Match Report: Spurs 2 - Pompey 0

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Darren Bent scored the 100th goal at the Lane this season in what was the 250th
senior appearance of his career.
The striker came on and brightened up an
encounter that was labouring somewhat in weather conditions that lurched from
one extreme to the other. The introduction of Bent and Jamie O'Hara did the
trick as we entered the final ten minutes and there was no Pompey response. The
game, after being on a slow cooker, sizzled into life to a degree on ten minutes
when David James was unable to gather a deflected cross and Pascal Chimbonda
attempted to inject some further mayhem, before Robbie Keane tested James down
to his right. Tom Huddlestone then stretched the veteran keeper with a free-kick
that he was able to pluck out from underneath the crossbar. Paul Robinson then
eclipsed his work with a brilliant tip over from a Sean Davis chip that was
sailing in. A dipping volley from Chimbonda was then inches from opening our
account for the afternoon. Berbatov had a goal ruled on 27 minutes after a
precise ball through from Keane, the striker's neat footwork easing past the
attentions of James. Moments later Michael Dawson rattled the crossbar after
seizing on the loose ball from a corner. Berbatov should have scored ten minutes
before the break when Lennon provided the ammunition inside the area, but his
shot was floated too high. There was almost as much variety in the weather as in
the game with assorted elements to contend with during the first half, one which
was nearly illuminated by Huddlestone connecting with a headed clearance full on
the volley and his shot arrowed just over. The wind was again gathering speed at
the beginning the second half - swiftly followed by the rain - and playing
conditions could not have been straightforward. A Lennon shot that squirted just
wide was the first significant action of the half - apart from the snow. With
quality goalmouth action at a premium, despite plenty of endeavour, we waited
for the spark to lift this contest. Juande Ramos responded with a double change
- Darren Bent and Jamie O'Hara, for Lennon and Dawson, with Didier Zokora again
switching to the back. It remained stalemate all the way, but Pompey had the
chance to steal when a long ball into our area was reacted to first by Kanu, who
got in front of Robinson and looked set to finish until Zokora scooped the ball
away from danger with a last-ditch manoeuvre. The deadlock was broken in the
80th minute after both Steed Malbranque and Berbatov had a go in the area,
Berbatov shooting downwards allowing Bent to get on the end of it and nod past
James. A minute later the other substitute delivered after Bent charged down the
left and slipped the ball inside to where O'Hara was waiting to slot home.It
would be fair to suspect that the substitutions changed the game...

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