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  • Kick-off: 19:45
  • Venue: White Hart Lane
  • Attendance: 35885
  • Referee: Foy, C

Live Commentary

92mins

A vital point for Albion after hanging on for the last ten minutes which takes them out of the relegation zone.

91mins

A last gasp effort by Spurs as Chaplow delivers an inswinging ball into the box but it comes to nothing.

91mins

Andy Reid is put in the book for a late challenge on Richard Chaplow.

89mins

The ball falls loose and Spurs break with Keane. Scimeca slices his clearance and Russell Hoult dives out of his goal to blast the ball forward.

86mins

A right wing corner is taken by Carrick. It is met by Ledley King but his header is off target and drifts out.

84mins

Ronnie Wallwork delivers a cross into the box, Gera rises but plays a weak header that is easily driven away by Robinson.

83mins

Albion's top scorer Robert Earnshaw comes on in place of Nwankwo Kanu.

80mins

Spurs have a free kick mid-way inside Albion's half.

77mins

Jermain Defoe makes way for Reto Ziegler.

74mins

Michael Carrick comes in from behind on Kanu but the referee waves play on much to the annoyance of the away fans.

70mins

Andy Reid takes a corner for Sours, put the cross in and Russell Hoult comes out to clsim unchallenged.

66mins

Andy Reid tries an ambitious shot from 35 yards and he is not far from target.

65mins

The ball falls to Riccardo Scimeca on the edge of the area. He crosses first time but it is poor and Spurs escape with the ball.

62mins

Bryan Robson brings Darren Moore on for captain Kevin Campbell.

58mins

Andy Reid whips the ball in quickly to an arriving Ribbie Keane but he over hits it and Albion regain posession.

57mins

Junichi Inamoto plays it short to Thomas Gaardsoe but Thimothee Atouba powers into the Albion player to win possession.

54mins

The ball falls to Robbie Keane in the box, he hits it on the half volley and lashes the ball into the net equalling the scores.

51mins

Andy Reid drives a low shot at the Albion goal, it bobbles up and goes out for a Spurs corner.

50mins

Nwankwo Kanu does well to make his way through the Spurs defence and flicks the ball on to Richard Chaplow but he hits a Tottenham wall.

46mins

A double substitution at the break for Spurs as Erik Edman makes way for Thimothee Atouba and Ahmed Hossam Mido comes on for Sean Davis.

46mins

Ahmed Hossam Mido skips past Thomas Gaardsoe and shoots but only succeeds in hitting the side netting.

45mins

Albion go in at the break a goal to the good after Gera's 24th minute strike.

43mins

Paul Robinson breaks into the box and prepares to take a shot but Paul Robinson comes out to close the ball down.

41mins

Confusion in the box between Neil Clement and Russell Hoult as both leave the ball but Hoult moves quickly and fires the ball out.

40mins

Thomas Gaardsoe fouls Jermain Defoe and Spurs win a free kick in Albion's half.

39mins

Paul Robinson launches a goal kick forward. He takes it low and finds Ledley King.

35mins

The ball falls in the path of Jermain Defoe who finds Simon Davies. He clips the ball to the far post and it is put out for a corner.

32mins

Jermain Defoe rides a late challenge by Paul Robinson, stays on his feet and sends the ball into the box but there are no Spurs players there to meet it.

29mins

Albion are taking Spurs apart as Richard Chaplow takes a great side-footed shot at goal but Paul Robinson makes a good save at the near post to deny him.

27mins

Nwankwo Kanu and Kevin Campbell exchange headers in the box but fail to get a shot in and Simon Davies takes possession driving the ball out of the box.

24mins

A short corner by Albion finds Zoltan Gera in space and he launches a powerful angled drive with his left foot at at flailing Paul Robinson as Albion take the lead.

22mins

A great first touch from Junichi Inamoto finds Kevin Campbell who goes down in the area but wins a corner.

21mins

Andy Reid chips the ball down the left wing for Jermain Defoe but the Spurs player is offside.

20mins

Kieran Richardson leaves the pitch with an injury and Junichi Inamoto replaces him.

17mins

Riccardo Scimeca delivers a lofty pass forward to Kanu who has beaten the offside trap. He takes it on the right wing and crosses but Ledley King heads out effectively.

14mins

Andy Reid delivers a low cross but the West Brom defenders hit it out. He puts it in again and Russell Hoult comes out to send the ball forward.

12mins

Ronnie Wallwork wins possession and whips the ball into the box but Paul Robinson comes out to claim and rolls it quickly forward.

9mins

Almost an own goal by Thomas Gaardsoe as he heads back to Russell Hoult. The West Brom goalkeeper makes a great save tipping it over the bar.

8mins

Neil Clement takes the free kick and makes up for his earlier effort by clipping the post.

7mins

Michael Dawson is booked for his challenge on the lively Kieran Richardson.

5mins

A sloppy pass between the Tottenham midfielders leaves the ball at the feet of Kieran Richardson who runs at goal but is cynically brought down 20 yards outside the area.

4mins

Neil Clement lines up a free kick just outside the penalty area but it is massively off target and misses everyone.

2mins

Zoltan Gera goes agonisingly close early on as he launches a shot at Paul Robinsons goal but the keeper parries it wide.

0mins

The game gets underway at White Hart Lane

Match Report

West Brom took a step closer to beating the drop after securing another crucial point against Tottenham at White Hart Lane.

It could have been all three points for the Baggies after Zoltan Gera fired them into a first-half lead, but Robbie Keane snatched a second-half equaliser to also keep alive their hopes of achieving a top-seven finish.

Head-coach Martin Jol was looking for a fourth successive home victory in the Premiership as his side were strongly challenging for a UEFA Cup qualifying spot.

Jol was forced to make one change from the side which earned a credible 2-2 draw against Liverpool last weekend, with Jermain Defoe replacing the injured Frederic Kanoute who was ruled out with a stiff neck.

Albion manager Bryan Robson was also hoping his side could maintain their impressive recent run which has seen them suffer just one defeat in their last six games and given them a strong chance of avoiding relegation.

Despite languishing at the foot of the table at Christmas, Robson has worked his magic at The Hawthorns and could yet create Premiership history if they achieve this amazing act of escapology.

The former Manchester United captain stated before the game he felt his side needed three more wins if they were to achieve the unthinkable.

And they almost made a dream start at White Hart Lane when Kanu found himself unmarked inside the box after just three minutes. The Nigerian international saw his close-range shot blocked by Erik Edman.

The rebound fell to Hungarian midfielder Gera who drilled his shot wide of the post.

There seems to be a new sense of belief in the West Brom side and they showed it once again on ten minutes when Neil Clement's superb 25-yard free-kick struck the outside of the post.

However, from the resulting goal-kick Tottenham's Michael Carrick planted a deep cross into the box which was almost turned into his own goal by Thomas Gaardsoe. Russell Hoult made a fantastic reflex save to finger-tip the ball away.

But West Brom were rewarded for their early pressure when they opened the scoring on 23 minutes. Richard Chaplow's corner was headed away by Michael Dawson, only into the path of Gera. The Hungarian midfielder took two touches before striking a delicate left-shot past Paul Robinson into the corner of the net.

And West Brom should have made it two on 30 minutes. Kanu raced away down the right before crossing the ball in to Chaplow, whose shot was superbly beaten away by Robinson.

Stephen Kelly came close to snatching an equaliser for the home side on 35 minutes when Andy Reid's corner picked out the Irish defender, but his header flew just over the crossbar.

Jol was clearly not happy with his side's first-half display and signalled his intentions at half-time when he made a double substitution.

Thimothee Atouba and Mido were brought on to replace Edman and the ineffective Sean Davis.

Mido almost made an immediate impression just two minutes into the second half when he turned Ronnie Wallwork and Gaardsoe inside the box, but drilled his shot into the sidenetting.

Jol's change of tactics and the aerial dominance of Mido worked to his advantage on 52 minutes when Keane scored the equaliser.

Atouba's high cross was only half-headed away by Clement who was strongly challenged by Mido. The ball fell straight into the path of Keane who made no mistake striking a sweet shot past the stranded Hoult for his 17th goal of the season.

Robson could not believe his luck and must have thought it was not going to be his day when straight from the kick-off, Junichi Inamoto was released clean through into the box, but saw his low drive saved by Robinson diving low down to his right.

Tottenham Hotspur

West Bromwich Albion

Corners

73

Fouls

1212

Goal attempts

1510

Shots off target

106

Offsides

46

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