Kick-off: 15:00
Venue: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 36247
Referee: Gallagher, D

Live Commentary

92mins

Two goals early in the second half earned Tottenham all three points in a dogged, battling 90 minutes of football

85mins

Tottenham keep possesion of the ball, as Everton continue to work hard for each other

83mins

James McFadden off as David Moyes adds striker Leon Osman to his attack

80mins

Jermain Defoe makes way for the fresh legs of Robbie Keane

77mins

James Beattie on for Tim Cahill as David Moyes looks to try and salvage something from this game

75mins

Jermain Defoe unleashes a fierce drive from the edge of the area. Nigel Martyn caught comfortably in the middle of his goal

73mins

Tottenham with consecutive in-swinging corners begin to apply more pressure in the hunt for a third goal

71mins

Aaron Lennon is replaced by Andy Reid

68mins

Kevin Kilbane fires wide from 35 yards as they continue to push forward and get back into the game

67mins

James McFadden booked for a wreckless challenge as Evertons frustrations boil over

66mins

Duncan Ferguson replaces Matteo Ferrari as Everton look to push for a goal

62mins

Jermaine Jenas heads home from close range after after excellent work from Jermain Defoe who provided the pin-point cross

56mins

Ahmed Hossam Mido heads home from close range to give Tottenham the lead

55mins

The game seems to be heating up as a string of fouls in the centre circle from both teams, raises the tempo

52mins

A foul conceded by Young-Pyo Lee on Simon Davies in his own half, results in Phil Neville lumping the ball into Tottenham's box but Michael Dawson clears the danger

50mins

Everton have lined up the same fro the second half. Nine men continue stay behing the ball with Marcus Bent working tirelessly on his own upfront

48mins

Ahmed Hossam Mido brings down Phil Neville as the Everton man looks to play the ball out of defence

46mins

The second half gets underway

45mins

A disapointing first half as Everton continue to play Marcus Bent upfront alone and keep nine men behind the ball.

40mins

James McFadden's outswinging corner causes some concern as Ahmed Hossam Mido clears from the far post

36mins

Simon Davies finds some space in the the Everton area and unleashes a right-footed shot but it's blocked by Michael Dawsons lunge

34mins

Penalty shout from Tottenham as Matteo Ferrari seems to bring down Jermain Defoe in the area but the referee waves play on

30mins

Foul by Kevin Kilbane on Aaron Lennon. Rright-footed free kick by Michael Carrick swung into the danger area but Nigel Martyn saves comfortably

28mins

Everton continue to play with nine men behind the ball, as Spurs continue to push forward

25mins

Few chances in the opening 25 minutes as both teams fail to break down the opposition defence

16mins

A header from 12 yards by Michael Dawson, punched to safety by the impressive Nigel Martyn

14mins

James McFadden with an instinctive strike from 12 yards is parried to safety by Paul Robinson

11mins

Tim Cahill is booked for dissent

10mins

Marcus Bent with a decent chance from the edge of the area but his shot spinning off his boot, harmlessly wide of Paul Robinson goal

8mins

Kevin Kilbane with a cynical handball in the Tottenham half, finds himself lucky not to be in the book.

6mins

Both teams seem content to play the opening minutes out in the middle of the park

4mins

Inswinging near post corner from Michael Carrick scrambled to safety by Phil Neville

2mins

Foul by Jermaine Jenas on Kevin Kilbane. Free kick taken by Nigel Martyn from the edge of his own area

0mins

Dermot Gallacher gets the game underway with a sharp blast of the whistle

Match Report

Tottenham secured another impressive victory at White Hart Lane thanks to second-half goals from Mido and Jermaine Jenas.

Mido is close to agreeing a permanent deal with the club and rightly so after heading his side in front after 58 minutes.

And it was England midfielder Jenas who sealed the victory with his first goal since joining the club from Newcastle five minutes later with another well taken header.

If Tottenham keep performing like this they have every chance of pushing for a European place come the end of the season.

In contrast Everton's season is going from bad to worse after they suffered their sixth consecutive defeat which equals their worst ever start to a Premiership campaign.

David Moyes' side are rooted to the foot of the Premiership table and they will need James Beattie to find his goalscoring boots quickly if they are to avoid a season-long relegation battle.

Tottenham boss Martin Jol was able to welcome back Lee-Young Pyo, Michael Dawson and Michael Carrick from injury.

All three players missed the 3-2 win at Charlton, but Jol wasted no time calling them straight back into first-team action. He was also boosted by Mido shaking off the hamstring problem he suffered at The Valley.

Beattie had finally recovered from a long-term injury and was able to take his place on the Everton bench.

And it was the away side who almost broke the deadlock in the 15th minute. Marcus Bent made a neat turn inside the box before firing the ball just wide of the post.

Everton continued to mount pressure on the Spurs goal and just 60 seconds later, Paul Robinson had to be at his best to keep the scores level.

James McFadden turned two defenders on the edge of the area before unleashing a fierce drive which produced a fine save from the England goalkeeper diving away to his right.

Despite Everton's early dominance, it was Tottenham who came even closer to opening the scoring on 19 minutes.

The ever impressive Aaron Lennon crossed for Dawson whose close-range header was superbly kept out by Nigel Martyn in the Everton goal.

McFadden continued to cause problems for the Spurs defence and saw his 29th-minute cross fall kindly for Bent, but he could only send his header wide of the target.

The hosts had strong claims for a penalty turned down on 32 minutes when Lee looked to be brought down inside the box by Matteo Ferrari. But referee Dermot Gallagher ignored the appeals of the home supporters and waved for play to continue, awarding a goal-kick to the visitors.

Dawson must have thought it wasn't going to be his day on 35 minutes when he saw his close-range header cleared off the line. Carrick produced a pin-point corner which fell perfectly for the former Forest defender. But Dawson's powerful header was hacked clear by Nuno Valente.

Carrick's midfield partner Jenas then saw a 30-yard shot comfortably saved by Martyn.

Jermain Defoe had another golden chance 11 minutes after the break, but saw his fierce shot well saved by Martyn diving low down to his right.

Tottenham finally opened the scoring on 58 minutes. Joseph Yobo gave the ball away and Jenas' cross fell perfectly for Mido, who flashed his header into the top right hand corner.

Jenas added a second for the home side when Defoe's cross picked out the England midfielder and he made no mistake heading the ball past Martyn.

Paul Robinson had to be at his very best on 69 minutes when he made a fantastic finger-tip save to deny Everton substitute Duncan Ferguson.

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