All Square - Chelsea 1-1 Spurs: Match Analysis
I am sure that a lot of us read in the week that the Berbatov saga was having a real drain on the players, both at training and in the games.
Berbatov finally looks to be out of the door and it truly showed. This Tottenham team was resolute, hard, and knew what they needed to do. We had shape and guile.
Didier Zokora was employed as a defensive midfielder and was entrusted to fill in just in front of the back four. He did just that. Our Ivory Coast midfielder did lay a fair few passes astray, but he was sharp.
Our defence, marshalled by King & Woodgate was superb. I also thought that Gomes was commanding, gathering everything he could and preventing Lampard from scoring within the first 15 minutes with a great save.
Tottenham conceded a goal from a corner when Darren Bent took his eyes off his marker, allowing Belletti to swing his left foot at the ball from 6 yards.
A mistake by Lampard allowed Bent, just before half-time, to slot the ball in under the Chelsea keeper.
Ramos made some key changes after the break, bringing on Huddlestone, Lennon and O'Hara.
Huddlestone and O'Hara joined Zokora as anchormen, which allowed Modric to flourish. For the first time in three games, we finally saw what Modric is made of. He was everywhere, breaking up play and flying forward.
With a few more signings, we will be on our way.
COYS!!!
Berbatov finally looks to be out of the door and it truly showed. This Tottenham team was resolute, hard, and knew what they needed to do. We had shape and guile.
Didier Zokora was employed as a defensive midfielder and was entrusted to fill in just in front of the back four. He did just that. Our Ivory Coast midfielder did lay a fair few passes astray, but he was sharp.
Our defence, marshalled by King & Woodgate was superb. I also thought that Gomes was commanding, gathering everything he could and preventing Lampard from scoring within the first 15 minutes with a great save.
Tottenham conceded a goal from a corner when Darren Bent took his eyes off his marker, allowing Belletti to swing his left foot at the ball from 6 yards.
A mistake by Lampard allowed Bent, just before half-time, to slot the ball in under the Chelsea keeper.
Ramos made some key changes after the break, bringing on Huddlestone, Lennon and O'Hara.
Huddlestone and O'Hara joined Zokora as anchormen, which allowed Modric to flourish. For the first time in three games, we finally saw what Modric is made of. He was everywhere, breaking up play and flying forward.
With a few more signings, we will be on our way.
COYS!!!
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