• Date: Sun 15 April 2007
  • Venue: The JJB Stadium
  • Ref: Poll, G
  • Attendance: 16,506
Wigan Athletic

Wigan Athletic

Heskey (2)

Baines (30)

Kilbane (60)

3 - 3
Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur

Berbatov (4)

Keane (35)P

Keane (68)

Wigan Athletic vs Tottenham Hotspur

Team Lineups

Wigan Athletic

John Filan
Leighton Baines
Paul Scharner
Arjan De Zeeuw
Matt Jackson (Josip Skoko, 73)
Emmerson Boyce
Kevin Kilbane
Denny Landzaat
Emile Heskey (Caleb Folan, 66)
Henri Camara
Lee McCulloch (Ryan Taylor, R, 40)

Tottenham Hotspur

Paul Robinson
Phil Ifil
Ricardo Rocha
Pascal Chimbonda
Michael Dawson
Didier Zokora
Aaron Lennon (Jermain Defoe, 75)
Jermaine Jenas
Teemu Tainio (Steed Malbranque, 65)
Robbie Keane
Dimitar Berbatov


Live Text Commentary
Full time
 

Graham Poll brings this breath taking game to an end as Tottenham and Wigan have to settle for a point, both sides moving up a place as a result.

90

The match is just fizzling out as both sets of player's are feeling the heat here at a very warm JJB Stadium.

90

The fourth official indicates there will be three minutes of added on time.

87

Scharner hammers a shot from 40-yards-out, which dips but is easily saved by Robinson.

86

Jenas swings in the free kick towards Dawson again who wins the ball well, knocking it down to Defoe who looses his footing before the striker can get on the ball.

85
Yellow Card
 

Paul Scharner gets a booking after bringing down Jermaine Jenas with a badly timed sliding tackle.

81

Tottenham's corner is won by Dawson who gets his head on the ball, but its straight at Filan who saves easily.

80

Jenas swings in another free kik which Wigan fail to deal with, the ball falling to Chimbonda who tries to score with the outside of his foot from a tight angle, forcing Filan to tip the ball behind.

78

Defoe gets away from De Zeeuw and shoot from a narrow angle when picking out Berbatov in the centre would have been the better option.

77

Baines tries another spectacular shot, but this time gets it all wrong sending it well wide of the goal.

75

Jenas rolls the ball to Keane from the free kick, but the Spurs captain snatches at the ball, sending it well wide of the Wigan goal.

75
Substitution
 

Aaron Lennon is brought off and on comes Jermain Defoe

74
Yellow Card
 

Arjan De Zeeuw goes into the referee's book after trying to bring down Berbatov with an outstretched leg.

73

Taylor swings in a hopeful cross, looking for Folan but its easily cut out by Zokora who launches yet another Tottenham attack.

71
Substitution
 

Wigan make their second change Josip Skoko coming on to replace the man who was at fault for Tottenham's third Matt Jackson

67
Goal
 

Tottenham pull level again after a long ball from Robinson caught out Jackson and found Keane who coolly lobbed Filan from outside the area

65
Substitution
 

The impressive Emile Heskey is replaced by Caleb Folan.

64

Jenas lifts a free kick into the area, looking for Berbatov to flick it on but its too far ahead for the Bulgarian striker to catch and Filan collects.

64
Substitution
 

Steed Malbranque comes on for Teemu Tainio as Tottenham search for a way back into this game.

61

Jenas hits a free kick from wide on the left, sending it towards the top corner, but a hand from Filan claws the ball away from the goal with a great save.

59
Goal
 

Kilbane makes up for his miss in the first half with his first goal for 2 and a half years, powering a header home from a Taylor corner after getting away from his marker Zokora.

57

Taylor whips in another cross which avoids everyone until falling to Scharner at the far post who brings the ball down before slicing it well wide of goal from a tight angle.

54

Camara does well to hold up the ball, waiting for support to arrive before laying if off to Scharner who hits a dipping shot over Robinson and onto the cross bar before flying into the crowd behind the goal.

52

Taylor swings in a corner and finds Kilbane who gets a glancing header on the ball which fires across goal for Camarawho can't react quick enough to turn the ball home.

51

Jenas curls in a free kick from wide on the left but its a poor delievery and only finds its way to Filan who is presented with an easy catch.

49

Heskey holds up the ball well before laying it off for Landaazt to strike, which he does with some force sending it towards the bottom right corner, but a outstretched hand from Robinson prevents the Dutchman scoring.

46

Lennon chases a hopful punt up field from Spurs and nearly gets on the end of it before Filan manages to stick out a leg and poke the ball away from the speedy English midfielder.

Second half
 

Wigan get the second half underway as we prepare for another pulsating second half.

Half time
 

An exciting half is drawn to a close with Tottenham having the better of the game against a resilient Wigan side whose's old problems come back to haunt them, throwing the lead away twice.

45

Taylor swings in another great cross which Scharner connects gets on the end of with a diving header, forcing Robinson into a great save but his save only falls to Kilbane who manages to head over with the goal open.

45

The fourth official indicates their will be two minutes of stoppage time.

42

Taylor swings in a cross which ends up on the edge of the six-yard-box with Kilbane looking to get on the end of it but a toe from Chimbonda just takes the ball away from the Irish international.

39
Substitution
 

Lee McCulloch limps off after taking a knock earlier and is replaced by Ryan Taylor.

38

Keane puts Jenas through with a nice back-heel but the England international first touch is too heavy and takes the ball too far ahead of him as Filan smoothers the shot well.

37

McCulloch swings in a low cross for Wigan looking for Heskey who only hits thin air with his shot before Dawson can clear.

34
Goal
 

Keane pulls Spurs level from the spot with a cheeky penalty, leaving Filan rooted to the spot as the ball is slotted home into the bottom right corner.

33
Yellow Card
 

Filan is booked for his foul on Jenas after he brought down the midfielder as he rounded the goalkeeper.

33
Penalty
 

Jeans gets away from the Wigan defence but not quite from Baines who pushes the Spurs midfielder before Filan also seems to bring down Jeans

31

Jenas swings in another corner for Spurs which is just too high for Dawson but hits Heskey who wasn't expecting the ball, fortunatly for Wigan its goes straight into Filan's arms.

29
Goal
 

Wigan take the lead against the run of ball with a superb strike from Baines when the ball fell kindly for the English full back who fired the ball past Robinson from the edge of the box

26

Chimbonda swings in a cross for Spurs and finds Keane inside the area who can't bring the ball under control before claiming he had been bundled over but referee Graham Poll waves away the protests.

23

Paul Scharner recieves the ball on the edge of the area and treads the ball through for McCulloch to run on to but the midfielders shot is blocked by Rocha who made another timely intervention.

20

Berbatov springs the offside trap, after a through ball from Keane, and heads into the penalty area before squaring the ball back for Keane who hits a poor shot which Landzaat easily blokes and gets away.

18

Heskey gets away from Dawson again and finds himself through on goal but Dawson gets back well to win the ball back with a great last ditch tackle.

16

Keane drives a free kick into Dawson who flicks the ball on with a header but its well wide of the mark as Wigan escape again.

13

Jenas swings in the corner which is won by Berbatov, who heads the ball just wide of the mark.

12

Keane lobs the ball to Berbatov who controls the ball superbly, bring the ball down before shooting but this time De Zeeuw gets the block on the shot to put it behind for a corner.

9

The corner is swung in towards Heskey who heads the ball straight up in the air before Robinson comes to punch the ball but is adjudged to have been pushed by Jackson in the challenge

8

Heskey flicks a long ball on with a header for Camara who sprints away into the penalty area with the ball and then pulls the trigger but a sliding tackle from Rocha blocks the shot and puts it behind for a corner.

7

Berbatov tries to chip a ball through for Keane but there just too much on the pass for the Spurs captain to take.

5

Baines crashes into Tainio and injuries the midfielder as this pulsating game finally slows down for a moment, both teams really going for it so far.

3
Goal
 

Berbatov puuts Spurs level after Keane layed the ball off to the striker, who turned Jackson before stabbing the ball past Filan

Goal
 

Denny Landzaat swings in an early free kick for Wigan which causes chaos in the Tottenham penalty area, the ball eventually falling to Heskey who heads the ball in from close range.

Kickoff
 

Graham Poll blows his whistle and gets the game underway here at a sunny JJB Stadium with Tottenham kicking off.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Tottenham XI: Robinson, Chimbonda, Dawson, Rocha, Ifil, Tainio, Jenas, Zokora, Lennon, Berbatov, Keane

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Tottenham are without King who picked up a knock in the mid-week defeat so Rocha comes back into the side, youngster Philip Ifil makes his first Premiership start since August.

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Wigan XI: Filan, Boyce, Jackson, De Zeeuw, Baines, Kilbane, Landzaat, Scharner, McCulloch, Camara, Heskey

Awaiting Kickoff
 

Wigan are missing Hall and Unsworth through injury and Valencia begins his three match ban. But the Latics do welcome back Boyce and Camara to the starting eleven.