Tottenham Hotspur vs Arsenal, 2nd Leg Tottenham Hotspur win 6-2 on aggregate
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Who won: Spurs 5-1
Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 5-1 in 2nd Leg Tottenham Hotspur win 6-2 on aggregate on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: Jermaine Jenas (3'), Nicklas Bendtner (own goal) (27'), Robbie Keane (48'), Aaron Lennon (60') and Steed Malbranque (90'+4'). Goals for Arsenal: Emmanuel Adebayor (70').
Play by play
- 95'
There it is! A famous, and throughly deserved victory for Spurs - they have finally broken the nine-year curse to beat their arch rivals, and they've only gone and done it 5-1! Good on them I say. Thanks for your company this evening. Until next time....
- 94'
GOAL! That is what is officially known as the icing on the cake! Jenas breaks into a depleted Arsenal penalty area and slides it across for Malbranque to tap into an empty net. Get this, Spurs 5-1 Arsenal!
- 93'
Arsenal's last throw of the dice comes from Eduardo who tries an ambitious volley from 30 yards out. It goes wide and the Gunners are out.
- 92'
Three minutes of stoppage time is nearly up and Spurs can crank up the party, they're indulging in verse upon verse of 'Que sera sera' at present.
- 91'
Ooh, Defoe has missed a sitter! Huddlestone galloped forward, Gilberto's challenge broke the ball towards Defoe who was unmarked ten yards out but he fired three yards wide. Awful effort.
- 90'
Good chance for Hoyte there as Eduardo found him in the box, but Chimbonda blocks well.
- 89'
Another super Spurs move only spoiled by the linesman's flag as Boateng strayed offside.
- 88'
Spurs may face another bogey team in the final as Chelsea take on Everton in the second semi-final tomorrow night.
- 86'
Ramos still looks the epitome of cool in the dug out amid all the unbridled passion surrounding him.
- 85'
The noise returns now as the Spurs fans realise their cup dream is within touching distance. I've not heard at atmosphere like it at the Lane, in fact, I didn't think they were capable of it.
- 84'
Adebayor is lucky to stay on the field there after a hand to the face of Young-Pyo Lee. The Spurs man did make a meal of it though.
- 83'
Now Arsenal are imploding, William Gallas and Niklas Bendtner are squaring up against one another. Their team-mates seperate them just in time.
- 82'
Boateng gives away a free-kick on the edge of the box out to the left wing. A big chance for Arsenal from a nice angle.
- 81'
Less than ten minutes left for Arsenal's version of Mission Impossible.
- 80'
Arsenal are happy to leave just Gilberto back against Defoe now but the Brazilian wins that duel as a long ball looked for the pint-sized striker.
- 79'
Arsene Wenger looks resigned to his fate now, but it will only be his second defeat at the Lane in 14 games. Not bad eh?
- 78'
By the way, all three of tonight's FA Cup third round replays have gone to extra time, including Bristol Rovers v Fulham. Interesting.
- 76'
Its all being played in front of Spurs' penalty area now. Ten men behind the ball for the home side.
- 75'
A yellow card for Adebayor there as he upends Jenas. A substitution too, Huddlestone on for Lennon. Ramos is content to shut up shop, and why not..
- 74'
Arsenal have gone completely gung ho now, effectively playing 2-6-2. Will it pay off or might they leave the door open for more humiliation?
- 73'
Now a yellow card for Jenas as Eduardo streaked forward. If Arsenal can get another one in the next five minutes or so Spurs may start to wobble here....
- 72'
GOAL! Adebayor rifles in a beauty! Making space for himself on the edge of the box at the expense of Ledley King he then hammers a right footer into the top corner. The comeback is on! Spurs 4-1 Arsenal.
- 71'
First sniff for Adebayor but he was offside when Hleb's slide rule pass found him.
- 70'
Spurs charge forward again on the break but this time Malbranque shoots straight at Fabianski.
- 69'
Arsene Wenger will be devastated should either Adebayor or Eduardo get crocked in the remaining 25 minutes. I'm suprised he's chucked them on to be honest.

