Tottenham Hotspur vs Chelsea
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| CHE | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Who won: Chelsea 4-2
Chelsea beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: William Gallas (47') and Jermain Defoe (54'). Goals for Chelsea: Gary Cahill (17'), Juan Mata (66', 69') and Daniel Sturridge (90'+1').
Play by play
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<b>FULL TIME.</b> It's all over now at White Hart Lane. A truly fantastic end-to-end game. Spurs came out of the blocks firing in the second half with a great turnaround. However, Chelsea dug in deep and thanks to the likes of Mata and Hazard they completed a fantastic comeback to win all three points.
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Livermore picks out Defoe but the striker is offside as he fires an effort goal-bound.
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That must surely be it now. Two minutes of injury time left to play.
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Mata disposes Walker in the corner and then plays a delightful ball across goal to the incoming Sturridge who has an open goal to aim at.
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL FOR CHELSEA. STURRIDGE.</b>
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Spurs will be glad to see the back of Hazard.
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif">LAMPARD ON FOR HAZARD.
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Walker fires in a 30-yard screamer but Cech manages to tip it round the post. Was swirving too.
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Adebayor with a chance but can't get the ball out from underneath his feet inside the area and Cech smothers it clear.
- 88'
Adebayor gives the ball away to Ramires who picks out Hazard with a great pass. But Hazard places the ball across goal when best option would have been to shoot.
- 87'
There have been plenty of shots fired at both goals this afternoon.
- 86'
Sandro has another effort at goal. This time wide.
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Mata with another fantastic ball picks out Torres whose effort sails just wide of the post.
- 85'
Walker delivery cleared to Lennon on the edge of the box who can only shoot straight at Cech.
- 84'
Sturridge caught offside with his first involvement in the game.
- 83'
A decent performance from Oscar.
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<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> STURRIDGE ON FOR OSCAR.
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But Sigurdsson sends it high and wide.
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Defoe brought down by Mikel on edge of area. Free kick in dangerous position.
- 80'
Seems like there might be one more goal in this. Which way will it go though?
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Walker finds Defoe on the edge of the box but his shot is fired straight at a defender and bounces clear.
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Tottenham seemed stunned. Finding it hard to get the ball back off Chelsea.
- 77'
Adebayor can't get onto the end of a dangerous ball into the box. Falls to Cech.
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Adebayor with a knock down to Sigurdsson who fires over.
Leaders
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