Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester United

Carr sends a short ball to Davis and Carroll comes a long way off his line to punch clear

Silvestre concedes a corner and Spurs send the big guns forward

Massive pressure from Spurs now, Carroll has to be at his best to collect a cross to deny the home side

Spurs are mounting an uncharacteristically determined late attack - Bunjevcevic just robbed of a chance after Iversen won a header in the area

Beckham runs the ball a full 50 yards from inside his own half deep into opposition territory only to lose possession with a dreadful pass - poor from the megastar

Carr finally gets to whip in the ball and Poyet is just inches away from scoring the equaliser - United very, very lucky

Scholes concedes another freekick after encroaching on the first

Robbie Keane wins a freekcik after a tussle with Rio Ferdinand

Keller send a long clearance downt he pitch after a poor pass found him and not a United attacker

Van Nistelrooy is tackled brilliantly by Gardner in just on the edge of the six yard area - great stuff by the sub who has looked excellent since he came on

Silvestre lost the ball under pressure on the edge of his own area, but quickly won it back - Spurs simply will not stop - so much for north- London rivalry

Goran Bunjevcevic and Stefan Iversen on replacing Kazuyuki Toda and Matthew Etherington

Spurs poised to make a double substitution

Ledley King is down and recieving attention after falling awkwardly

United pressing to seal the result with another goal, but in Gardener Spurs have got a solid defender and he is playing well cutting out Manchester United's attacks

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is subbed for Quinton Fortune. Solskjaer may have a knock to the knee and is applying ice

A great cross from Carr flies across the United box - the home side will not roll over, dangerous stuff

Finally United get the goal they have deserved and desperately fought for

Goal for United!! Giggs turns the ball back into the box and Scholes peeling off to the back post connects with a great header to breach Keller's goal

Beckham cuts out a sloppy pass and sends a cross field ball via Scholes' head to Giggs

United spurn yet another chance, excellent spell of end-to-end football - great for the neutral, but tense for the United fans, they need the goal to hammer home the advantage over Arsenal

Carr is robbed on the edge of the United box and Giggs is now at the centre of a counter-attack on the break

The first kick is turned out and the second corner is soon cleared - quick break by Spurs

Beck's shoots from the deadball and Keller is there again with a great save at the base of the post - corner

Freekick to United. 35 yards outside the Spurs box - Beckham territory

Beckham, fed by Solskjaer, crosses into the box but its fractionally behind Van Nistelrooy - when will they score?!

Roy Keane adjudged to have used his arm in a 50-50 tackle and it's a free kick to Spurs - the captain is not impressed with the decision

Ferdinand to Roy Keane to Solskjaer to Giggs - great passing move - the Welshman on the edge of the box fires in a shot, but its just wide - an excellent move

Beckham, felled in the centre of the pitch, looks angry after he is denied a free kick

Six foot five inch Spurs sub Gardner gets his head to the corner but Neville clears

A testing cross by Carr nearly finds Sheringham, but it's cleared for a corner

Fed by O'Shea, Giggs chips in a delightful ball to the back post and finds Van Nistelrooy, but his looping header fails to trouble Keller

Roy Keane gets robbed by Robbie Keane, but the United captain wins back the ball and is then fouled dor efforts by fellow Irishman Robbie

A long throw into the Spurs penalty area from Neville finds no-one but Gardener - watseful

Wes Brown who has been guilty of some poor crosses makes way fro Gary Neville

Great saving blocked from Gardener denies Giggs who tries to let a shot go

Gary Neville is getting his instructions from Alex Fergusson on the bench - he'll be joining the game soon

United getting caught in possession themselves now, nervy stuff from the Reds

Spur's Kazuyuki Toda gets caught in possession and Solskjaer is unlucky to see his shot deflected

The ref resists the temptation to book Mikael Silvestre for a silly tackle from behind - a quiet word suffices

Pressure on the right hand side from Roy Keane and Beckham, but the danger is cleared

A long clearance from Carroll starts a scrap for the ball which Scholes loses

The corner is flighted in and O'Shea climbs high to connect, but the ball is over

Beckham's ball finds its way to Sheringham and the backpost, he knows little about it as it hits he is feet and is out for another corner

Solskjaer picks up a loose ball and lets a great shot fly and it's all Keller can do to get his hands to it - corner

Davis and Sheringham combine well to let Poyet in with a sight at goal, he tries instead to lob a pass to Etherington, but it falls short

Robbie Keane and Sheringham get the second half underway

The story of the first half has been the duel between Van Nistelrooy and Keller - one guilty perhaps of some errant finishing, the other of some excellent stops

Referee Winter blows the whistle for halftime and the players leave the field to cheers from the Spurs fans, clearly buoyed after seeing their team keep United at bay in the first half

Taricco connects with a Giggs cross to clear the danger with Van Nistelrooy lurking

Robbie Keane dis-possessed by O'Shea and Roy Keane drives forward

A fantastic tackle by Solskjaer robs Carr of a shooting chance on the right hand side of the United box

United pressing, trying to force mistake from the Spurs midfield and defence - desperate to get the goal they deserve

Between them Keller and Van Nistelrooy are keeping Spurs in the game - it could easily have been three or four to United, were it not for slack finishing or great goalkeeping

Ferdinand swings his leg at Beckham's corner, but it finds its way out to Scholes who tries one of his trademark drives from distance - this time it goes wide

Corner for United after Simon Davis needlessly concedes

Great reply to the pressure from Robbie Keane and Spurs, who immeadiately threaten Carroll's goal

He took an age to decide what to do, a chip over the keeper would have resulted in a goal - but Keller reacted well and dived at the striker's feet.

Scholes feeds the ball to Van Nistelrooy who one-on-one with Keller fails to score.

Giggs takes out his frustration on Spurs conceding a frre kick after he was tackled brilliantly by Gardner

Gardener, under pressure from Van Nistelrooy, is lucky to get the ball back to Keller

Free kick midway inside the United half gives Spurs a chance, Carr just too short to reach the cross

Solskjaer and Giggs combine well under pressure on the edge of the Spurs box but great defending forces United back

Sheringham gives the ball away but Solskjaer, who intercepted the poor pass fails to use the advantage and its back with Keller

Another chance for United, and another save by Keller denying Van Nistelrooy who got his head to a great Beckham cross from the right

Substituion for Spurs Ricahrds off, replaced by Anthony Gardner

United now well on top of things at White Hart Lane, they look very threatening on the ball.

Great save from Keller from Van Nistelrooy who's fairly tame shot brought a good reflex save from the American

Glenn Hoddle the Spurs boss looking on from the directors box looks upset - Richards must be coming off

Dean Richards is in need of treatment. The injury-prone centre-half seems to have taken a knock to the left leg

Poyet looks up for it today, his shot tippifying a good performance so far, he combines well now with Carr, but the ball goes out of play

Gus Poyet, given time and space by the United defence, lets a hopeful shot fly from jsut outside the area but Carroll saves

Beckham's kick is a little too deep and Spurs clear the danger - end to end stuff

The corner is cleared and on the break Van Nistelrooy gets United a corner of their own

Rio Ferdinand concedes a corner, he nicked the ball of Robbie Keane's foot to deny him a clear chance

Solskjaer, playing on the left wing today, sees a cross blocked by the excellent Carr

Roy Keane and Beckham showing some great touches inside the Spurs half, United begining to take control of the match

Van Nistelrooy's shoots just wide of the post!! He ran on to a perfectly timed ball from Giggs after a great move of one-touch football

Dean Richards tidies up after a loose ball into the box tires to find Van Nistelrooy

Robbie Keane shows his pace, but Brown is equal to the sprint challenge and the shepperds the ball out

Gus Poyet appears to be on top of his game so far, playing some neat balls in the centre of the pitch to deny Maanchester United

Steve Carr defends brilliantly taking the ball of Van Nistelrooy's head after a pinpoint 30-yard ball from Beckham

Dean Richards issues a warning to United as he rises above his counterparts in the Red Devil's defence to head a free-kcik just wide

An open game so far, plenty of openings

Another poor ball in from Brown who at the moment is in the right wing position for United - where's Becks?

Keller clears spectacularly to deny Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a half chance

Great save by Carroll - he came a long way off his line to shut out Etherington who latched on to an insightful ball from Sheringham. Brave keeping

David Beckham sends a good-looking through ball along the floor from the half way line for Van Nistelrooy, but Keller is out to smother the danger

O'Shea, assured as ever, is seeing plenty of the ball, this time he passes the ball which finds Brown, but his cross is over-hit

John O'Shea feeds the ball to Giggs on the United left, but the ball over the top to Scholes os just too long

Mauricio Taricco loses his bearings and needlessly concedes possession

Another long clearance from Carroll, starting today ahead of the dropped Fabien Barthez

Stephen Carr's corner kick is defened easily by United, who build again

Former united favourite Teddy Sheringham feeds the ball to Robbie Keane in the penalty area, but Roy Keane is in quickly and it's out for a corner

Etherington and Brown tussle again on the left, but as before Brown is the victor

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes combine well to give Ryan Giggs an early shot at goal, but Keller saves

A Matthew Etherington run down the left hand side of the pitch provides Spurs with an chance to attack , but Wes Brown cuts out the cross

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer nearly turns Ledley King on the edge of the Spurs penalty area, but the defeneder wins out this time

An early touch for United 'keeper Roy Carroll who launches the ball all the way to Ruud van Nistelrooy who unleashes a shot which Spurs 'keeper Kasey Keller parries to safety

Referee Jeff Winter of Cleveland gets this crucial fixture underway at White Hart Lane.

Man Utd - Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mikael Silvestre, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Today's teams: Tottenham - Kasey Keller, Steve Carr, Mauricio Taricco, Ledley King, Dean Richards, Simon Davies, Gus Poyet, Kazuyuki Toda, Matthew Etherington, Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Keane.

Can Fergie's men take a gigantic step towards reclaiming the title. Or can Hod's men stop them and hand Arsenal the baton. Or will they even want to? Join us at 16.05 BST.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is subbed for Quinton Fortune. Solskjaer may have a knock to the knee and is applying ice

A great cross from Carr flies across the United box - the home side will not roll over, dangerous stuff

Finally United get the goal they have deserved and desperately fought for

Goal for United!! Giggs turns the ball back into the box and Scholes peeling off to the back post connects with a great header to breach Keller's goal

Beckham cuts out a sloppy pass and sends a cross field ball via Scholes' head to Giggs

United spurn yet another chance, excellent spell of end-to-end football - great for the neutral, but tense for the United fans, they need the goal to hammer home the advantage over Arsenal

Carr is robbed on the edge of the United box and Giggs is now at the centre of a counter-attack on the break

The first kick is turned out and the second corner is soon cleared - quick break by Spurs

Beck's shoots from the deadball and Keller is there again with a great save at the base of the post - corner

Freekick to United. 35 yards outside the Spurs box - Beckham territory

Beckham, fed by Solskjaer, crosses into the box but its fractionally behind Van Nistelrooy - when will they score?!

Roy Keane adjudged to have used his arm in a 50-50 tackle and it's a free kick to Spurs - the captain is not impressed with the decision

Ferdinand to Roy Keane to Solskjaer to Giggs - great passing move - the Welshman on the edge of the box fires in a shot, but its just wide - an excellent move

Beckham, felled in the centre of the pitch, looks angry after he is denied a free kick

Six foot five inch Spurs sub Gardner gets his head to the corner but Neville clears

A testing cross by Carr nearly finds Sheringham, but it's cleared for a corner

Fed by O'Shea, Giggs chips in a delightful ball to the back post and finds Van Nistelrooy, but his looping header fails to trouble Keller

Roy Keane gets robbed by Robbie Keane, but the United captain wins back the ball and is then fouled dor efforts by fellow Irishman Robbie

A long throw into the Spurs penalty area from Neville finds no-one but Gardener - watseful

Wes Brown who has been guilty of some poor crosses makes way fro Gary Neville

Great saving blocked from Gardener denies Giggs who tries to let a shot go

Gary Neville is getting his instructions from Alex Fergusson on the bench - he'll be joining the game soon

United getting caught in possession themselves now, nervy stuff from the Reds

Spur's Kazuyuki Toda gets caught in possession and Solskjaer is unlucky to see his shot deflected

The ref resists the temptation to book Mikael Silvestre for a silly tackle from behind - a quiet word suffices

Pressure on the right hand side from Roy Keane and Beckham, but the danger is cleared

A long clearance from Carroll starts a scrap for the ball which Scholes loses

The corner is flighted in and O'Shea climbs high to connect, but the ball is over

Beckham's ball finds its way to Sheringham and the backpost, he knows little about it as it hits he is feet and is out for another corner

Solskjaer picks up a loose ball and lets a great shot fly and it's all Keller can do to get his hands to it - corner

Davis and Sheringham combine well to let Poyet in with a sight at goal, he tries instead to lob a pass to Etherington, but it falls short

Robbie Keane and Sheringham get the second half underway

The story of the first half has been the duel between Van Nistelrooy and Keller - one guilty perhaps of some errant finishing, the other of some excellent stops

Referee Winter blows the whistle for halftime and the players leave the field to cheers from the Spurs fans, clearly buoyed after seeing their team keep United at bay in the first half

Taricco connects with a Giggs cross to clear the danger with Van Nistelrooy lurking

Robbie Keane dis-possessed by O'Shea and Roy Keane drives forward

A fantastic tackle by Solskjaer robs Carr of a shooting chance on the right hand side of the United box

United pressing, trying to force mistake from the Spurs midfield and defence - desperate to get the goal they deserve

Between them Keller and Van Nistelrooy are keeping Spurs in the game - it could easily have been three or four to United, were it not for slack finishing or great goalkeeping

Ferdinand swings his leg at Beckham's corner, but it finds its way out to Scholes who tries one of his trademark drives from distance - this time it goes wide

Corner for United after Simon Davis needlessly concedes

Great reply to the pressure from Robbie Keane and Spurs, who immeadiately threaten Carroll's goal

He took an age to decide what to do, a chip over the keeper would have resulted in a goal - but Keller reacted well and dived at the striker's feet.

Scholes feeds the ball to Van Nistelrooy who one-on-one with Keller fails to score.

Giggs takes out his frustration on Spurs conceding a frre kick after he was tackled brilliantly by Gardner

Gardener, under pressure from Van Nistelrooy, is lucky to get the ball back to Keller

Free kick midway inside the United half gives Spurs a chance, Carr just too short to reach the cross

Solskjaer and Giggs combine well under pressure on the edge of the Spurs box but great defending forces United back

Sheringham gives the ball away but Solskjaer, who intercepted the poor pass fails to use the advantage and its back with Keller

Another chance for United, and another save by Keller denying Van Nistelrooy who got his head to a great Beckham cross from the right

Substituion for Spurs Ricahrds off, replaced by Anthony Gardner

United now well on top of things at White Hart Lane, they look very threatening on the ball.

Great save from Keller from Van Nistelrooy who's fairly tame shot brought a good reflex save from the American

Glenn Hoddle the Spurs boss looking on from the directors box looks upset - Richards must be coming off

Dean Richards is in need of treatment. The injury-prone centre-half seems to have taken a knock to the left leg

Poyet looks up for it today, his shot tippifying a good performance so far, he combines well now with Carr, but the ball goes out of play

Gus Poyet, given time and space by the United defence, lets a hopeful shot fly from jsut outside the area but Carroll saves

Beckham's kick is a little too deep and Spurs clear the danger - end to end stuff

The corner is cleared and on the break Van Nistelrooy gets United a corner of their own

Rio Ferdinand concedes a corner, he nicked the ball of Robbie Keane's foot to deny him a clear chance

Solskjaer, playing on the left wing today, sees a cross blocked by the excellent Carr

Roy Keane and Beckham showing some great touches inside the Spurs half, United begining to take control of the match

Van Nistelrooy's shoots just wide of the post!! He ran on to a perfectly timed ball from Giggs after a great move of one-touch football

Dean Richards tidies up after a loose ball into the box tires to find Van Nistelrooy

Robbie Keane shows his pace, but Brown is equal to the sprint challenge and the shepperds the ball out

Gus Poyet appears to be on top of his game so far, playing some neat balls in the centre of the pitch to deny Maanchester United

Steve Carr defends brilliantly taking the ball of Van Nistelrooy's head after a pinpoint 30-yard ball from Beckham

Dean Richards issues a warning to United as he rises above his counterparts in the Red Devil's defence to head a free-kcik just wide

An open game so far, plenty of openings

Another poor ball in from Brown who at the moment is in the right wing position for United - where's Becks?

Keller clears spectacularly to deny Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a half chance

Great save by Carroll - he came a long way off his line to shut out Etherington who latched on to an insightful ball from Sheringham. Brave keeping

David Beckham sends a good-looking through ball along the floor from the half way line for Van Nistelrooy, but Keller is out to smother the danger

O'Shea, assured as ever, is seeing plenty of the ball, this time he passes the ball which finds Brown, but his cross is over-hit

John O'Shea feeds the ball to Giggs on the United left, but the ball over the top to Scholes os just too long

Mauricio Taricco loses his bearings and needlessly concedes possession

Another long clearance from Carroll, starting today ahead of the dropped Fabien Barthez

Stephen Carr's corner kick is defened easily by United, who build again

Former united favourite Teddy Sheringham feeds the ball to Robbie Keane in the penalty area, but Roy Keane is in quickly and it's out for a corner

Etherington and Brown tussle again on the left, but as before Brown is the victor

Roy Keane and Paul Scholes combine well to give Ryan Giggs an early shot at goal, but Keller saves

A Matthew Etherington run down the left hand side of the pitch provides Spurs with an chance to attack , but Wes Brown cuts out the cross

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer nearly turns Ledley King on the edge of the Spurs penalty area, but the defeneder wins out this time

An early touch for United 'keeper Roy Carroll who launches the ball all the way to Ruud van Nistelrooy who unleashes a shot which Spurs 'keeper Kasey Keller parries to safety

Referee Jeff Winter of Cleveland gets this crucial fixture underway at White Hart Lane.

Man Utd - Roy Carroll, Wes Brown, John O'Shea, Rio Ferdinand, Mikael Silvestre, David Beckham, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Today's teams: Tottenham - Kasey Keller, Steve Carr, Mauricio Taricco, Ledley King, Dean Richards, Simon Davies, Gus Poyet, Kazuyuki Toda, Matthew Etherington, Teddy Sheringham, Robbie Keane.

Can Fergie's men take a gigantic step towards reclaiming the title. Or can Hod's men stop them and hand Arsenal the baton. Or will they even want to? Join us at 16.05 BST.