Tottenham Hotspur vs Portsmouth
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
Final score
Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth drew 1-1 on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: Jermain Defoe (70'). Goals for Portsmouth: David Nugent (59').
Play by play
- 90'
Thanks for joining us here, as Portsmouth picked up a point at White Hart Lane, and Spurs old-new boy Jermaine Defoe scored against his former club, but Spurs should really have taken the lot. It's going to be a long January for Darren Bent.
- 90'
Defoe and Campbell exchange hugs and shirts at the final whistle. Neither of them put the other on, which is probably just as well...
- 90'
And with that, ref Steve Bennett blows his whistle.
- 90'
Lennon feeds Bent on the right side of the box, but his shot is low and tame, and James gathers with ease.
- 90'
Bentley makes a weaving run down the left, but Marc Wilson makes a great sliding tackle and now Pompey come down the right
- 90'
Defoe picks up the ball, and thinks he's in with a chance, but a late flag alerts the ref to his offside position. Defoe looks narked.
- 89'
Kranjcar picks the ball up and unleashes from 35 yards, but it's a good five yards wide.
- 88'
Away come Spurs down the right, but ragged play gives the ball away.
- 87'
Pompey are taking off Kaboul. He's replaced by defender Marc Wilson. Looks like Tony Adams would be happy with the point.
- 86'
It's lofted in, but Bent can't compete with Distin, and he heads clear.
- 86'
Defoe drives into the box, but his shot is wide.
- 85'
Distin makes a great tackle on Zokora as he's about to shoot from eight yards.
- 84'
A bit of a scramble in the Pompey box, as Bent and Defoe try to combine but they scramble clear.
- 83'
They try to loft it into the box, but it's low and poor, and Spurs have possession.
- 82'
Johnson pushes in from the right and earns a foul 40 yards out.
- 81'
Modric drives in from the left and cuts back into a crowd of players in the box, but it's scrambled clear.
- 79'
Bent misses a free header! What a sitter! If Spurs don't score again, they can blame Bent for that. Shocker.
- 78'
Modric plays an excellent defence-splitting ball for Bent, but he doesn't quite have the pace to get to it, and it runs through to James.
- 77'
O'Hara swings in a cross from the left, but it's easy for James to gather.
- 76'
Pompey work it up the left, but sloppily give it away with a loose cross.
- 75'
Bent crosses from the left, but Defoe can't get in front of his marker, and Pompey clear.
- 75'
Bentley curls the free kick towards the far post and James helps it behind.
- 74'
Modric and Bent combine well on the left, and Younes Kaboul brings Modric down. He gets a yellow.
- 73'
Goalscorer Nugent now comes off and is replaced by John Utaka.
- 73'
Bentley swings it into... well, not Row Z, but probably something like Row J.
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