Possession
Possession
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Possession
Thanks for joining us here, as Portsmouth picked up a point at White Hart Lane, and Spurs old-new boy Jermaine Defoe scored against his former club, but Spurs should really have taken the lot. It's going to be a long January for Darren Bent.
Defoe and Campbell exchange hugs and shirts at the final whistle. Neither of them put the other on, which is probably just as well...
And with that, ref Steve Bennett blows his whistle.
Lennon feeds Bent on the right side of the box, but his shot is low and tame, and James gathers with ease.
Bentley makes a weaving run down the left, but Marc Wilson makes a great sliding tackle and now Pompey come down the right
Defoe picks up the ball, and thinks he's in with a chance, but a late flag alerts the ref to his offside position. Defoe looks narked.
Kranjcar picks the ball up and unleashes from 35 yards, but it's a good five yards wide.
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Away come Spurs down the right, but ragged play gives the ball away.
Pompey are taking off Kaboul. He's replaced by defender Marc Wilson. Looks like Tony Adams would be happy with the point.
It's lofted in, but Bent can't compete with Distin, and he heads clear.
Defoe drives into the box, but his shot is wide.
Distin makes a great tackle on Zokora as he's about to shoot from eight yards.
A bit of a scramble in the Pompey box, as Bent and Defoe try to combine but they scramble clear.
They try to loft it into the box, but it's low and poor, and Spurs have possession.
Johnson pushes in from the right and earns a foul 40 yards out.
Modric drives in from the left and cuts back into a crowd of players in the box, but it's scrambled clear.
Bent misses a free header! What a sitter! If Spurs don't score again, they can blame Bent for that. Shocker.
Modric plays an excellent defence-splitting ball for Bent, but he doesn't quite have the pace to get to it, and it runs through to James.
O'Hara swings in a cross from the left, but it's easy for James to gather.
Pompey work it up the left, but sloppily give it away with a loose cross.
Bent crosses from the left, but Defoe can't get in front of his marker, and Pompey clear.
Bentley curls the free kick towards the far post and James helps it behind.
Modric and Bent combine well on the left, and Younes Kaboul brings Modric down. He gets a yellow.
Goalscorer Nugent now comes off and is replaced by John Utaka.
Bentley swings it into... well, not Row Z, but probably something like Row J.
The momentum is with Spurs now, and they win a free kick in the middle 25 yards out.
Corluka weaves in from the right and tries to bend one into the far corner, but it won't turn, and goes past the post.
Game on. Defoe lofts the ball into the area, Lennon controls, but it's cleared by Pompey.
Goal! It had to happen. Jermaine Defoe is teed up by Luka Modric on the edge of the box and he lashes past David James. Fabulous strike.
Spurs break down the left, but can't find a way through and they're forced back.
Pompey have a free kick wide on the halfway line and pump it into the box.
Redknapp has decided to pull off his albatross Gareth Bale. David Bentley will replace him.
Nineteen seconds between James' brilliant goalline save and Nugent's goal. On moments like that games can change.
Spurs have only scored three in their last six games, have failed to score in their last three home games, and have never in their history gone four home games without scoring. Are they going to be 'celebrating' a most unwelcome record this afternoon?
Zokora works it wide to O'Hara. He twists, turns and crosses, but that man Campbell is on it again, and he puts his size 13s through the ball.
"Redknapp, what's the score?" is coming loud and proud from the away supporters in the ground.
Away come Spurs again, and Defoe tries a shot on the turn to the right of the goal. Once again it hits the side netting.
Goal! David Nugent scores his first Premier League goal. He drives in from the right and rifles an unstoppable shot across Gomes and into the bottom corner.
Lennon crosses, but it's deflected, and James recovers brilliantly to save it on the line.
Spurs work the ball to Defoe again on the left corner of the area. Campbell shadows him. Defoe tries some trickery but Sol's having none of it, and slides the ball away.
Modric drives up the left, and works the ball inside to Defoe, but Campbell does a great job to dispossess him.
Lennon cuts in from the right and tries to play in Bent, but he's with his old pal Campbell. Bent shoves Sol in the back, and he goes down for a foul.
In it comes, but Campbell can't get his head on it.
Nugent drives down the right for Pompey, and his cross is blocked for a corner.
A bit shaky in the Pompey defence there, as a pass goes loose as they work it across their back line, but Campbell recovers it just in time.
Lennon tries to play a slide-rule pass through to Bent, but the striker is being expertly sherpherded by Campbell.
Lennon wriggles down the right side and rifles a cross in, but no-one can get on it.
Kranjcar brings down Zokora as he was breaking away. Cynical foul, but Bennett leaves his cards in his pocket.
Crouch caught offside and Spurs win back possession.
Spurs win a free kick wide on the left, and Bale whips it in, but there's a foul, and James will take it.
And off we go. Hard to believe we haven't had a goal in this game yet. Surely there will be some net-bothering in this half.
The players are back out, as Spurs prepare to kick off.
And there's the whistle. See you in 15.
Lennon dances in from the right, beating three players and shooting low to the corner, but James gets down and gathers.
Nugent controls well on his knee and drives the ball at Gomes' goal, but Dawson slides in well to block.
Bale brings the ball across the pitch to the right side of the Pompey area, and takes a shot, but it's beyond James' right upright.
There will be three minutes of added time.
We're back in play, and Spurs whip it in from the left but it comes to nothing and out come Pompey.
Bad miss by Nugent, that. Now King is hobbling off the pitch. Michael Dawson is replacing him.
Pompey suddenly break clear, and Nugent is one on one with Gomes. He fires low at Gomes, who saves with his feet.
It's all a bit scrappy in the middle of the park, as both teams tussle for possession.
King plays the ball back to Gomes, but he can't really kick today, and under pressure is forced to put it out to the side.
Pompey break with pace down the left, but Belhadj pushes the pass too far, and Gomes gathers.
O'Hara picks it up on the left side of the Pompey box, and unleashes a shot. James dives to his right, but the ball bounces a yard wide and hits the side netting.
Pompey playing a bit of keep-ball, and they work it back to James.
O'Hara loses the ball just outside his own box, and Nugent drives in, but can only shoot into the side netting.
Traore plays it wide left to Belhadj, and he crosses but Gomes gathers.
Spurs work it around the midfield, but Pompey are right on them, pressuring every player.
The ball is whipped in by Spurs from the left, and King gets his head on it. James saves smartly to his left. Defoe pounces on the loose ball, but fires it at James' chest from a tight angle.
Spurs win a corner, and Bale sends it in low. It's flicked on at the front post and cleared.
Spurs work it up the left, and finally O'Hara fires a low hard cross across the box, but it's headed clear.
It comes in, and Kaboul controls it six yards out, but Spurs are all over him and manage to smother his shot.
We're back in play, and Campbell plays a long ball down the right, which Spurs play out for a corner.
Perhaps not. There's a stretcher coming for the Russian, and Darren Bent is stripping off to replace him.
The Russian is still on the ground - he twisted as he went down. Hopefully the magic sponge is all that's required.
Crunching tackle by Davis on Pavlyuchenko, and Steve Bennett gets his yellow card out for the first time today.
Nugent gets away down the right, cuts it back into the middle to Traore, but a superb sliding tackle from Corluka blocks a certain goal.
That's two great chances Defoe has spurned now. Surely he won't be kept off the scoresheet today of all days, will he?
Lennon perfectly controls a 50-yard pass in the right channel, beats Belhadj and crosses to Defoe, who must score with his head, but somehow James tips it over.
Spurs whip it in, and James comes a long way to punch.
Spurs work it wide on the right to Lennon, who crosses to Pavlyuchenko, and Pompey have to put it behind.
The ball is swung in and Pavlyuchenko must score at the back stick! But no, he plays it onto Defoe, who saves his old club from conceding.
Lennon unleashes from the edge of the box and James dives to tip it behind.
Distin storms forward the length of the pitch, but loses control on the edge of the Spurs box and has to chase back.
Pompey enjoying a good period of pressure for the past couple of minutes, but just as I type that Nugent gives the ball away, and Spurs come again.
Traore times his run perfectly to beat the offside trap, but Spurs get back behind the ball, and instead of crossing, Traore shanks a shot into the side netting. Bad decision.
Lennon slips it inside to Defoe on the right side of the box. He shoots low and hard, but James dives to his left and gathers.
Crouch battles his way to Spurs corner flag, but Bale comes back and bustles him off the ball.
Pavlyuchenko looks up and shoots from all of 40 yards. It swerves, but James catches it without to much bother.
A long ball is brought down well by Nugent, and he has half a chance to get a shot off. He does, but it's expertly blocked by King.
Gomes fails to hold a low ball in the box, and Crouch slides in to score, but Gomes very quickly recovers to push the ball off the striker's toe. Close for Pompey that.
Lennon weaves to the edge of the Pompey box and unleashes a low drive, but James gathers.
Pavlyuchenko chests the ball and spins to volley, but it's blocked.
Traore drives at the Spurs back line, but can't keep hold of it.
Bad mistake that from Sean Davis, but Defoe failed to make him pay.
Defoe is clear from a dreadful Portsmouth pass and thrashes it just wide from 10 yards!
In it comes and it's headed out, but only as far as Bale, who lets fly straight into Row Z from 35 yards to a chorus of sarcastic cheers.
Lennon twists and turns on the right and earns a corner.
Crouch slides in for a tough tackle on Gareth Bale, but can't win the ball, and now it's Bale's turn to take a goal kick.
It's swung in, but comes to nothing as Pompey clear.
The game being played at a frenetic pace, and Pompey are forced to put the ball behind for a corner.
Gomes isn't taking his goal kicks today, leaving the task to Corluka.
Pompey work the ball wide on the left and Traore tries to cross but it goes behind.
Still, he doesn't let the boos get to him, and he expertly shepherds a ball out of play for a Pompey goal kick.
Sol Campbell receives the customary friendly welcome from the home support.
The teams are out on the pitch. Referee Steve Bennett looks at his watch, blows his whistle, and away we go...
Harry works his way along the Pompey bench, handing out cuddles to his former colleagues.
Tony Adams brings his boys to the Lane for what should be a 'robust' encounter this afternoon with former Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp's Tottenham. Join us here from 16.00GMT for live commentary.
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| +6 |
| 18 |
| 3 | 7 | +18 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | +4 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | +1 | 12 |
| 6 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | +3 | 10 |
| 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 |
| 9 | 7 | +1 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 | −4 | 9 |
| 11 | 7 | −4 | 8 |
| 12 | 7 | −4 | 8 |
| 13 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | 7 | −8 | 7 |
| 15 | 7 | −4 | 6 |
| 16 | 7 | −4 | 6 |
| 17 | 7 | −8 | 6 |
| 18 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
| 19 | 7 | −4 | 5 |
| 20 | 7 | −8 | 4 |
Possession
xG, big chances, touches and duels are ESPN's numbers; other sites' models can differ a little.
Thanks for joining us here, as Portsmouth picked up a point at White Hart Lane, and Spurs old-new boy Jermaine Defoe scored against his former club, but Spurs should really have taken the lot. It's going to be a long January for Darren Bent.
Defoe and Campbell exchange hugs and shirts at the final whistle. Neither of them put the other on, which is probably just as well...
And with that, ref Steve Bennett blows his whistle.
Lennon feeds Bent on the right side of the box, but his shot is low and tame, and James gathers with ease.
Bentley makes a weaving run down the left, but Marc Wilson makes a great sliding tackle and now Pompey come down the right
Defoe picks up the ball, and thinks he's in with a chance, but a late flag alerts the ref to his offside position. Defoe looks narked.
Kranjcar picks the ball up and unleashes from 35 yards, but it's a good five yards wide.
Away come Spurs down the right, but ragged play gives the ball away.
Pompey are taking off Kaboul. He's replaced by defender Marc Wilson. Looks like Tony Adams would be happy with the point.
It's lofted in, but Bent can't compete with Distin, and he heads clear.
Defoe drives into the box, but his shot is wide.
Distin makes a great tackle on Zokora as he's about to shoot from eight yards.
A bit of a scramble in the Pompey box, as Bent and Defoe try to combine but they scramble clear.
They try to loft it into the box, but it's low and poor, and Spurs have possession.
Johnson pushes in from the right and earns a foul 40 yards out.
Modric drives in from the left and cuts back into a crowd of players in the box, but it's scrambled clear.
Bent misses a free header! What a sitter! If Spurs don't score again, they can blame Bent for that. Shocker.
Modric plays an excellent defence-splitting ball for Bent, but he doesn't quite have the pace to get to it, and it runs through to James.
O'Hara swings in a cross from the left, but it's easy for James to gather.
Pompey work it up the left, but sloppily give it away with a loose cross.
Bent crosses from the left, but Defoe can't get in front of his marker, and Pompey clear.
Bentley curls the free kick towards the far post and James helps it behind.
Modric and Bent combine well on the left, and Younes Kaboul brings Modric down. He gets a yellow.
Goalscorer Nugent now comes off and is replaced by John Utaka.
Bentley swings it into... well, not Row Z, but probably something like Row J.
The momentum is with Spurs now, and they win a free kick in the middle 25 yards out.
Corluka weaves in from the right and tries to bend one into the far corner, but it won't turn, and goes past the post.
Game on. Defoe lofts the ball into the area, Lennon controls, but it's cleared by Pompey.
Goal! It had to happen. Jermaine Defoe is teed up by Luka Modric on the edge of the box and he lashes past David James. Fabulous strike.
Spurs break down the left, but can't find a way through and they're forced back.
Pompey have a free kick wide on the halfway line and pump it into the box.
Redknapp has decided to pull off his albatross Gareth Bale. David Bentley will replace him.
Nineteen seconds between James' brilliant goalline save and Nugent's goal. On moments like that games can change.
Spurs have only scored three in their last six games, have failed to score in their last three home games, and have never in their history gone four home games without scoring. Are they going to be 'celebrating' a most unwelcome record this afternoon?
Zokora works it wide to O'Hara. He twists, turns and crosses, but that man Campbell is on it again, and he puts his size 13s through the ball.
"Redknapp, what's the score?" is coming loud and proud from the away supporters in the ground.
Away come Spurs again, and Defoe tries a shot on the turn to the right of the goal. Once again it hits the side netting.
Goal! David Nugent scores his first Premier League goal. He drives in from the right and rifles an unstoppable shot across Gomes and into the bottom corner.
Lennon crosses, but it's deflected, and James recovers brilliantly to save it on the line.
Spurs work the ball to Defoe again on the left corner of the area. Campbell shadows him. Defoe tries some trickery but Sol's having none of it, and slides the ball away.
Modric drives up the left, and works the ball inside to Defoe, but Campbell does a great job to dispossess him.
Lennon cuts in from the right and tries to play in Bent, but he's with his old pal Campbell. Bent shoves Sol in the back, and he goes down for a foul.
In it comes, but Campbell can't get his head on it.
Nugent drives down the right for Pompey, and his cross is blocked for a corner.
A bit shaky in the Pompey defence there, as a pass goes loose as they work it across their back line, but Campbell recovers it just in time.
Lennon tries to play a slide-rule pass through to Bent, but the striker is being expertly sherpherded by Campbell.
Lennon wriggles down the right side and rifles a cross in, but no-one can get on it.
Kranjcar brings down Zokora as he was breaking away. Cynical foul, but Bennett leaves his cards in his pocket.
Crouch caught offside and Spurs win back possession.
Spurs win a free kick wide on the left, and Bale whips it in, but there's a foul, and James will take it.
And off we go. Hard to believe we haven't had a goal in this game yet. Surely there will be some net-bothering in this half.
The players are back out, as Spurs prepare to kick off.
And there's the whistle. See you in 15.
Lennon dances in from the right, beating three players and shooting low to the corner, but James gets down and gathers.
Nugent controls well on his knee and drives the ball at Gomes' goal, but Dawson slides in well to block.
Bale brings the ball across the pitch to the right side of the Pompey area, and takes a shot, but it's beyond James' right upright.
There will be three minutes of added time.
We're back in play, and Spurs whip it in from the left but it comes to nothing and out come Pompey.
Bad miss by Nugent, that. Now King is hobbling off the pitch. Michael Dawson is replacing him.
Pompey suddenly break clear, and Nugent is one on one with Gomes. He fires low at Gomes, who saves with his feet.
It's all a bit scrappy in the middle of the park, as both teams tussle for possession.
King plays the ball back to Gomes, but he can't really kick today, and under pressure is forced to put it out to the side.
Pompey break with pace down the left, but Belhadj pushes the pass too far, and Gomes gathers.
O'Hara picks it up on the left side of the Pompey box, and unleashes a shot. James dives to his right, but the ball bounces a yard wide and hits the side netting.
Pompey playing a bit of keep-ball, and they work it back to James.
O'Hara loses the ball just outside his own box, and Nugent drives in, but can only shoot into the side netting.
Traore plays it wide left to Belhadj, and he crosses but Gomes gathers.
Spurs work it around the midfield, but Pompey are right on them, pressuring every player.
The ball is whipped in by Spurs from the left, and King gets his head on it. James saves smartly to his left. Defoe pounces on the loose ball, but fires it at James' chest from a tight angle.
Spurs win a corner, and Bale sends it in low. It's flicked on at the front post and cleared.
Spurs work it up the left, and finally O'Hara fires a low hard cross across the box, but it's headed clear.
It comes in, and Kaboul controls it six yards out, but Spurs are all over him and manage to smother his shot.
We're back in play, and Campbell plays a long ball down the right, which Spurs play out for a corner.
Perhaps not. There's a stretcher coming for the Russian, and Darren Bent is stripping off to replace him.
The Russian is still on the ground - he twisted as he went down. Hopefully the magic sponge is all that's required.
Crunching tackle by Davis on Pavlyuchenko, and Steve Bennett gets his yellow card out for the first time today.
Nugent gets away down the right, cuts it back into the middle to Traore, but a superb sliding tackle from Corluka blocks a certain goal.
That's two great chances Defoe has spurned now. Surely he won't be kept off the scoresheet today of all days, will he?
Lennon perfectly controls a 50-yard pass in the right channel, beats Belhadj and crosses to Defoe, who must score with his head, but somehow James tips it over.
Spurs whip it in, and James comes a long way to punch.
Spurs work it wide on the right to Lennon, who crosses to Pavlyuchenko, and Pompey have to put it behind.
The ball is swung in and Pavlyuchenko must score at the back stick! But no, he plays it onto Defoe, who saves his old club from conceding.
Lennon unleashes from the edge of the box and James dives to tip it behind.
Distin storms forward the length of the pitch, but loses control on the edge of the Spurs box and has to chase back.
Pompey enjoying a good period of pressure for the past couple of minutes, but just as I type that Nugent gives the ball away, and Spurs come again.
Traore times his run perfectly to beat the offside trap, but Spurs get back behind the ball, and instead of crossing, Traore shanks a shot into the side netting. Bad decision.
Lennon slips it inside to Defoe on the right side of the box. He shoots low and hard, but James dives to his left and gathers.
Crouch battles his way to Spurs corner flag, but Bale comes back and bustles him off the ball.
Pavlyuchenko looks up and shoots from all of 40 yards. It swerves, but James catches it without to much bother.
A long ball is brought down well by Nugent, and he has half a chance to get a shot off. He does, but it's expertly blocked by King.
Gomes fails to hold a low ball in the box, and Crouch slides in to score, but Gomes very quickly recovers to push the ball off the striker's toe. Close for Pompey that.
Lennon weaves to the edge of the Pompey box and unleashes a low drive, but James gathers.
Pavlyuchenko chests the ball and spins to volley, but it's blocked.
Traore drives at the Spurs back line, but can't keep hold of it.
Bad mistake that from Sean Davis, but Defoe failed to make him pay.
Defoe is clear from a dreadful Portsmouth pass and thrashes it just wide from 10 yards!
In it comes and it's headed out, but only as far as Bale, who lets fly straight into Row Z from 35 yards to a chorus of sarcastic cheers.
Lennon twists and turns on the right and earns a corner.
Crouch slides in for a tough tackle on Gareth Bale, but can't win the ball, and now it's Bale's turn to take a goal kick.
It's swung in, but comes to nothing as Pompey clear.
The game being played at a frenetic pace, and Pompey are forced to put the ball behind for a corner.
Gomes isn't taking his goal kicks today, leaving the task to Corluka.
Pompey work the ball wide on the left and Traore tries to cross but it goes behind.
Still, he doesn't let the boos get to him, and he expertly shepherds a ball out of play for a Pompey goal kick.
Sol Campbell receives the customary friendly welcome from the home support.
The teams are out on the pitch. Referee Steve Bennett looks at his watch, blows his whistle, and away we go...
Harry works his way along the Pompey bench, handing out cuddles to his former colleagues.
Tony Adams brings his boys to the Lane for what should be a 'robust' encounter this afternoon with former Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp's Tottenham. Join us here from 16.00GMT for live commentary.
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| +6 |
| 18 |
| 3 | 7 | +18 | 16 |
| 4 | 7 | +4 | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | +1 | 12 |
| 6 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | +3 | 10 |
| 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 |
| 16 | 7 | −4 | 6 |