Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea
Match pulse
Who won: Spurs 2-1
Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-1 on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: Jermain Defoe (15' pen) and Gareth Bale (44'). Goals for Chelsea: Frank Lampard (90'+2').
Play by play
- 95'
Bale and Dawson were excellent, John Terry and Chelsea were poor. The race has a long way to run yet.
- 95'
Not only are United and Arsenal back in the title race, Spurs have now got a hold of 4th place as they are 2 points clear.
- 95'
A calm header back to Gomes from Ekotto. That'll be it, as the title race is open again!
- 94'
Crouch on for him now. He's had good chances and taken none of them.
- 94'
A break.. it's three on one.. Bale inside to Pavyluchenko who is through on goal and slots it wide. Oh dear.
- 94'
Chelsea given the ball, with Alex playing up top. Dawson stands firm.
- 93'
Alex gets a header on target, but it won't trouble Gomes, who claims with ease.
- 92'
The defence was too far out and Lampard found some space for the first time. Could it be?
- 92'
GOAL! Well that's come from nowhere. Spurs defence goes to sleep as Ballack whips it into the box. Lampard runs in and slots it home.
- 90'
Five mins left.. none of which are needed.
- 89'
Chelsea just waiting for the axe to fall. No-one really even closing the ball down.. it's over.
- 89'
It's a training match now. Chelsea have given up the ghost and have three more games left to save their season.
- 88'
Bale breaks down the left. Pops it across to Pavlyuchenko who is free in the box, but the Russian misses the volley. A sitter!
- 87'
Even Gomes calmly passes the ball around Drogba now. The Oles are out in force.
- 86'
Bale almost caps a great performance with another goal. Great energy and pace gets him onto a long ball and he just slips it wide of the post.
- 85'
Deco gets a yellow now. Chelsea really do not lose gracefully.
- 84'
Huddlestone now does really well after a great chipped ball from Zhirkov, blocking Alex's header with what looks like the back of his head.
- 84'
He's been exceptional, and the fact Chelsea have been poor up front is due to Dawson's impact.
- 83'
What a tackle! If you want something to show how good Dawson has been, look at this. Drogba free on the left, and he comes crashing across, making up so much ground, blocking his shot as he swings his foot.
- 82'
Ballack loses out to Gudjohnsen and Spurs break. Brilliant run from Bale, gets the ball and chooses to shoot when he should have squared it. Cech makes the save.
- 81'
Bale now tries to swing the ball in, but gets too much on it.
- 80'
Cech launches a clearance up the field, but there's no-one within 50 yards of where it lands. Odd, for a side who need goals.
- 79'
Zhirkov gets a yellow for a late tackle.
- 78'
Drogba forced to chase down the ball, but Dawson has been immense all game and heads clear.
- 77'
Ancelotti looks like he's shouting in Italian - apparently he only does that when he's really annoyed.
Leaders
More from this season series: CHE leads series 2-1-2
Man City17-11-63
Man United24-4-73Final
Man City17-11-60
Man United24-4-71Final
Birmingham12-11-120
Hull6-10-181Final
Birmingham12-11-120
Hull6-10-180Final
Blackburn11-10-142
Everton14-12-93Final
Blackburn11-10-140
Everton14-12-90Final
Fulham11-10-130
Wolves8-10-170Final
Fulham11-10-130
Wolves8-10-171Final
Stoke10-13-111
Bolton9-8-182Final
Stoke10-13-112
Bolton9-8-181Final

