Tottenham Hotspur 4 - 0 Wigan

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Sunday Nov 11 2007 03:00

Tottenham Hotspur and Wigan began Sunday equal on eight points at the lower end of the Premier League, but after Spurs' consummate 4-0 victory, the teams couldn't have looked further apart.

The north London club were always in the ascendancy under the guidance of their new manager Juande Ramos.

It was only Spurs' second win of the campaign, but under the Spaniard it seems there will be many more on the way.

In Ramos' first home game in the league, Jermaine Jenas netted a first-half brace, while Aaron Lennon made sure of the result in the 39th minute with a sweet, dipping volley.Darren Bent crowned his 200th league game with a well-taken strike in the second half after coming off the bench.

There could have been many more too, but scoring has not been Spurs' problem this term - it is their defensive brittleness that has lost them points.

Until now, that is. England number one Paul Robinson, barracked by fans earlier in the season after a number of questionable performances, has conceded only one goal in his last four games.

Considering his team have only managed to keep their sheet clean in two of the previous 15 games, this current run will boost Robinson's confidence - which is good news for both club and country.

For Wigan, however, things can only get better.

Having parted company with manager Chris Hutchings after last weekend's 2-0 defeat to Chelsea, they looked rudderless and posed Robinson no problems whatsoever.

The north west club now continue their dismal run - the worst in the Premier League - of seven straight losses, having leaked 18 goals in that time.

Caretaker-manager Frank Barlow looked disinterested and rose from his dug out only once in the match - in the 29th minute - after his team where two goals down.

Starting with Marcus Bent as solitary forward, Wigan looked disorganised.

The only positives for Latics fans at present are Emile Heskey's imminent return - he is pencilled in for the trip to Arsenal at the end of the month - and news that Paul Jewell is to meet club directors to discuss a possible return on Monday

Spurs go into the international break with a spring in their step - Ramos' four games in charge have brought three wins and a draw.

They will go to Upton Park to take on local rivals West Ham United on November 25 hoping to jump even further up the Premier League.

Live Commentary

  • 90
    The final whistle goes and Tottenham stroll to an easy 4-0 victory over a Woeful Wigan, and the away fans wont be looking forward to the rest of the season if they continue to play in the fashion that they did today.
  • 90
    There are two minutes of stoppage time remaining.
  • 89
    Confident of the result, the home fans begin to file out of the stadium.
  • 88
    Berbatov flicks on the ball from a Spurs free-kick, but his header goes over the bar.
  • 86
    Antoine Sibierski gets a shot on goal and Robinson has to make his first proper save of the game.
  • 84
    Not long left in this game, and Spurs should have been 5 goals up, but the woodwork saved Wigan as the game goes into the last 5 minutes.
  • 81
    Berbatov has his shot saved, Kaboul follows up and rattles his shot against the bar! And how did Spurs not get their fifth there?
  • 80
    Jermain Defoe replaces Aaron Lennon.
  • 79
    Didier Zokora goes for his first Spurs goal, but his shot is well saved by Kirkland, but Berbatov is not happy as he was in alot of space and could have scored himself.
  • 78
    This now equals Wigan's heaviest defeat in the Premiership, and last time Wigan lost 5-0, was in 1996 against Barnet, a record the Latics hope stays in tact.
  • 75
    That fourth goal was always comming, and Jenas, who could have a hat-rick, supplied a good pass for Bent to add to the jusification of his high price tag.
  • 72
    Darren Bent scores after Jenas supplies the pass, Bent recieved the ball and shot across Kirkland to fire Spurs into a four goal lead.
  • 69
    Lennon has his shot well saved by Kirkland.
  • 69
    Jenas tries his luck from a direct free-kick, but the ball goes safely over the bar.
  • 67
    Darren Bent replaces Robbie Keane, who doesn't seem to happy with that change.
  • 66
    Jenas puts the ball into the back of the net, but the flag was already up when Keane played the through ball.
  • 65
    Former Spurs player Michael Brown replaces Josip Skoko.
  • 64
    Paul Scharner is booked for pulling down Aaron Lennon while the Spurs man was running through.
  • 61
    Kirkland comes and heads the ball clear as the ball was dropping outside his box, and Wigan clear the danger.
  • 59
    Spurs are still in control of this game, and Marcus Bent hits a shot high and wide which illustrates how Wigan are playing at the moment.
  • 56
    Chimbonda goes down on the edge of the box, but appeals for a free-kick are waved away by referee Howard Webb.
  • 53
    Steed Malbranque, who is still hobbling from a previous tackle, is replaced by Teemu Tainio.
  • 52
    Josip Skoko is booked for a foul on Jenas.
  • 51
    Bramble comes across and cuts out Chimbonda's run on goal, and that was good defending from bramble.
  • 47
    Wigan's heaviest defeat in the Premiership is 4-0, Tottenham could well beat that if they dominate the way in which they did the first.
  • 45
    The second half gets underway, and is there any hope for Wigan? If Wigan carry on playing as they did in the first half then chances are that there isn't.
  • 45
    The referee blows his whistle and the teams go into the break. The Wigan side look dejected and that comes as no surprise as they have shown nothing while Spurs have domianted.
  • 45
    There will be two minutes of stoppage time.
  • 43
    How did Jenas not get his hat-rick?! A nice one-two puts him in a danger area in the box and all he has to do is fire home, but his shot goes wide.
  • 39
    David Cotterill is replaced by Antoine Sibierski as Wigan look to try and show some good attacking intent in their play.
  • 38
    This is already turning into a rout for Tottenham, and Wigan are looking very poor.
  • 34
    Aaron Lennon scores Spurs' third! Berbatov supplies the ball to lennon, who then strikes from the edge of the box to give the home side an even more comfortable lead.
  • 33
    David Cotterill intercepts Young-Pyo Lee in the Wigan box after good passing play by Spurs.
  • 29
    The Wigan defence were certainly unhappy at the linesman at that second goal, but the fact is they are now 2-0 down and at this time it only looks like it can get worse for the Latics.
  • 26
    The Wigan defence stops as Keane is offside as the ball is played through, but the flag stays down as Jenas runs through to round the keeper and score, a controversial second for Spurs!
  • 23
    Kirkland comes out to the edge of the area to collect the ball as keane was steaming in, and Wigan have been very poor so far and will need to up their game if they want anything out of this game.
  • 20
    The crowd are rather quiet at White Hart Lane, despite the fact that their team are a goal ahead and over-riding the Wigan defence on regular occassions.
  • 17
    Denny Landzaat and Marcus Bent find themselves in space after Dawson and Kabul show a lack of communication at the back, luckily for Spurs though, Bent couldn't get the shot off on goal.
  • 14
    That goal was certainly comming, Spurs had by and large, been dominating the game, and Wigan, who have only scored 2 first half goals this season, have got a mountain to climb.
  • 13
    Jermaine Jenas scores! Robbie Keane showed good wing play, and then put the ball across into the near post, Jenas then had the simple task of putting the ball home from close range.
  • 10
    Steed Malbranque cant quite make it to the ball at the Wigan back post after good work from Lennon who had hit it across the box.
  • 7
    Lennon has a good strike on goal, but its well saved by the Wigan keeper, and Spurs are beginning to dominate proceedings.
  • 6
    After failing to find Keane, Berbatov tries to find Jenas with a through ball, but the ball is cut out and Wigan are able to clear the danger.
  • 3
    Jermaine Jenas wastes a free-kick in a good position as he blazes over a shot when a cross into the box would have made more sense this early on.
  • 2
    Both teams go into this game with 2 unwanted records, Spurs have the worst home record in the league so far while Wigan are on their longest losing run.
  • 0
    Juande Ramos takes charge in his first league game at White Hart Lane against Wigan today, and after an indifferent start to the season, Spurs will be hoping the midweek win over Tel-Aviv will inspire the home side to a victory.
  • 0
    Caretaker manager Frank Barlow, bar Emile Heskey, has a full squad to choose from as the Latics begin with: Kirkland, Taylor, Melchiot, Bramble, Scharner, Granqvist, Skoko, Kilbane, Landzaat, Cotterill, Bent
  • 0
    With 5 defenders out, [King, Roche, Gardner, Arson-Ekotto, Bale] Juande Ramos has a makeshift backline to choose from as Spurs start with: Robinson, Chimbonda, Kaboul, Dawson, Lee, Lennon, Zokora, Jenas, Malbranque, Berbatov, Keane

Statistics

Tottenham Hotspur
Shots on target 8
Shots off target 9
Shots off bar/post 2
Fouls 8
Offsides 4
Corners 5

Wigan
Shots on target 2
Shots off target 4
Shots off bar/post 0
Fouls 16
Offsides 2
Corners 2

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