Blackburn Rovers vs Tottenham Hotspur
Match pulse
BLKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Final score
Blackburn Rovers and Tottenham Hotspur drew 1-1 on Sunday, November 19, 2006 at Ewood Park. Goals for Blackburn: Tugay Kerimoglu (23'). Goals for Spurs: Jermain Defoe (62' pen).
Play by play
- 90'
The ref is booed off, as is traditional. Much of the talk after this game will focus on the penalty that was given, and the one that wasn't, plus the sendings-off. For the record, Gray was probably the best player on the pitch.
- 90'
That's it! The ref blows his whistle. Two (three?) sendings-off, a penalty and a fantastic volleyed goal - it may not have been much of a match, but there has still been plenty to talk about.
- 90'
Blackburn corner! Can they snatch it?
- 90'
There's a lot of pushing and shoving after Ghaly leads with the arm in a challenge on Gray. He's off! And so is Martin Jol, who's in a right huff about that.
- 90'
Free-kick for Spurs on the right-hand side of the area.
- 90'
Four minutes added time to be played.
- 90'
Zokora is crocked after jumping for a header.
- 89'
Pedersen clears with an acrobatic diving header.
- 88'
Jeffers is on for McCarthy. Not much time left to go foxin' around in the box, though.
- 88'
King volleys the ball well over the bar from the corner. It is chucking it down now at Ewood Park.
- 87'
Huddlestone header is deflected behind for A Spurs corner.
- 86'
Assou-Ekotto shanks a shot from the right side of the area. Poor effort.
- 85'
Blackburn bring Peter on for Bentley.
- 84'
Berbatov's first involvement is to head the ball behind for a Rovers goal kick.
- 83'
Berbatov on for Defoe.
- 83'
Defoe's cross across the goalmouth is cleared by Gray. That was a serious chance. Spurs neeed more men in the box, there.
- 82'
Bentley balloons a shot over the bar after some neat Blackburn play.
- 81'
A Spurs corner is followed by another. Whistle goes for a foul by Mido, however.
- 80'
McCarthy almost scores with a very clever volley - a back-flick, it looked like, from a Gray cross.
- 78'
It's all Blackburn. Don't Spurs want to win?
- 77'
Blackburn have looked the better team since they went down to ten men.
- 76'
McCarthy is caught offside. That was a marginal decision.
- 75'
Defoe does a petulant little jump after Lee fails to give him the ball.
- 75'
Mido is caught offside.
- 74'
Pedersen's corner is punched out by Robinson.
Leaders
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