Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| CHE | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Final score
Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea drew 1-1 on Thursday, December 22, 2011 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: Emmanuel Adebayor (8'). Goals for Chelsea: Daniel Sturridge (23').
Play by play
It decides little in terms of how the season may end, and the top four race remains wide open.
Terry, it has to be said, appeared to shrug off the pressure and criticism and put in a strong captain's performance.
A draw is not a great injustice on a night where both teams could have won, although Chelsea will be more disappointed. Not only are they currently in greater need of the points than Spurs, they were the stronger side and exposed a naive streak within their rivals tonight.
- 90'
<b>Full-time! Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Chelsea</b>
- 90'
Walker's pass to Parker goes stray. Chelsea throw-in.
- 90'
Terry saves Chelsea! Tottenham carve the defence open and create a great chance for Adebayor to finish. The striker beat Cech with the shot but Terry was there to clear - superb defending. He may be lacking pace but he can still read the game like the best.
- 90'
Bale crosses towards Pavlyuchenko but the enigmatic Russian fails to meet it. You'd hardly know he was playing, this evening.
- 90'
3 minutes of added time to be played...
- 90'
Sandro currently down receiving treatment...
- 89'
Romeu close too! Pokes the lose ball just wide with the outside of his boot. A good effort that showed plenty of confidence, and perhaps deserved more.
- 88'
Credit to Terry where it's due - he's put in a good captain's performance tonight, showing great composure and doesn't seem under pressure.
- 88'
Minutes remaining...
- 87'
Mata curls the ball into the box beautifully, from a free-kick, and Ramires was unmarked and had both time and space to direct the ball goalwards but heads wide. Very poor from the Brazilian - that was the chance to win the game.
- 87'
Now Ramires goes close!
- 86'
Tottenham really piling on the pressure now! Gallas going close!
- 85'
What a save by Cech! Sandro's shot is deflected unpredictably and Cech just managed to palm the ball away - it was just within his reach.
- 85'
Walker again attacking and overlapping Cole...
- 84'
The finish is sliced wide but he was in a dangerous position - one of the few times Tottenham have threatened in this half.
- 83'
Bale now fires over after combining with Modric!
- 82'
Sturridge shoots - selfishly - from distance. Waste of possession for Chelsea, a routine save for Friedel.
- 81'
It's not unthinkable that, if Torres has enough composure, he can score if in some space given the dangerous, distracting runs Sturridge has been making all evening.
- 80'
Cole on his own wavelength there, curls a through-ball to no-one and out of play.
- 79'
Torres' first contribution is wasted. He crosses well for Sturridge but the young striker was offside so his header was of no consequence.
- 78'
After a productive first-half, Drogba was far more listless in the second. The change was understandable.
- 78'
That's something you can expect much more in January: Torres playing instead of Drogba.
Leaders
TOTCHE