- Brown (83)
- Crouch (14), Defoe (37), Crouch (77), Keane (87), Crouch (90)
- Date:2009-09-23
- Kick-off:19:45
- Venue:Deepdale
- Attendance:16533
- Referee:Dowd, P
Live Commentary
90mins
That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.
90mins
Goal!! Peter Crouch scores for Tottenham.
87mins
Goal!! Robbie Keane scores for Tottenham.
83mins
Goal!! Chris Brown scores for Preston.
80mins
Tottenham are replacing Michael Dawson with Vedran Corluka.
78mins
Preston are replacing Jon Parkin with Chris Brown.
78mins
Stephen Elliott is replaced by Neil Mellor.
77mins
Goal!! Peter Crouch scores for Tottenham.
70mins
Jermain Defoe is being taken off, Robbie Keane has come on in his place.
56mins
The referee has booked Alan Hutton.
51mins
Michael Hart is being taken off, Richard Chaplow has come on in his place.
46mins
The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 2.
45mins
Half time whistle is blown by P Dowd
37mins
Goal!! Tottenham have scored with Jermain Defoe putting it in the back of the net.
23mins
The referee has booked Eddie Nolan.
16mins
Tottenham are replacing Dos Santos Giovani with Aaron Lennon.
14mins
Goal!! Peter Crouch scores for Tottenham.
0mins
It's 7:45pm on Wednesday, September 23rd, the match has kicked off.
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Match Report
Tottenham Hotspur beat Preston North End 5-1 in the third round of the Carling Cup at Deepdale in front of a crowd of 16,533.
Giovani Dos Santos' shot from the left hit the bar after five minutes. Michael Hart then crossed from the right to Billy Jones and his effort was tipped away by Spurs goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes after eight minutes.
Spurs made it 1-0 after 14 minutes. Gareth Bale crossed from the left to Peter Crouch at the far post and his close-range volley went in off the bottom right post.
Aaron Lennon replaced the injured Dos Santos after 16 minutes.
Jermain Defoe had a cross saved by Preston goalkeeper Andy Lonergan after 21 minutes.
Eddie Nolan was booked for a foul on Alan Hutton after 23 minutes.
Jon Parkin's shot after 25 minutes and Hart's cross after half-an-hour were saved.
Lennon found Defoe and he made it 2-0 after 37 minutes. His first shot was parried but the ball rebounded back to him and he scored with a close-range header.
Nolan's cross was saved after 38 minutes and just before half time, Parkin had two efforts and Lennon one, which were saved.
Hart and Ross Wallace had crosses saved early in the second half, but Hart went off injured after 51 minutes and was replaced by Richard Chaplow.
Liam Chilvers was booked for a foul on Hutton after 55 minutes while Tom Huddlestone, Bale and Lennon had efforts saved.
After 63 minutes Defoe fouled Wallace, but his free-kick was saved.
Wilson Palacios fouled Parkin and Wallace's free-kick was saved after 68 minutes.
Robbie Keane replaced Defoe and Wallace had a shot saved after 70 minutes.
Lennon found Crouch and he made it 3-0 with a shot into the bottom right-hand corner of the net after 77 minutes.
Neil Mellor and Chris Brown replaced Stephen Elliott and Parkin after 78 minutes while two minutes later Vedran Corluka replaced Michael Dawson.
Mellor found Brown and he made it 3-1 after 83 minutes before Wallace's cross was saved three minutes later.
Huddlestone found Keane and he made it 4-1 in the 87th minute but Crouch got his hat-trick and made it 5-1 in the second minute of stoppage time.
Preston North End Team
Tottenham Hotspur Team
Preston North End | Tottenham Hotspur |
Corners
| 3 | 6 |
Fouls
| 9 | 6 |
Goal attempts
| 15 | 20 |
Shots off target
| 8 | 6 |
Offsides
| 0 | 3 |
