Score: Tottenham Hotspur 4 – Aston Villa 4
What a fantastic game this was between Tottenham and Villa, with Younes Kaboul striking in injury time to rescue Tottenham from a 4-3 defeat and giving them an valuable Premier League Point.
Dimitar Berbatov opened the scoring for Spurs, but two goals from Villa by Laursen edged the visitors ahead, and then Gabriel Agbonlahor and Craig Gardner both scored one goal each, which then gave Villa a 4-1 lead over Spurs. Martin O’Neil’s men had not scored away from home in the Barclays Premier League this season prior to this contest.
The Goalscoring started in the 20th minute and Laursen was in the thick of all the action. The Bulgaria striker Berbatov, headed a powerful goal from Tom Huddleston’s corner, which kicked of the scoring for spurs, but Laursen responded immediately prodding home a ricochet of Pascal Chimbonda for Villa, Laursen then got a second goal in the 33rd minute of the game. Gbonlahor made it 3-1 for villa, with only five minutes to go before half time, Craig Gardner got Villa 4th goal when he smashed the ball around the wall and straight into the far post.
Spurs then pulled one goal back to make it 4-2 when Chimbonda followed up Defoe’s deflection of the post. Keane then tucked away a superb penalty for spurs to set up a very exciting finish, which Kabould did in style by slamming spurs 4th goal in stoppage time after Villa failed to clear a corner.
Match Quotes –
Martin Jol – “I don’t know what to feel. It was awful but on the other hand it was a big celebration at the end. We almost spoiled the night and it was a great night. We came back from the death and that was a big positive.”
Martin O’Neil – “We’ve contributed here to a largely entertaining game. We have for the most part played terrifically. They dropped a little bit deep, which is understandable.”
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