Goalkeeper Boaz Myhill was the hero for Hull as Tottenham's Champions League ambitions were dealt another blow.

The Wales international denied Wilson Palacios and Robbie Keane just before half-time with a brilliant double stop.

Luka Modric's effort was also pushed wide after the break before Keane was again thwarted from close range.

But Myhill saved the best until last, brilliantly tipping over Peter Crouch's powerful header from Niko Kranjcar's free-kick as Hull held on for a point.

Myhill was rightly congratulated by his team-mates at the final whistle with the home players no doubt wondering what else they could have done.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp will at least be glad to have the focus back on football after being charged with tax evasion earlier in the week, a saga that surely will not have helped his side's preparation for the match.

Another clean sheet does equal the hosts' Premier League record of five in a row but their manager will be more concerned with a failure to convert chances at the other end.

Hull, meanwhile, will be delighted with a point after a battling display although the Tigers are still very much in trouble at the wrong end of the table.

However, the absence of striker Jozy Altidore - who is trying to track down relatives caught up in the Haiti earthquake - will add more than a touch of perspective.

Spurs won 5-1 at the KC Stadium in August in an exhibition of free-flowing football but it was obvious from the outset that this match would be somewhat less fluent.

Keane, restored to the starting line-up at the expense of Crouch, failed to connect with a long ball from Sebastien Bassong but neither side were able to get going in any way early on.

Hull's gameplan was clear from the outset, with 10 men often lining up behind the ball and Phil Brown's side taking as much time as possible with every set-piece.

The visitors were indebted to Myhill for a brilliant double save midway through the half.

A stinging shot from Palacios was well parried but the follow-up to deny Keane was truly outstanding.

The Welshman came to Hull's rescue once more with half-time approaching, pulling off a fine stop to deny Jermain Defoe after a exceptional through ball from the impressive Modric.

Spurs started the second half in a much more positive fashion and again saw Myhill pull off a fantastic double save.

Modric was first denied with a deflected shot from the edge of the area before Keane once again saw his follow-up pushed wide.

Hull should have taken the lead at the other end when Stephen Hunt set Nick Barmby in space but the former Spurs player could only fire into the side netting.

Michael Dawson pulled off a last-ditch tackle to deny Hunt as the second half progressed but a goal always seemed much more likely at the other end.

Myhill was putting in the performance of his life though and when the keeper pulled off yet another great save from Modric's left-footed strike it seemed a stalemate was inevitable.

The goalkeeper had already wrapped up the man-of-the-match award long before he tipped over substitute Crouch's header late, with the striker seeing another effort beaten away at the near post in the dying stages.

Spurs continued to push forward until the end but it was well and truly Myhill's day.

Redknapp can at least be satisfied after reaching an impressive personal landmark. The match was his 500th game in charge of a Premier League club - a feat only matched by Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson.

Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp:

"The keeper has had an unbelievable day and will never play like that again in his life.

"They were miraculous saves, five or six incredible, world-class saves."

(On Hull time wasting): "They played six minutes of stoppage-time at the end of the game, four in the first half.

"The referee needs to book players quicker, that's the way to deal with it.

"They are in a difficult position, scrapping for points and Phil will go home happy but it's not for me."