A airy and active Tottenham ancillary affective a point in an absorbing affray at White Hart Lane. Both abandon spurned chances, best conspicuously Modric for Tottenham and Ferdinand for Man Utd, as the bold concluded in a 0-0 stalemate- a fair absorption of both teams performances.
Tottenham were the more acceptable aggregation in the aboriginal half, banishment Edwin Van Der Sar into activity on a cardinal of occasions.
David Bentley had a 25yard advance (similar to the one he denticulate adjoin Arsenal) adored and Aaron Lennon additionally went abutting on two occasions. Roman Pavlyuchenko was additionally denied anatomy an astute bend as Spurs accumulated on the pressure.
In fact, Manchester Uniteds best advance in the aboriginal bisected saw the consistent attempt activity out for a bandy in; Tevez jinked accomplished the Tottenham defenders afore announcement his attempt hideously wide.
The alone absolute bottomward point of the aboriginal bisected from Tottenham’s point of appearance was a aback abrasion for amateur captain Jonathan Woodgate. He went bottomward aural the aboriginal 10 minutes, bidding a hasty Tottenham arresting shuffle. Tom Huddlestone replaced him with Corluka affective into the centre aback position. Midfielder Zokora confused to comedy at appropriate back.
The additional bisected saw the tables turn- now was the adventitious for United to accumulation advanced with Tottenahm defending.
Dimitar Berbatov had Man Utd’s aboriginal absolute chance, about aloof as he drew aback his bottom to shoot Michael Dawson slid in with a absurd tackle. In actuality it was a rather arresting day for Berbatov, who recieved a predictably chill accession from the White Hart faithful.
Bentley had Tottenhams best adventitious in the additional half; Van Der Sar was affected into authoritative a fantastic, diving save from his superb, all-embracing chargeless kick.
Gomes kept Spurs in at abreast the end, extenuative alluringly from Park and Giggs, who activated the Brazilian with a able-bodied addled chargeless kick.
The amateur alone absolute beam point came in the anatomy of a Christiano Ronaldo bang on Dawson. In my eyes it was 100%wrong, agnate to Beckham’s bang on Simeone in 1998. About the Ref didn’t see it and so Ronaldo went unpunished.
Manager Reactions:
Harry Redkanpp: “Any time you booty a point off of Man United it’s a acceptable result.”
“To appear through as we did I admitting was fantastic. It was a agitating performance, a absolutely aggressive performance.”
Sir Alex Ferguson: “It is not a bad result. We bedeviled the bold for the best allotment and their goalkeeper has fabricated two absurd saves abreast the end. ”
“We aloof bare that bit of luck or a breach abutting to ambition but we didn’t get it. But you accept to adore the acuteness of our game. ”
Player Ratings/Match Details
Tottenham: Gomes-9, Corluka-7, Dawson-9, Woodgate-6 (Huddlestone 10-7), Assou-Ekotto-6, Lennon-7, Zokora-6, Jenas-5 (O’Hara 62-6), Bentley-7, Modric-7, Pavlyuchenko-6 (Bent 54-6).
Man Utd: Van der Sar-7, Rafael Da Silva-6, Ferdinand-6, Vidic-6, O’Shea-5, Park-7, Fletcher-5 (Scholes 69-5), Carrick-6, Ronaldo-5, Berbatov-5, Tevez-6 (Giggs 69-7).
Att: 35,882
Ref: Mike Dean (Wirral).
Men of the Match: Heurelho Gomes/Michael Dawson
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