Tottenham Hotspur vs Swansea City
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| SWA | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Who won: Spurs 1-0
Tottenham Hotspur beat Swansea City 1-0 on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: Jan Vertonghen (75').
Play by play
- 97'
<b>FULL TIME</b> - finally the whistle goes to end calamitous scenes. Usually any time there is a head injury play stops immediately, and Dean caused the subsequent fracas between players and both benches. Anyway, at the end of all that Spurs go fourth, level on points with Chelsea and Michu seems to be fine, which is good news. Phew.
- 97'
Dean still plays on, and Spurs win a corner when they really should have scored again. Still we go on.
- 96'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Livermore got booked - he's on the bench. Mike Dean restarts the ball with Swansea's goalkeeper. Crazy all round.
- 95'
Michu is pole-axed by Lloris as they both went for a high ball. The 'keeper won it but smashed the striker in the face and he landed awkwardly. Bizarrely, Mike Dean let play go on and Townsend nearly scored. Now Chico is going mad at Walker and things have got a little bit feisty.
- 95'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Defoe is late on Britton and is rightly booked.
- 94'
Two slices of hesitation then Gallas nods out for a corner when Lloris was right behind him waiting to claim.
- 93'
Panic in the area as a long free kick drops into Spurs' box, lots of headers before Sandro hoofs clear,
- 92'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Dembele removed and Scott Parker makes his long awaited return.
- 91'
Lloris claims a long ball from Augustien...
- 90'
Five minutes added. Hope for Swansea...
- 89'
Graham is flagged offside from a clipped ball forward.
- 88'
A very scrappy passage of play as plenty of tackles fly in. Eventually Spurs win a free kick.
- 87'
Defoe is denied by Tremmel as he gets a real sight of goal for the first time in a while. Should have scored.
- 86'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Danny Graham is on in place of Nathan Dyer.
- 85'
Sigurdsson goes for glory from range but it's a wild shot.
- 83'
Hilarious theatrics from Chico, who goes down like he's done an ACL, screaming right near the touchline microphone, rolling gently across the turf. Then, within 30 seconds, he's up on in possession.
- 82'
Vital, vital intervention from Naughton as Swansea broke from the corner, Dyer was about to slot Routledge clean through but the defender was there.
- 81'
Vertonghen goes in search of his second from the free kick but Britton's deflection takes it over the bar.
- 80'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Chico upends Townsend as the youngster cut back onto his right foot and is booked.
- 79'
Spurs heading joint third as it stands.
- 77'
Definitely a suspicion of offside for the goal - Vertonghen loitering ahead of the line as the ball was delivered.
- 76'
Little time wasted by Swansea in loading numbers forward.
- 75'
A very crisp strike too - the free kick is flicked on by Ben Davies and Vertonghen fires home on the half volley brilliantly.
- 75'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Vertonghen scores!
- 74'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Routledge trips Townsend and Spurs can load the box. Now Ki goes off and Luke Moore comes on.
Leaders
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