Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur
Match pulse
STKAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| STK | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOT | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Who won: Spurs 2-1
Tottenham Hotspur beat Stoke City 2-1 on Sunday, May 12, 2013 at bet365 Stadium. Goals for Stoke: Steven N'Zonzi (3'). Goals for Spurs: Clint Dempsey (20') and Emmanuel Adebayor (83').
Play by play
This is the fourth time at the Britannia there has been a 2-1 scoreline between Spurs and Stoke. Spurs now lead the way with wins, 3 to Stoke's 2.
Stoke do not move with that result but with their safety all but assured given their superior goal difference, this result is pretty meaningless.
And that is that. Spurs have done their bit and it's down to Arsenal against Wigan on Tuesday. Spurs move in to 4th place and two points clear of Arsenal with the Gunners having a game in hand.
- 90'
Bale breaks and tries to go alone when he should have squared to Sigurdsson. Spurs get the corner and then the ref blows for full-time.
- 90'
Vertonghen is fooled by Jerome who gets past the full back. He crosses deep to Wilson but he completely mistimes the header and it bounces before harmlessly going high and wide of Lloris' goal.
- 90'
Stoke work the ball down the right with Wilkinson and Nzonzi but Sigurdsson blocks the cross and Spurs clear.
- 90'
Huddlestone plays it line to Adebayor who flicks on to Bale. Shawcross beats him to the ball but the pressure applied forces him to knock it for a throw.
- 90'
Four minutes of added time at the Britannia. Stoke pump it long looking for that equaliser.
- 90'
Dembele passes o Adebayor who plays it back to Vertonghen. He wins a throw from Whitehead on the halfway line.
- 89'
Defoe works the ball down the line and holds off the defender to eat up some more seconds.
- 88'
Spurs really wasting time now. The ball comes to Lloris who controls and waits for Jerome to come at him before picking the ball up. Britannia crowd not enjoying this.
- 87'
Cameron plays the ball long to Jerome but the forward is unable to pluck the ball out of the sky and it goes out for a goal-kick.
- 86'
Now it is Spurs' turn to take the sting out of the game. They stroke it around at the back waiting for Stoke to come out to them. Difficult for the ten-men now.
- 85'
Stoke throw as Dawson clears against Walker. Cameron plays it to Wilkinson but his cross is gathered easily by Lloris.
- 84'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Sigurdsson set to come on for Dempsey. Can he replicate his late goal against Chelsea to give Spurs a vital 3 points here?
- 82'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Adebayor taps in at the far post. A shot from Bale deflects and finds it's way to Dempsey who crosses and finds Adebayor at the far post.
- 81'
Whitehead floats it in to the far post and finds Huth but he heads over.
- 80'
Walker gives away a sloppy free-kcik as Walters backs in to him on the left wing. Clever play from the Stoke forward.
- 79'
Bit of handbags there with Adebayor and Shawcross. Not much happened but they both seem annoyed.
- 77'
Stoke try and break with a ball down the line to Jerome but Dawson cuts it out and sets up another Spurs attack.
- 76'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Huddlestone booked for a trip on Nzonzi.
- 75'
Dembele walks to the egdge of the box and plays an eye of the needle pass to Bale. HE turns on to his right foot but can't wrap his foot round the ball enough and it goes inches wide.
- 74'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Shotton makes way for Geoff Cameron at right-back for Stoke. Aaron Lennon is coming off for Jermain Defoe for Spurs.
- 73'
Dembele finds Lennon on the left and he waltzes past the defender but his cross is blocked and out for a corner.
- 72'
Dempsey fires a shot from the edge of the area straight down Begovic's throat but he tips over the bar.
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