2-2 v Arsenal FC - 21 April 2007 - Home

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Spurs 2

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Arsenal FC

2

Details
Match Number

6631

Opposition
Arsenal

Arsenal FC

Competition
Premier League

Premier League

Season

2006/07

Date

21st April 2007

Kick Off

12:45

Venue

White Hart Lane

Attendance

36,050

Referee

Mike Dean

League Position

9th

Opposition League Position

4th

Opposition Form

WLLDWD

Weather at Kick Off

15.5° - Clear

Facts & Milestones
  • 6596th overall match (3122 wins, 1446 draws, 2015 losses)

  • 5080th competitive match (2258 wins, 1190 draws, 1632 losses)

  • team

    252nd match vs Arsenal FC (91 wins, 59 draws, 102 losses)

  • competition

    578th Premier League match (209 wins, 151 draws, 218 losses)

  • 6071st match in England (2824 wins, 1365 draws, 1869 losses)

  • 2708th match at White Hart Lane (1582 wins, 582 draws, 544 losses)

  • 5th consecutive match without winning

Report

Jermaine Jenas scored a spectacular last-minute equaliser to earn Spurs a fortunate point against Arsenal in a thrilling north London derby.

He beat Jens Lehmann from 25 yards in the dying seconds after Arsenal had dominated at White Hart Lane.

Robbie Keane headed Spurs in front after 30 minutes, and Arsenal hit the woodwork three times before Kolo Toure turned in Cesc Fabregas' free-kick.

Emmanuel Adebayor headed a second after 77 minutes before Jenas struck.

Spurs' point helped their quest for Uefa Cup qualification, but they have still not beaten Arsenal for 18 games.

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger was left frustrated at the final whistle as they are forced to wait to clinch a Champions League place.

The Gunners thought they had opened the scoring after 10 minutes when Adebayor finished instinctively from Freddie Ljungberg's deft pass, but the Swede had strayed offside in the build up.

Spurs went ahead on the half-hour, seconds after a minor goal-mouth fracas led to yellow cards for Abu Diaby, Dimitar Berbatov and Arsenal keeper Lehmann.

Jenas' corner was flicked on by Michael Dawson and Keane headed in from almost on the line.

Arsenal suffered another setback seven minutes before half-time when Ljungberg limped off with a hamstring injury, to be replaced by Fabregas.

It sparked a marked Arsenal improvement, Emmanuel Eboue hitting the post and Adebayor shooting wildly over the top.

Arsenal continued to dominate after the break, with both Toure and Adebayor heading against the woodwork as Spurs were pinned back.

And they got the equaliser they richly deserved after 63 minutes when Toure stole in unmarked at the far post to turn in Fabregas' free-kick.

Spurs had barely been seen as an attacking force, and escaped again when Eboue flashed the ball across the goal-mouth with no Arsenal player able to apply the finishing touch.

Adebayor rounded off another spell of Arsenal pressure when he headed powerfully past Paul Robinson from Fabregas' free-kick with 13 minutes remaining.

But as Arsenal looked to see out time, Jenas drilled a low drive past Lehmann to rescue a point.

Tottenham boss Martin Jol: "I thought we played excellently in the first half and they couldn't settle - but, in the second half, we looked flat and tired. "I thought we were pretty lucky to get a draw but you never give up hope.

"It could have gone to 3-1 but they gave us an opportunity to come back into the game and they only have themselves to blame."

Location
League Table
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
33 26 3 4 77 23 54 81
2
Chelsea
33 24 6 3 60 20 40 78
3
Liverpool
34 19 7 8 52 22 30 64
4
Arsenal
34 18 8 8 57 31 26 62
5
Everton
34 14 12 8 46 30 16 54
6
Bolton wanderers
34 16 6 12 41 42 -1 54
7
Portsmouth
34 13 10 11 43 38 5 49
8
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
33 14 7 12 47 48 -1 49
9
Reading
34 14 6 14 45 41 4 48
10
Blackburn rovers
33 13 4 16 41 48 -7 43
11
Aston villa
34 9 15 10 36 39 -3 42
12
Newcastle united
34 11 8 15 37 43 -6 41
13
Manchester city
34 11 8 15 27 38 -11 41
14
Middlesbrough
34 10 9 15 37 44 -7 39
15
Wigan athletic
34 9 8 17 35 52 -17 35
16
Fulham
34 7 14 13 34 53 -19 35
17
Sheffield united
34 9 7 18 29 49 -20 34
18
Charlton athletic
34 8 8 18 30 51 -21 32
19
West ham united
34 8 5 21 27 58 -31 29
20
Watford
34 4 11 19 25 56 -31 23
# Team PL W D L GF GA GD PTS
1
Manchester united
34 26 4 4 78 24 54 82
2
Chelsea
34 24 7 3 60 20 40 79
3
Liverpool
35 20 7 8 54 22 32 67
4
Arsenal
35 18 9 8 59 33 26 63
5
Everton
35 14 12 9 46 31 15 54
6
Bolton wanderers
35 16 6 13 42 45 -3 54
7
Reading
35 15 6 14 48 42 6 51
8
Portsmouth
35 13 11 11 43 38 5 50
9
Tottenham Hotspur Badge Tottenham Hotspur
34 14 8 12 49 50 -1 50
10
Blackburn rovers
34 13 5 16 42 49 -7 44
11
Aston villa
35 9 16 10 36 39 -3 43
12
Newcastle united
35 11 9 15 37 43 -6 42
13
Manchester city
35 11 9 15 28 39 -11 42
14
Middlesbrough
35 10 10 15 38 45 -7 40
15
Fulham
35 7 15 13 35 54 -19 36
16
Wigan athletic
35 9 8 18 35 54 -19 35
17
Sheffield united
35 9 8 18 30 50 -20 35
18
Charlton athletic
35 8 9 18 31 52 -21 33
19
West ham united
35 9 5 21 28 58 -30 32
20
Watford
35 4 12 19 26 57 -31 24
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