Tottenham climbed
above Manchester City and into 14th place in the Premier League table
after a hard-fought goalless draw with Manchester United.
above Manchester City and into 14th place in the Premier League table
after a hard-fought goalless draw with Manchester United.
Heurelho
Gomes proved again that he is a goalkeeper worthy of the Premier League
as he produced a stunning late save to deny United, who became the
third top-four side after Liverpool and Arsenal to be held to a draw
today.
Tottenham overcame an injury to England defender Jonathan
Woodgate, who was forced off after just 10 minutes, to earn a deserved
point.
Woodgate fell awkwardly after an aerial challenge with
Carlos Tevez and limped off with a back injury with the game still
goalless.
The injury forced Spurs, already without skipper Ledley King, into a reshuffle with Tom Huddlestone coming on.
Didier Zokora moved to right-back, with Vedran Corluka switching into the middle of the defence.
Dimitar Berbatov was roundly booed every time he touched the ball as he took on his former club.
The
Bulgarian was expecting a tough time from Spurs fans still angry at the
saga surrounding his £30.75m transfer to Old Trafford in the summer.
And he certainly got it as he was jeered with his every touch during a goalless first 45 minutes.
Berbatov,
who left Tottenham on transfer-deadline day, set up an early chance for
Ji-Sung Park but barely had a sight of goal himself.
United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was called into action with saves from David Bentley and Aaron Lennon.
Cristiano Ronaldo had the ball in the net in the second half, bring it down to lash home.
But the ball brushed his arm as he controlled it and Ronaldo was left clearly upset the goal was ruled out.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp sent on Darren Bent on for Roman Pavlyuchenko, then Jamie O'Hara for Jermaine Jenas.
Rafael
da Silva then earned a yellow card for tripping AaronLennon when the
winger was in full flow, with Bentley getting the free-kick tipped away
by Van der Sar.
Gomes proved again that he is a goalkeeper worthy of the Premier League
as he produced a stunning late save to deny United, who became the
third top-four side after Liverpool and Arsenal to be held to a draw
today.
Tottenham overcame an injury to England defender Jonathan
Woodgate, who was forced off after just 10 minutes, to earn a deserved
point.
Woodgate fell awkwardly after an aerial challenge with
Carlos Tevez and limped off with a back injury with the game still
goalless.
The injury forced Spurs, already without skipper Ledley King, into a reshuffle with Tom Huddlestone coming on.
Didier Zokora moved to right-back, with Vedran Corluka switching into the middle of the defence.
Dimitar Berbatov was roundly booed every time he touched the ball as he took on his former club.
The
Bulgarian was expecting a tough time from Spurs fans still angry at the
saga surrounding his £30.75m transfer to Old Trafford in the summer.
And he certainly got it as he was jeered with his every touch during a goalless first 45 minutes.
Berbatov,
who left Tottenham on transfer-deadline day, set up an early chance for
Ji-Sung Park but barely had a sight of goal himself.
United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was called into action with saves from David Bentley and Aaron Lennon.
Cristiano Ronaldo had the ball in the net in the second half, bring it down to lash home.
But the ball brushed his arm as he controlled it and Ronaldo was left clearly upset the goal was ruled out.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp sent on Darren Bent on for Roman Pavlyuchenko, then Jamie O'Hara for Jermaine Jenas.
Rafael
da Silva then earned a yellow card for tripping AaronLennon when the
winger was in full flow, with Bentley getting the free-kick tipped away
by Van der Sar.
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