Spurs recorded our third win in our first three games this season sending us back to the top of the early league table and as we were reminded many times today, the last Spurs side to win their first three games of the season was none other than the 60/61 double side.
Spurs this time showed the bottle and strength to come from behind for the 1st time this season and were again impressive with our pressurising of the opposition and the clinical Defoe in front of goal.
On a day where temperatures soared, Spurs had possibly the best chance of the first half with Ledley Kings flicked header crashing against the bar leaving Robert Green Beaten. West Hams best chance of the first 45 came with Carlton Cole failing to get his foot to a great cross.
The second half began with more pace than the first and we looked increasingly dangerous on the counter attack. That was until a goal out of the blue when Carlton Cole turned outside the box and hammered in a shot past Cudicini from outside of the box. My initial reaction was that Carlo may be a little disappointed at not having made more of an effort to save the shot, however the power and pace probable took him by surprise at it did the rest of us!
With Fabio Cappello watching from the stands, Cole must of been buzzing. That was until around 5 minutes later when Cole attempted a pass to a team-mate towards his own goal. This turned out to be an excellent pass for the in-form Jermaine Defoe who unleashed another powerful thunderbolt past Robert Green from the edge of the box to make it 1-1.
Spurs were now buzzing and pacey on the counter attack and another in-form player, Aaron Lennon needed no invitation to shoot when he cut inside and curled a lovely shot around green into the bottom corner.
A few heated moments followed but Spurs played out the remaining minutes before the final whistle signalled our 2-1 win and us jumping back to the top of the early league table and above Arsenal.
Match Ratings
Cudicini 7
Assou Ekotto 8
King 8
Bassong 7
Corluka 7
Lennon 9
Huddlestone 8
Palacios 7
Modric 8
Defoe 8
Keane 7
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Great win! May change the team about for the Doncaster game. COYS!
ReplyDeleteThink Lennon's getting better with each game and loved his goal! Well done lads!
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