Monday 25 February 2008

TOTTENHAM 2 CHELSEA 1

Spurs game from behind to beat Chelsea in extra time and win the Carling Cup at Wembley.

Jonathon Woodgate scored the winner three minutes into extra time.

Jermaine Jenas whipped in a free kick from the left, and Petr Cech could only punch the ball onto Woodgate's head and into the net.

Chelsea had taken the lead against the run of play in the first half, the returning Didier Drogba smashing a free kick past the poorly positioned Paul Robinson in the Tottenham goal.

But Spurs looked the better side throughout and deservedly equalised with 20 minutes left.

Wayne Bridge handled in the box and Dimitar Berbatov kept his cool, giving Cech the eyes and sending the ball into the bottom left hand corner.

After Woodgate's first goal for the club early in extra time, the England man and the returning, inspirational Spurs captain Ledly King stood firm to hold off Chelsea and seal Tottenham's first trophy for nearly a decade.

Friday 22 February 2008

TOTTENHAM 1 SLAVIA PRAGUE 1 (Spurs win 3-3 on aggregate)

Tottenham produced a hesistant performance in front of their home fans as they scrapped through into the UEFA Cup last 16.

It started well for Spurs with youngster Jamie O'Hara firing in an early shot that deflected off Martin Latka to give them the lead in the seventh minute.

And as in Prague a week ago Spurs dominated the first half only to be pegged back in a below par second half performance.

Matej Krajcik lost Jamie O'Hara at the back post to score the equaliser early in the second half, and Slavia looked the better side as David Strihavka hit a shot against the post as they tried to take the game into extra time.

Milan Ivana then had a free-kick brilliantly saved by Paul Robinson, returning after 10 games out of the team, and putting in an impressive performance ahead of the Carling Cup final on Sunday.

Spurs held on in the final stages to book a tie with PSV Eindhoven in the last 16 as attention turns towards Wembley.

Sunday 17 February 2008

SLAVIA PRAGUE 1 TOTTENHAM 2

An error from Radek Cerny and some poor Tottenham finishing kept this UEFA Cup tie alive ahead of the second leg at White Hart Lane.

Dimitar Berbatov and Robbie Keane both scored in the first half as Spurs looked to be strolling to a comfortable victory.

Tom Huddlestone hit the crossbar when played in by Berbatov and Spurs were made pay for their missed chances.

And the game turned in the 69th minute when Cerny failed to hold onto a David Hubacek cross.

The ball dropped on the line at the feet of David Strihavka who couldn't miss.

Erich Brabec then headed against the bar for Slavia as the home side found a new gear in the final stages.

But Spurs hung onto take a slender advantage into the second leg where they'll be expecting to secure a place in the last 16.

DERBY 0 TOTTENHAM 3

Tottenham recovered from a poor first half to fire three past Championship bound Derby.

Spurs took the lead when Roy Carroll failed to hang onto an effort from Steed Marlbranque, leaving goal gaping for Robbie Keane to score his 20th, and easiest, goal of the season so far.

Defender Younes Kaboul put the away side 2-0 up before Alan Stubbs handled the ball inside the area.

Dimitar Berbatov placed the penalty past Carroll to put a gloss on the scoreline.

Sunday 3 February 2008

TOTTENHAM 1 MAN UNITED 1

Carlos Tevez scored a last minute equaliser to rescue a point for United and deny an improving Tottenham side a rare win over the Premier League champions.

Spurs had taken a first half lead when Aaron Lennon, overlooked by Fabio Capello this week, beat Patrice Evra on the right and pulled the ball back for Dimitar Berbatov to finish.

Spurs new defensive recruits Jonathon Woodgate and in particular Alan Hutton, performed well to keep United at bay as Keane should have made the game safe when clean through only to shoot tamely at Van De Sar.

And Tevez nicked in ahead of Michael Dawson at the near post to score with the last kick of the game.