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纽卡1-1平热刺,贝尔受伤
Newcastle United 1-1 Tottenham: Injury Time Lennon Strike Rescues Point But Visitors Lose Bale To Injury
Welsh winger limps off after 13 minutes
By Richard Parry
EPL ; Fabricio Coloccini, Newcastle United v Tottenham (Getty Images)
Tottenham left it late to steal a point at St James Park, as Aaron Lennon was once again the scourge of Alan Pardew’s Newcastle United, as his stoppage time equaliser move Spurs level with Chelsea, and within touching distance of the top four.
The host had take a deserved second half lead through the unlikeliest of sources, as Argentine defender Fabricio Coloccini marked his birthday, and 100th appearance for the club with a scorching drive on the hour mark.
Harry Redknapp was forced to tinker with his line-up, with Benoit Assou-Ekotto ruled out of the match with a knee injury, allowing new signing Steven Pienaar to make his debut, with Gareth Bale dropped back into the full-back role. And it was the Welshman who would make the first notable impact on the game.
Sadly for the visitors however, it was the untimely substitution of the Welshman on 13 minutes with a muscle injury, with the Spurs man being replaced by former Newcastle defender Sebastien Bassong.
Despite the Cameroonian inexperience in the position, it was right back Alan Hutton who was on the receiving end of a barrage of attacking bursts from a spirited Newcastle side, with Jonas Gutierrez leading the attack. And the majority of their chances would blossom from the Argentine.
Working in tandem with full back Jose Enique, the winger fizzed ball after ball into the spurs box, but
it was the defender who supplied the first real chance of the match, as his whipped delivery left Cudicini stranded, and the Leon Best, who volleyed on the slide, was only denied by the cross bar.
Spurs meanwhile struggled to impact the left-hand side, and Pienaar looked lost at times without the energy of a comfortable full-back to work in front of, as Bassong remained reluctant to advance much beyond the halfway line.
Lennon was the visitors main threat, and switched between flanks in search of an opening, which almost arrived for Spurs, against the run of play, just before half time.
Jermaine Jenas, featuring against his former side, nipped in bravely to win back possession with a neat header, before unleashing Luka Modric. The Croatian meandered his way past the attentions of Joey Barton and Kevin Nolan, before slipping a ball to the Rafael Van der Vaart, whose deft backheel put Jermain Defoe through, but Steve Harper was on hand to make the block. |
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