Source: Telegraph
Tottenham Hotspur v Everton: live
COMMENTARYKEY MOMENTSLIVE COMMENTINGHad a run-in with Wilson Palacios's mother? Email Ed Ballard[LNB]13.43: As always, David Moyes looks like he's come out of an intense and lengthy interrogation. He says nothing memorable, least of all anything about how his team is going to deal with Gareth Bale, whose fantastic hat-trick against Inter two nights ago gave us a welcome break from stories about bankrupt clubs and spoilt centre-forwards. Here is Telegraph Sport's take on how to stop the young Welshman, although what currently seems to be the best option (ask Wilson Palacios's mum to pressure Redknapp into dropping Bale) doesn't appear for some reason. [LNB]Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur: match previewEverton v Liverpool: liveBlackpool v Manchester City: live13.38: The managers have been cornered before the game, giving 'Arry the chance to bring the subject happily back to Wilson Palacios's mother: [LNB]"I was out shopping - and I don't go shopping, believe you me, first time in about 20 years, and I bashed into Wilson and his mum. I didn't want to mess with Mrs Palacios - I think she'd have knocked me out with one right hander!"[LNB]12.32: Here's Redknapp on the encounter with Ma Palacios: "She was quite a big girl so I've got to play him. I wasn't going to mess with her, believe you me!" Poor Wilson must be wondering if he's going to have to put up with your-momma's-so-fat jokes every time he gets a game. [LNB]12.20: So Gareth Bale starts, despite the effort of carrying the entire Spurs team up and down the pitch in the San Siro the other night. As does Wilson Palacios - after a quiet word in 'Arry Redknapp's shell like from his Mam. Bless. [LNB]Teams[LNB]Tottenham Gomes, Hutton, Kaboul, Gallas, Assou-Ekotto, Lennon, Palacios, Modric, Bale, Van der Vaart, Crouch.Subs: Cudicini, Jenas, Pavlyuchenko, Keane, Bassong, Kranjcar, Sandro [LNB]Everton Howard, Coleman, Jagielka, Distin, Neville, Bilyaletdinov, Heitinga, Pienaar, Baines, Yakubu, Cahill.Subs: Mucha, Hibbert, Saha, Beckford, Gueye, Duffy, Baxter. [LNB]Referee: Mike Jones. Matches: 5. R0. Y17. [LNB]Tale of the game [LNB]Tottenham return to Premier League action after the 4-3 defeat in Milan, against Inter, and Rafael van der Vaart, suspended for the game at San Siro, returns for a Spurs side whose record following European games so far this season is good. After four Champions League games two in the play-offs and two in Group A they have won three and lost one. Three of the four games were at home, where they suffered the one loss, against Wigan. [LNB]They return to White Hart Lane where they have so far scored only five goals, in four Premier League games. But Everton arrive with only two away goals all season, both at Birmingham in their previous game on the road when they secured their first win of the season. [LNB]Everton added a second victory in last Sunday's Merseyside derby meaning that they go into this game attempting to win three games in succession for the first time since January 2009. [LNB]They have also kept three straight clean sheets, going a total of 315 minutes more than six hours without conceding a goal in the Premier League. [LNB]When Everton arrived at White Hart Lane last season they boasted a run of three straight victories there, but two early goals, from Roman Pavlyuchenko and Luka Modric pointed Spurs to a 2-1 win Yakubu replied for Everton. [LNB]Injuries[LNB]Spurs still miss Michael Dawson, Jamie O'Hara, Jermain Defoe, Younes Kaboul and Jonathan Woodgate while Ledley King is a doubt with his groin problem. [LNB]Everton will still be without Marouane Fellaini (groin), Louis Saha (calf) and Steven Pienaar (groin) and now Johnny Heitinga is doubtful with a calf problem picked up against Liverpool. [LNB]Last season [LNB]Tottenham 2 Everton 0, Everton 2 Tottenham 2. [LNB]Stat of the game [LNB]Spurs are bidding to win consecutive games for the first time in 10 Premier League games following the 2-1 victory at Fulham last Saturday. [LNB]Betting tip [LNB]Everton are improving, and Spurs are tired. Try 1-1 and get 6-1. [LNB]
