Match Thread Vs Everton

Loughtonlegend wrote:last 2 games he was. anyway good goal from lennon. livermoor havin a blinder
ade 3 chances 0 goals

FFS Louught we r winning everybody playing well against Everton who sit back behind the ball why the stupid comment about ade why just dont stick to the good stuff its getting boring now all u do is slag off Spurs players u sound like a goon

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omg when we dont score laods goals eveyrone says they have 10 men behind the ball when they dont. we playin well but oly ade up front

job done well lads. lol pav, play to the whistle, might have been 3 nil

if he touched the ball the ref would of blown up.

we played well. we kept it on the floor a lot.

mom has to be livermoor. came in and did a good job that wil shut the doubters on vital spurs given him stick.

wish bale would go down the left more.

nice exchange with pav and ade shows theres great team spirit

Love Benny.

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Loughtonlegend wrote:last 2 games he was. anyway good goal from lennon. livermoor havin a blinder
ade 3 chances 0 goals

Lought, its not all about that.
Ade holds the ball up well, which means we retain possession, which has been our problem before when we had Crouch, teams
were nicking the ball off of him and hitting us on the counter. He does so much work off the ball with chasing it down, last
night the amount of times Evertons defenders had to pass back because of Ades pressure. Remember other players get chances when he takes defenders away with his pace and ball retention, I could understand your argument if no one else was scoring, but they are or would you prefer us to be like Arsenal and rely on one striker to hit the net?

cstmrsking wrote:Love Benny.

Me too .....

Assist and a goal last night ...

Is there a better left back in the Prem? Well I can see anyone else I'd rather have as our left-back ...

Tottenham 2 - 0 Everton


Lennon celebrates his first-half strike to give Spurs the lead

Tottenham drew level on points with second-placed Manchester United, just three behind leaders Manchester City, after comfortably beating Everton.

The hosts suffered an early scare when Louis Saha fired wide, but took control and opened the scoring when Aaron Lennon cut in from the left to slot in.

Emmanuel Adebayor shot over and wide as Spurs created a number of chances.

However, pressure on the Everton goal finally told when Benoit Assou-Ekotto smashed into the corner from 30 yards.

The visitors did have a penalty appeal waved away by referee Martin Atkinson when Younes Kaboul tripped Royston Drenthe late on, but David Moyes's team suffered a fruitless evening in the capital and defeat continued their indifferent form.

This game was the rearranged fixture after the original game was postponed because of the London riots.

And although Spurs suffered a sticky start to the season following defeats by their title rivals, they will be grateful to finally reduce the gap at the top to put them firmly in the Premier League title race.

Once Saha shot off-target following Kaboul's poor clearance, Spurs were dominant and should probably have taken the lead before they did.

Adebayor was the guilty party on several occasions, blazing over from a tight angle and then poking wide when the ball broke to him from an Assou-Ekotto cross.

He also mis-controlled a pass after a good break by Rafael van der Vaart and Gareth Bale, with Tim Howard putting him under pressure.

Some of the hosts' passing and movement was a joy to watch at times, with Luka Modric ably supported by Jake Livermore, who was starting in place of the injured Scott Parker.

Van der Vaart curled the ball over before the half hour point and just as it looked like they might draw a blank in the first period Lennon broke the deadlock with his fourth of the season.

Assou-Ekotto pinged a long diagonal ball out to the right-winger, and with Leighton Baines losing the ball in its flight, the England player dribbled inside and shot left footed past Howard as the Everton defence tried to block his shot.

Coming into the game, the visitors had lost just once to Tottenham in their last eight league games, but they were soon under pressure in the second period as a marauding Bale run and shot was well saved by Howard.

Soon after, there was another isolated opportunity for Saha but his shot at the near post following Baines' centre, was deflected wide.

Marouane Fellaini headed over, too, in a sure sign that David Moyes had asked for an improvement at half-time.

But any hope of building on that was soon knocked into touch as Assou-Ekotto doubled the lead with a glorious strike. With little in front of him, the Cameroon international received the ball square and smashed a shot into the corner from 30 yards, although it did take a touch off Tim Cahill as it flew in.

Having set up the first goal, the Spurs left-back enjoyed a profitable night and only more waywardness by Adebayor and Bale meant the scoreline did not increase.

Drenthe's penalty appeal was the only late glimmer that Everton could muster on a disappointing night.

But having won 14 of their 20 league games so far and sitting level on points with Manchester United, Tottenham will care little as they build their title challenge.

Following this performance they may now relish the trip to Manchester City on 22 January.


TITLE-WINNING DEFENCE?
Victory over Everton earned Spurs their eighth clean sheet of the season, the same total as the whole of last season

ArnieArdiles wrote:

cstmrsking wrote:Love Benny.

Me too .....

Assist and a goal last night ...

Is there a better left back in the Prem? Well I can see anyone else I'd rather have as our left-back ...

and zero goals conceded, great if you have him in your fantasy league team, loads of points!!

ekottoe a very good left back when hes on hes game but not the best.

i heard a rumore that he has a buy out clause and he wants more money and the goons have been sniffing around.

hope its rubbish

dj i know ade hold up play is really good and better then anyone else is at the club. but he needs to be more ruthless in front of goal.

whenever hes one on one i feel hes not going to score because hes too casual.

Loughtonlegend wrote:ekottoe a very good left back when hes on hes game but not the best.

i heard a rumore that he has a buy out clause and he wants more money and the goons have been sniffing around.

hope its rubbish

Give him more money, he worth it, if indeed any football player is worth the money they get. But you know ehat i mean.
We got our guys playing at the top but not on the same dosh as the others. So that could cause a problem when if the big boys come sniffing.
But Benny going off to be Gooner. 4get it.

thats one thing we have over other teams is team spirt. all the players like each other. they all get on.

you saw defoe tweet g8 goal to pav last week then he did same last night about lennon. also sandro said same about livermoor.

plus they all went over when ekotto scored.

i duno what ade said to pav when he went off but it made pav smilelol

i cant see harry bringin in anyone else