There are going to be three minutes of added time.

Harry Redknapp is disappointed with the way his side have failed to really put the game to bed after such a fine first half display and he is on the touchline ranting and raving.

Almost a nervous ending! Richard Cresswell rises highest to meet Etherington's corner but he heads it over Cudicini's cross bar.

Superb block! Defoe wriggles his way out of a penalty box scramble to let loose a shot that Sorenson does superbly to parry away at the near post.

You get the feeling that Spurs have seen out the danger period now as Stoke really needed to find their second goal much sooner than this and Harry Redknapp's men are starting to look more comfortable again.

Delap throws two missiles into the box, one after another, but this time Spurs and Michael Dawson in particular, get a head to the ball and flick it away from danger.

Beattie and Fuller are starting to prove to be a handful for the Spurs defence as the Potters widemen launch cross after cross into the penalty area.

Lennon almost ends the argument and he probably should have! The winger ducks inside a couple of tackles and it opens up in front of him but his shot is scuffed in the end and Sorenson is relieved to gather.

Shawcross almost for 3-2! Delap launches another bomb in towards Cudicini and co and the big defender is yet again first to the ball but yet again he can't find the target.

A state of unease is now around the Lane as Stoke start to impose themselves on the game and they look so much tighter at the back after the changes at the interval.

It's unbelievable how quickly an atmosphere can change! Moments ago the home fans were in party mode but Beattie's strike has given them reason to fear now.

Luka Modric is delivering the type of performance he was bought by previous manager Juande Ramos for and Harry Redknapp is the lucky recipient. The dimunuitive Croatian is roaming all over the place and causing no end of problems.

So close! Beattie powers a long-range free-kick towards the top corner and it flashes just wide of the post with Cudicini well beaten - that would have made things interesting.

Spurs are still well on top of the game and Stoke still can't get themselves on the ball as the hosts toy with their prey.

Delap launches a throw into the box and Shawcross - who has been their only threat tonight - meets it once more to glance just wide of the far post again.

Aaron Lennon had disappeared out of this game for a while but he bursts back onto the scene with a blistering run past three defenders but Wilkinson gets himself in the way of the shot - yet again.

The Stoke players must be waiting for the half-time whistle with feelings of relief and dread as the Spurs onslaught will be put to one side but Tony Pulis will be breathing fire.

It is all too easy for the hosts as they settle into their own rhythm and tempo and Stoke can simply not get hold of the ball.

Great defending from Wilkinson but you feel it is already far too late as he throws his body in the way of shots from Modric and then the follow-up strike from Defoe for good measure.

It's an onslaught tonight and Stoke are in tatters! Bentley is in space again on the right hand side to bend a superb ball towards Lennon at the far post but Cresswell is back there to divert it out for a corner.

The atmosphere is very different now inside the Lane as the home fans enjoy the stunning performance their side is giving them tonight.

Spurs are using Bentley as a real outlet tonight and again he has lost his defender to find room for a cross and this time he finds Pavlyuchenko who heads wide.

Delap's rocket is delivered and Spurs don't deal with it well as Shawcross is again free to meet it and his glancing header loops onto the roof of the net.

David Bentley has been taking his fair share of grief lately for his perceived poor performances but he looks up for it today and is starting to whip some inviting crosses in the direction of Pavlyuchenko and Defoe.

Vedran Corluka is on the burst as he flies forward on the overlap to get to the byline and ping the ball across towards Defoe but Shawcross is alive to the striker's run to cut it out.

Both sides are really up for this but that goal has certainly given Spurs' confidence a lift and they are beginning to pass the ball around nicely.

Stoke so close! Etherington whips in a superb corner and Ryan Shawcross is there to meet it to power a header at goal but DIdier Zokora is in the right place at the right time to clear off the line.

Early chance for Modric as he takes control of a clever ball from Lennon to drive across the penalty area and curl a left-footed shot just a yard wide of the post.