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Thursday November 6, 2008 Finished

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Tottenham Hotspur

  • Bent 30’, 33’, 70’
  • Huddlestone 59’

Dinamo Zagreb

  1. Bent fires Spurs to victory

    Bent fires Spurs to victory

    Darren Bent netted a brilliant hat-trick as Tottenham tore into Dinamo Zagreb in their UEFA Cup Group D clash to win 4-0 at White Hart Lane. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Dinamo Zagreb
    • 90'+2 There goes the whistle! All over at White Hart Lane! And it's a great result for Spurs, who really are flying under Harry Redknapp!
    • 90' Two minutes of added time to be played.
    • 86' Another Spurs sub as Gunter comes on to replace Woodgate.
    • 79' Bentley off as John Bostock comes on to become the youngest player to appear for Spurs.
    • 75' Spurs make a change now... Modric departs to a great ovation as Campbell comes on.
    • 72' Hrgovic goes into the book for a poor challenge on Zokora...
    • 70' GOAL! BENT HAS A HAT-TRICK! What a cool finish from the striker! Huddlestone slices the defence open with a pass through to Bent who fires low past Kelava!
    • 65' Bent has the ball in the back of the net, but the flag is up for offside! It won't count!
    • 60' And Slavia make a change... on comes exciting young talent Badelj for Balaban.
    • 59' GOAL! WHAT A GOAL! SPURS ARE THREE UP THANKS TO A CRACKER FROM HUDDLESTONE! First time from the corner, 25 yards out!
    • 58' Bentley unleashes a drive on goal which Kelava has to parry behind for a corner!
    • 55' Super run from Bentley! But his dink through doesn't reach its intended target...
    • 54' Lennon now hares off on a great run into the Zagreb box... but he can't find a final touch and the move breaks down.
    • 46' One change to tell you about... it's another Zagreb change... Etto is on, Drpic off.
    • 46' Back underway in north London!
    • 45' There goes the half time whistle! And Spurs take a 2-0 lead in at the break!
    • 43' Lovren goes into the book for a trip on the lively Lennon...
    • 42' Zagreb make a change... Sammir is replaced by Morales.
    • 40' Sammir finds Balaban... and the former Villa man shoots at goal! Gomes gets down well to make the save!
    • 33' GOAL! It's another for Bent! Spurs take a two goal lead! Modric and then Bentley create the chance for Bent, who rolls the ball in! 2-0 and Spurs are flying!
    • 30' GOAL! BENT OPENS THE SCORING! It's his seventh of the season! Modric is the architect, but it's a great finish from Bent, leaving the keeper with no chance!
    • 26' Lennon jinks past two defenders before he's tripped up by Hrgovic... free-kick to Spurs! This could be dangerous.
    • 24' Igor Biscan finally reappears from the dressing rooms after that cut to his head... and he's now sporting a Terry Butcher-style headband.
    • 21' Modric fires a shot on goal... but it hits his own man and the chance goes begging...
    • 18' Hutton squares up to Hrgovic... the ref comes across to talk to them and after a quiet word play resumes.
    • 16' There's blood pouring from Biscan's head... and he'll have to get that seen to.
    • 15' Ooh! Balaban gets a free kick up over the Spurs wall... inches over the angle of post and bar! Close from the former Aston Villa man!
    • 13' Spurs on the attack again... they're up for this one tonight! Lennon dinks a cross over, but this time it's cleared!
    • 11' Modric lets off another Spurs shot on goal... and Kelava makes a bit of a palava out of his save! Corner to the hosts!
    • 6' Huddlestone fires a shot on target! It's low and the keeper scrambles but it flies wide of the post!
    • 1' Underway at White Hart Lane!
    • - Referee: Fredy Fautrel (France)
    • - Dinamo Zagreb: Kelava, Ibanez, Hrgovic, Lovren, Balaban, Sammir, Mikic, Mandzukic, Vrdoljak, Biscan, Drpic. Subs: Loncaric, Etto, Tomic, Tadic, Carlos, Badelj, Morales
    • - The teams are in... Tottenham: Gomes, Hutton, Woodgate, Dawson, Bale, Bentley, Zokora, Huddlestone, Lennon, Modric, Bent. Subs: Cesar, Gilberto, Campbell, Dervite, Bostock, Assou-Ekotto, Gunter
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  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Dinamo Zagreb
    59% Possession 40%
    17 Shots 9
    9 Shots on target 1
    1 Saves 3
    7 Corners 0
    11 Fouls 19
    3 Offsides 1
    0 Yellow cards 2
    0 Red cards 0
    38 Tackles 21
    366 Accurate passes 228
    83 Bad passes 52

  • 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 10 0 0
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 28 5 2
      3 Gareth Bale 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 42 21 5
      2 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 0 4
      20 Michael Dawson 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 44 4 0
      14 Luka Modric 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 25 8 2
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 58 15 8
      6 Tom Huddlestone 1 5 3 4 1 0 2 43 10 8
      7 Aaron Lennon 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 30 9 3
      5 David Bentley 0 3 1 2 2 1 1 34 3 2
      10 Darren Bent 3 4 3 2 1 2 0 12 5 0
      11 Gilberto da Silva Melo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      63 Dorian Dervitte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 César Sánchez Dominguez 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      51 John Bostock 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 0
      18 Fraizer Campbell 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
      16 Chris Gunter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
    • Dinamo Zagreb
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      12 Ivan Kelava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
      22 Igor Biscan 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20 3 1
      26 Dino Drpic 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0
      6 Dejan Lovren 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 23 2 3
      3 Luis Ibáñez 0 2 0 2 4 0 0 21 12 2
      4 Mirko Hrgovic 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 32 9 4
      21 Ivica Vrdoljak 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 2 2
      10 Jorge Sammir 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 2 2
      9 Bosko Balaban 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 10 5 0
      17 Mario Mandzukic 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 8 1
      14 Mihael Mikic 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 16 1 3
      11 Josip Tadic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      77 Pedro Morales 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15 3 0
      8 Ante Tomic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      33 Filip Loncaric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Oeliton Araujo dos Santos Etto 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 19 1 2
      16 Milan Badelj 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1
      15 Carlos Santos De Jesus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 70' GOAL! BENT HAS A HAT-TRICK! What a cool finish from the striker! Huddlestone slices the defence open with a pass through to Bent who fires low past Kelava!
    • 65' Bent has the ball in the back of the net, but the flag is up for offside! It won't count!
    • 59' GOAL! WHAT A GOAL! SPURS ARE THREE UP THANKS TO A CRACKER FROM HUDDLESTONE! First time from the corner, 25 yards out!
    • 58' Bentley unleashes a drive on goal which Kelava has to parry behind for a corner!
    • 33' GOAL! It's another for Bent! Spurs take a two goal lead! Modric and then Bentley create the chance for Bent, who rolls the ball in! 2-0 and Spurs are flying!
    • 30' GOAL! BENT OPENS THE SCORING! It's his seventh of the season! Modric is the architect, but it's a great finish from Bent, leaving the keeper with no chance!
    • 15' Ooh! Balaban gets a free kick up over the Spurs wall... inches over the angle of post and bar! Close from the former Aston Villa man!
    • 6' Huddlestone fires a shot on target! It's low and the keeper scrambles but it flies wide of the post!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Fredy Fautrel

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Jonathan Woodgate

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • A. Hutton
    • M. Dawson
    • J. Woodgate Substitution Out (86′)
    • G. Bale
    • D. Bentley Substitution Out (79′)
    • D. Zokora
    • T. Huddlestone Goal
    • A. Lennon
    • L. Modric Substitution Out (75′)
    • D. Bent Goals×3

    Subs

    • C. Sanchez
    • S. Gilberto
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • F. Campbell Substitution In75′
    • C. Gunter Substitution In86′
    • J. Bostock Substitution In79′
    • D. Dervite

    Injured

    • G. Dos Santos

    Suspended

    • J. O'Hara

  • Dinamo Zagreb

    Manager: Branko Ivankovic

    Captain: Igor Biscan

    Starting line-up

    • I. Kelava
    • D. Lovren Yellow Card
    • I. Biscan
    • D. Drpic Substitution Out (46′)
    • L. Ibanez
    • I. Vrdoljak
    • M. Hrgović Yellow Card
    • M. Mikic
    • M. Mandzukic
    • J. Sammir Substitution Out (42′)
    • B. Balaban Substitution Out (60′)

    Subs

    • J. Tadic
    • .. Carlos
    • .. Etto Substitution In46′
    • A. Tomic
    • F. Loncaric
    • M. Badelj Substitution In60′
    • P. Morales Substitution In42′

    Injured

    None

    Suspended

    None