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Sunday 07th April 2013
Kick Off @ 1405hrs GMT

lloris
walker dawson. caulker verts

holtby hudd demebele stigerson

ade dempsey

dont know who else is left now towsend and falque are on loan

Hmmmmmm what a load of crap no sympathy for us we r getting what we deserve u cant put out full strengh on thursday and play on Sunday we will be lucky if we finish 6th Everton have game in hand if they win that they go joint with us this is what we will be like next season with no Bale

VERTONGHEN IN THE CENTRE PLEASE TOO

i had the first half on radio and got back in time to watch second half.

i see we played the same parker and dembele for 100 game and lets be honest. the good games you can count on 1 hand.

walker. i know hes young but time and time and time again fouls the player gives away free kicks.
dawson got raped. verts gets away with mistakes and today no gallas to blame.

specal mention for huddleston. changed the game because he can pass and has vison.

lloris 6. good save late on but heard he was at fault for the goal.

walker.6 gave us loads of pace down that side but gives away needless free kicks..
dawson 6 all at sea by that star striker whats hes name lol 6
caulker 6 looks nerveous

jan. 6great going forward shame he cant defend
parker7 for effort
demebele 5 looks nackerd
holtby 6 runs around a lot
stigerson 8 great passion.
dempsey5. ok vis i was wrong about him. was woefull
ade8 worked hard scored a goal hit the post.

subs
hudd8 brillant vison that turned defence into attack
carrol to late to give a mark


avb got some big calls to make.

Gylfi Sigurdsson scored a late equaliser for Tottenham against Everton to cap a riveting match between two Champions League hopefuls.

Spurs took the lead after just 33 seconds when Emmanuel Adebayor converted Jan Vertonghen's low cross.

But Everton levelled through Phil Jagielka and took the lead from a fine solo goal by Kevin Mirallas.

In a frantic finale, Adebayor struck the post and Sigurdsson slotted home the rebound to claim a vital point.

There was still time for Everton to go close as Victor Anichebe ran through on goal and saw his shot smothered by Spurs keeper Hugo Lloris.

But a draw seemed a fair result after a spirited attacking performance from two sides making light of the absence of some of their most creative players.

Tottenham, deprived of injured trio Gareth Bale, Aaron Lennon and Jermain Defoe, found plenty of creative spark from Mousa Dembele, Sigurdsson and a rejuvenated Adebayor.

And Everton, who were missing the suspended Marouane Fellaini and Steven Pienaar, were once again indebted to the superb Mirallas, whose goal was every bit as eye-catching as his stunning solo winner against Stoke last weekend.

It was the home side who started the sharper, however, with their quickest goal in more than 12 years.

Vertonghen's whipped low cross from the left flank eluded two Everton players and found Adebayor, who stretched out a leg to steer the ball past Tim Howard.

Everton were then presented with their first opportunity by Michael Dawson. The Spurs centre-half's pass was intercepted by Leon Osman, who steadied himself before curling a right-footed effort narrowly wide of the far post.

They did not have long to wait for their equaliser, a Baines corner after 15 minutes picking out Jagielka, who climbed above Vertonghen to head the ball through Lloris's legs.

Former Spurs and Everton midfielder Paul Gascoigne was in the crowd at White Hart Lane

Watched by former star Paul Gascoigne, Tottenham enjoyed more of the ball for the remainder of the half without creating many clear openings.

They appealed for a penalty before half-time when Clint Dempsey's cross appeared to strike Darron Gibson's arm but replays suggested the ball struck him on the shoulder.

Everton began the second half on the front foot and had already gone close through Gibson when a moment of brilliance from Mirallas gave the visitors the lead.

The agile Belgian darted inside from the right, skipped past Scott Parker and Steven Caulker and placed a shot into the far corner.

Mirallas's effort was almost cancelled out by his countryman Dembele moments later, the midfielder's strike taking a deflection off John Heitinga before being parried onto the underside of the bar by Tim Howard.

Suddenly the game was alive with defenders tackling and blocking desperately at either end.

For Spurs, the lively Adebayor worked some space in the area but stuck straight at Howard and Dempsey curled a shot around the post.

With Everton's players defending deep inside their own half, the Toffees looked on course for three points as the game entered the final five minutes.

But inspiration arrived for Tottenham in the form of right-back Kyle Walker. Sprinting down the wing, he cut the ball back for Adebayor, whose curling effort stuck the post and rolled across goal for Sigurdsson to tap home.

The intervention of Lloris to deny Anichebe proved just as crucial as Spurs sealed a point that keeps them in touch with Champions League rivals Chelsea and Arsenal.

Adebayor's goal was Tottenham's second fastest in the Premier League after Ledley King's strike after 10 seconds in a win at Bradford in December 2000.

VIS i wanted your opinions on the game.