Tottenham Hotspur beat Bolton Wanderers 4-1 at the Reebok Stadium on Wednesday, which kept them in contention for a Champions League berth next season.
Luka Modric put the North London outfit in front in the 37th minute. Even though http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Nigel-Reo-Coker-c27884 removed the deficit after the halftime break, three goals in the space of ten minutes enabled Harry Redknapp’s side romp to a comfortable win.
The victory brought the Spurs just a point away from third place http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Arsenal-c38429 and condemned the Trotters to the relegation zone, with just two more games to play.
The Spurs boss, Harry Redknapp said in the post match interview, “I'm very pleased. We dominated the first half from start to finish and could have been three up… They had a great spell where they were the better team, but we showed fantastic ability on
the break and punished them.”
The visitors came out firing right from the start and the Trotter’s goal keeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ádám-Bogdán-c3516 was tested twice in the preliminary stages of the game. Gareth Bale’s shot from outside the area and an effort from Rafael Van der Vaart were both kept at bay by
the Hungarian International.
The first bright opportunity for the hosts came in the 35th minute. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chris-c9006 Eagles inside the box, who in turn played the ball to Ngog. However, the Frenchman’s attempt
was kept out of harm’s way by the Spurs goal keeper, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brad-Friedel-c7953.
However, only a minute later, the visitors went ahead through a moment of brilliance from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Luka-Modric-c22857.
Van der Vaart delivered the ball at the edge of the box from a corner kick, and the Croatian footballer slotted the ball into the top corner from a half-volley.
The hosts should have scored at the stroke of halftime but http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Dedryck-Boyata-c10742 skied the ball from close range, as the visiting team went into the dressing room for the halftime break, with a one goal advantage.
The Trotters charged forward after the break in a bid to grab the equalizer and were rewarded for their positive approach in the 51st minute. Ngog picked up a header from Boyata and back-heeled the ball into the path of Reo-Coker, who calmly dispatched
the ball past the Spurs goalkeeper from 12 yards out.
However, Van der Vaart reclaimed the Spurs’ lead in the 60th minute, as he tapped in an easy finish from a searching low cross from Bale.
The Londoners then went for the kill as a brace from http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Emmanuel-Adebayor-c12526 in the space of 7 minutes effectively ended the home side’s resilience. The Togolese footballer tapped-in a low cross from Lennon in the 62nd minute, and fired the ball past
Bogdan again in the 69th minute, after he was sent one-on-one with the goalie by Bale.
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