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An exciting game with 2 disallowed goals ends in a 0-0 draw but both sides look quality
The game has quitened down a bit and a draw looks likely as Steven Gerrard worryingly needs treatment for cramp
Spurs make a double sustitution as Aaron Lennon and Grzegorz Rasiak are replaced by Robbie Keane and Michael Brown
One gola could sneak this and Djibril Cisse tries his luck from distance but missed wide
Silly booking for Edgar Davids who is a touch late in the tackle
Steven Gerrard's corner picks out Peter Crouch who heads home but another goal is diallowed as the ball is adjudged to have gone out of play in flight
Stephen Warnock is struggling and is replaced by Xabi Alonso
Young-Pyo Lee finds a good spoition and tries a right-footed shot bit it's well blocked by Jamie Carragher
Foul by Sami Hyypia on Jermain Defoe earns the game's first booking
At the other end Spurs force a corner which is quickly taken and lands plum on the head of Grzegorz Rasiak's who nets only for the goal to be harshly disallowed
John Arne Riise thunders a tremedous volley against the underside of the crossbar from a corner which looks to have crossed the line but isn't given as Liverp
Liverpool come within a whisker of taking the lead when a testing diagonal ball finds Peter Crouch who heads down to Djibril Cisse and his well hit shot is superbly saved by Paul Robinson
A lively start for Liverpool and Javier Sanz Luis Garcia has an effort cleared off the line by Ledley King
Javier Sanz Luis Garcia tests Paul Robinson in the wet conditions but the England keeper gathers it well
Spurs gets the second half underway in driving rain. Mohamed Sissoko replaces Dietmar Hamann who hasn't recovered from having a shot full into his head earlier
An entertining half without too many chances but a few signs that Spurs may have been getting on top
Liverpool concede a needless free-kick taken well by Edgar Davids but Jose Manuel Reina gets a hand to it and Grzegorz Rasiak loops the follow up over the bar when he could have done better
The play quickly returns to the other side of the field and Steven Gerrard picks out Peter Crouch who towers above Ledley King but heads over the bar
Good play from Spurs as Jermaine Jenas comes forward and a lunging Jamie Carragher's well-times tackle saves the day for Liverpool
Dietmar Hamann takes a Michael Carrick free kick in the back of his head and goes to ground stunned but is up again after treatment
Young-Pyo Lee twists and turns Steve Finnan into knots and earns a corner which he takes andJ ermain Defoe almost scores but Jose Manuel Reina does well but concedes another corner
Peter Crouch is beginning to cause Spurs problems while Jermain Defoe is looking lively for the home side
Djibril Cisse whips in a testing ball across the 6-yard box but Peter Crouch can't quite get there and Paul Robinson is able to clear as the tempo of the game is maintained
A superb ball from Steven Gerrard finds Djibril Cisse but he is unable to control it
Jose Manuel Reina gets into a muddle and almost allows in Spurs but Stephen Warnock is on hand to help out
Jermain Defoe loses Jamie Carragher and fires in a superb shot which forces a good save from Jose Manuel Reina
In a game played at a fast pace Spurs are immediately on the attack and Jermain Defoe takes advantage of poor Liverpool defending put fires over the bar
Djibril Cisse finds space but is well off target with a snatched shot from 18-yards out
The visitors press forward from the start but good defending from Ledley King averts the danger
The game is underway with Liverpool kicking off
Liverpool maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a goalless draw at White Hart Lane, in a tense encounter against a Tottenham side that was unlucky not to come away with the full spoils. The first-half produced little in terms of chances, with Jermain Defoe looking the most threatening player on the pitch. After just four minutes the England international broke into the Liverpool box following some sloppy defending, but failed to keep his shot down from close-range. His second opening, after 11 minutes, was far more difficult and potentially spectacular. Edgar Davids, employed on the left to make room for new signing Jermaine Jenas in the middle, slipped a pass to Defoe on the corner of the box and when Jamie Carragher backed off, he unleashed a ferocious shot across Jose Reina but just wide of the post. Defoe did manage to put the ball in the net after 32 minutes, only to see the referee's assistant raise his flag for offside. His new strike-partner Grzegorz Rasiak, a late deadline day signing from Derby, also had a goal ruled out 15 minutes into the second half when he rose to head in from a corner, but was adjudged to have fouled the defender. Besides that, the tall Pole looked less than inspiring as he struggled in the air, despite his height, and was constantly out-muscled on the floor. Yet, he could have netted a legitimate debut goal in the first half when a low Davids free-kick was blocked by Reina and fell on to Rasiak's head, but the ball could only find the crossbar. Perhaps if it was Defoe on the end of the best chance of the half, Spurs may have gone in with the lead at the break. Nevertheless, Tottenham's other debutants looked promising with South Korean international Lee Young-Pyo, signed from PSV Eindhoven, showing he could be an asset going forward from his left-back position with some adventurous runs, while former Newcastle United star Jenas created some interesting openings from midfield. Jenas could have also capped his bow with a goal midway through the first half, had he not hesitated when Defoe had played a high ball into the box, with the goal at his mercy. Liverpool had there own crossbar drama shortly after the restart when a Steven Gerrard corner was headed out only as far as John Arne-Riise, who let fly with a ferocious volley from outside the box which hit the underside of the bar but somehow stayed out. The visitors appeared more of a threat in the second half with the increasingly slippery surface, due to the rain, seeming to suit their game. Djibril Cisse, who had some wild and pointless efforts on goal in the first half, forced Paul Robinson to punch clear with a shot from distance, while Riise had a difficult low drive which gathered momentum on the slippery surface pushed away by the England custodian. Man of the Match: Michael Carrick The former West Ham star showed why he should have been in England's starting line-up against Northern Ireland. He produced a quietly effective performance in the heart of the Tottenham midfield, shielding the defence and keeping hold of possession.
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