through midfield, and after an exchange of passes between Aaron Lennon and Clint Dempsey, Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel clears for a throw.
    • 2' It is a very zippy surface at White Hart Lane, and with plenty of wide players on show there should be chances.
    • 1' We are off and underway. Tottenham in white, Liverpool in their change kit of black. Liverpool get us underway.
    • 19:43 The teams are coming out now, and we're only two minutes away from kick off.
    • 19:42 Liverpool defenders will need to be wary of Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe, whose goals per game rate of 0.54 in the league so far in 2012/13 is his best-ever rate in a Premier League campaign.
    • 19:37 Spurs have scored a 90th minute goal in three of their last four Premier League games at home against Liverpool.
    • 19:32 Carragher can be reassured that it is not just him. Only Everton v Manchester United (7) has seen more own goals than the Liverpool v Tottenham (6) fixture in Premier League history.
    • 19:25 In fact, only Robbie Keane (5) and Teddy Sheringham (4) have scored more goals for Tottenham against Liverpool in Premier League history than Carragher (3 own goals)!
    • 19:20 Jamie Carragher has scored as many Premier League goals for Tottenham as he has for Liverpool (3).
    • 19:15 Some more match facts: Tottenham have won the last five home games against Liverpool in all competitions, and The Reds have failed to score in their last three matches against Spurs.
    • 19:10 Hugo Lloris is in the Tottenham goal for the fourth consecutive game, with Brad Friedel having again to settle for a place on the bench.
    • 19:05 In defence, Andre Villas-Boas' second change from the starting eleven that beat West Ham 3-1 at White Hart Lane on Sunday is to bring in the experienced William Gallas for Steven Caulker.
    • 19:00 Tottenham midfielder Mousa Dembele starts his first game in over a month after a hip problem, replacing Tom Huddlestone, and Sandro is fit despite being carried off on a stretcher with a stomach injury against West Ham at the weekend.
    • 18:55 Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers keeps with the same side that drew 0-0 with Swansea on Sunday, so Stewart Downing stays at left-back with fit-again Andre Wisdom on the bench.
    • 18:53 TOTTENHAM: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Gallas, Vertonghen, Sandro, Dembele, Lennon, Dempsey, Bale, Defoe...Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Carroll, Huddlestone, Livermore, Sigurdsson, Townsend. ///LIVERPOOL: Reina, Johnson, Downing, Agger, Skrtel, Allen, Gerrard, Henderson, Enrique, Sterling, Suarez...Subs: Jones, Sahin, Assaidi, Carragher, Shelvey, Suso, Wisdom.
    • 18:50 Liverpool's last win at Tottenham was a 2-0 victory in the 2007-08 season, when Rafa Benitez was manager.
    • 18:45 The Liverpool Twitter site warns us to expect goals at White Hart Lane tonight. "109 goals have been scored in the 40 PL games between #LFC & #Spurs - more than any Reds fixture bar Newcastle."
    • 18:42 Liverpool are on an eight-match unbeaten run going into this game, having won three and drawn five since the 2-1 home defeat to Manchester United on 23 September.
    • 18:35 Tottenham have won three of their last four matches against Liverpool, including a 4-0 win last season in the corresponding game. Liverpool had both Martin Skrtel and Charlie Adam sent off, and played the last 22 minutes with nine men.
    • 18:30 Hello and welcome to coverage of Wednesday night's Premier League clash between Tottenham and Liverpool at White Hart Lane. Kick off is at 1945 GMT and if you want to add your thoughts, get in touch with me, Nick Royle via @nickaroyle onTwitter.

  • Summary

    • 81' Agger plays to the whistle and hooks the ball over his head from the touchline and finds Suarez near the penalty spot, but the Uruguayan is unable to keep his shot down.
    • 71' GOAL: And Liverpool are back in it after Bale puts through his own goal. Agger's flick on Shelvey's corner finds Gerrard to head towards goal, and Lennon's attempted clearance hits Bale on the face and goes into the goal.
    • 68' Bale curls one towards the left hand top of the goal. Reina scrambles across but would not have made it, but it just goes over.
    • 36' Gerrard takes advantage of a Tottenham defensive mistake and puts in Suarez after falling over a Dembele tackle, but Walker is able to rush back and clear off the line.
    • 14' GOAL: Tottenham make it 2-0, as Bale hits a free-kick that flicks off the hapless Henderson and past Reina. It is the first time he has scored three matches in a row, and it is 6 goals from 10 for Bale.
    • 13' Henderson has a great chance to level, after Allen robs Defoe and Suarez feeds Luis Enrique down the left. Henderson had pretty much an open goal to aim at, as Lloris was in no-mans-land but Kyle Walker did well ro put the midfielder off.
    • 7' GOAL: Bale drives from the halfway line down the left, and he skips past past Gerrard, Johnson and Allen, then gets the ball across to Lennon to tap home. As I predicted, a winger made the chance.
    • 4' Joe Allen fouls Dempsey 35 yards out and Bale hits the free-kick. Pepe Reina saves it, and Glen Johnson clears the ball under pressure from Defoe.
    • 18:53 TOTTENHAM: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Gallas, Vertonghen, Sandro, Dembele, Lennon, Dempsey, Bale, Defoe...Subs: Friedel, Naughton, Carroll, Huddlestone, Livermore, Sigurdsson, Townsend. ///LIVERPOOL: Reina, Johnson, Downing, Agger, Skrtel, Allen, Gerrard, Henderson, Enrique, Sterling, Suarez...Subs: Jones, Sahin, Assaidi, Carragher, Shelvey, Suso, Wisdom.

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      Goalkeeper
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      Defenders
      6.5 7
      7.2 8
      6.3 7
      7 6
      Midfielders
      Substitution Out88′ 6.6 7
      6.8 8
      Goal 7.1 7
      Substitution Out64′ 6.2 7
      Own Goal Goal Yellow Card 7.4 9
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      Yellow Card 6.6 6
      6.8 7
      Substitution Out78′ 4.3 6
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      Substitution Out63′ 4.5 5
      Strikers
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      Yellow Card 6.4 6
      6.8 6
      Subs
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      Substitution In78′ 6.2 6

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  1. No football debate, just big or small abuse on these­ blogs, liverpool have a few problems, but not big ones.­ The Refs tend to pick on them (giving spurs too many­ free kicks). Football journalism and football debate­ is dead.

    From Nicolas, on Sat 1 Dec 9:59

  2. I thought Rodgers would do a good job, they look better­ but throw games away. Downing was a bad buy by Dalgish.­ He is supposed to be a forward but Rodgers plays him as­ a full back he was responsible for the first goal and­ he has Jamie Carragher sitting on the bench, seems I­ was wrong in the first place

    From worried parent, on Thu 29 Nov 18:50

  3. the writing is on the wall........BR isnt the right man­ for LFC

    From Kok Hean, on Thu 29 Nov 15:54
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    No major football chat just abuse bout liverpool as­ usual. Spurs are a quick and decent side, but a part­ from the first 20 minutes, liverpool were the better­ side, and were unlucky not to get a draw. Rogers is a­ good manager, and he has to be given time to develpe­ the side he wants, liverpool are playing some of the­ best football in the division, (of course they get no­ credit from certain bloggers and the anti-liverpool­ media). Goals will come, if they keep playing the way­ they do. It wasn't a free kick for the second goal­ by the way, disgraceful refereeing, as for alot of­ refereeing against liverpool this season. Liverpool­ have some weaknesses, but they are playing well, and­ are in a good condition for the future.

    From Nicolas, on Thu 29 Nov 10:07

  5. bale & dafoe miss attempts on goal constantly & play­ selfish.dempsey has a couple misses & is pulled out too­ early#$%$? tottenham is lucky to have pulled out the­ win here.

    From jeff g, on Thu 29 Nov 7:28

  6. Yesil is Better than Suarez !!!

    From Ali, on Thu 29 Nov 6:58

  7. We need owners like chelsea and QPR have who don't put­ up with this, can't believe rodgers still has the job,­ ok some of the players are #$%$ some to old now but­ it's the manager who picks the #$%$ and old and plays­ them out of position, i mean henderson as right back,­ cole on the right, come on, he's worse than hodgson,­ came from a bottom of the league side and took­ liverpool down to where he feels a home.

    From richard, on Thu 29 Nov 6:18

  8. No matter who will be Liverpool manager because with­ the players they have now it will bring them nowhere­ !!!!! Compare to the other team and their players­ Liverpool players are on the championship level... Be­ smart who to buy and how to sell. Because Liverpool­ are sucking on businessses and its true....

    From Srawut, on Thu 29 Nov 2:49

  9. you never ever walk alone ....................try try­ try how many manager?it not work ,have to get the­ right manager,do some thing,wait your time.

    From Sathian, on Thu 29 Nov 0:21

  10. Rodgers:" I don't know what Steven Gerrard­ & Suarez have to do to get a penalty" ­ Simples "Meerkats"...STOP DIVING.

    From Nigel, on Thu 29 Nov 0:16
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    Dont know what screen ye all looking at tonight but­ mark my words this is the real deal ....we #$%$ up in­ the market not rodgers... Wait till we get a partner­ for luis

    From Noel, on Thu 29 Nov 0:09

  12. rodgers well done another defeat you are so #$%$ as a­ manager its unbeliable..... are MUFC paying you to lose­ matches.. you have turned liverpool into a bunch of­ clowns...... please #$%$ off

    From Nigel, on Wed 28 Nov 23:56

  13. Listening to Rodgers trying to cover his back was as­ embarrassing as it was funny. He claimed Liverpool were­ denied two certain penalties when both were certainly­ not penalties and claiming Dempsey dived when­ you've got Suarez team is hilarious.

    From Diogenes, on Wed 28 Nov 22:42

  14. You'll never walk with your heads held high­ again.no you'll never walk ........with your heads­ held high again. Brenda rodgers what a guy what a­ great appointment it's as good as when they paid­ £35 million for Carroll on their way downing

    From Edmond dantes, on Wed 28 Nov 22:38

  15. All together­ now.............................................."­ You're getting sacked in the morning" ­ hahahaha.

    From gary, on Wed 28 Nov 22:37

  16. Brendan Rogers what a waste of time. He talks about­ improvement. Is this improvement. Out of the cup mid­ table no strikers. What the hell is he doing. Sack him­ now before the January transfer window. Bring back­ Kenny. He won the cup and finished 8th. If he had been­ given another season we would be near the top by now.

    From J, on Wed 28 Nov 22:35

  17. MUFC 19. He,s a hero in Manchester Brenda Rodgers hope­ he stays at anxiousfield a long time

    From Edmond dantes, on Wed 28 Nov 22:15

  18. Well done Brainless Rogers, 16 points from a possible­ 42, you are the man!

    From david, on Wed 28 Nov 22:11
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    it wasnt good defending, gallas steped on his foot,­ clear penalty

    From Josip, on Wed 28 Nov 22:10
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    Red shizer rodgers 4 the sack sewer rat 2 feck off­ abroad where he might win something sterling is an­ upstart and i would sell him ha gerrard has missed the­ boat never winning the prem ha ha what a shame

    From NICK, on Wed 28 Nov 22:10
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