A lovely offensive blitz from Spurs at the start of the match, spearheaded by two Robbie Keane goals sandwiching one from Jermaine Jenas in the first 22 minutes, led Tottenham to a decisive 4-1 victory over the Wanderers at White Hart Lane today.
Keane was sent off with a red card in the 36th minute for a handball, and Gary Speed drove the ball past goalie Paul Robinson with no problem to give the Wanderers some life being down 3-1 facing a 10 man Spurs lineup for the rest of the way, but some good defense and some outstanding work by Robinson never really gave the visitors much of a chance to claw their way back into the game, and in fact, the Spurs were quite unlucky not to have the final score standing at 7-1 or something similar.
A loud boisterous atmosphere at the Lane, lots of singing the whole match through, and it was nice to see Spurs respond to that, seeing that they've faltered a bit at home recently with losses to Newcastle, Manchester United and Liverpool on the books. Dimitar Berbatov continued to impress, he was feeding the ball to teammates in better position to score with some lovely passes. About the only moment of concern from me came in the first half, when Spurs defender Young-Pyo Lee missed a header in a clearance attempt close to the box, which led to a quick header from Bolton's Stelios Giannakopoulos, but Robinson had quick reflexes on that shot and swatted the ball away just off of the line.
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