Tottenham Hotspur versus Birmingham City: First half review - English Premier League (Part 1)
Last match of the English Premier League season kicked off between Tottenham Hotspur and Birmingham City at the White Hart Lane stadium in London as both the teams set out with their own agenda’s at the forefront.
Tottenham needed at least a draw to qualify for the Europa League whereas Birmingham needed a win in order to secure their place in the English Premier League for another season. Keeping this in mind, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Alex-c4752 McLeish put out an offensive
line up against Harry Redknapp’s men. Ben Foster retained his place in the Blues’ goal as Birmingham’s back line consisted of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Stephen-Carr-c34141.
In front of Johnson and co. Gardener and Fahey patrolled the midfield area whereas Larsson and Beausejour occupied the wide positions. Up front, Jerome played as the away side’s solitary striker but he was supported from the midfield
area by Ferguson. On the other hand, Tottenham took the field with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Younes-Kaboul-c37543 played as Hotspur’s two wing backs.
In midfield, Sandro and Huddlestone formed the home team’s central midfield whereas http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Jermain-Defoe-c18359 started as Tottenham’s two
primary strikers. In the 3rd minute of the match, Tottenham were awarded their first corner of the afternoon.
The set piece was taken by Modric but his delivery into the Birmingham City penalty area was a wayward one as the ball fell to Danny Rose. The young Englishman whipped in the ball towards Peter Crouch but the ball was too powerfully
hit as it went out of play for a Birmingham goal kick. In the 14th minute, Tottenham were on the verge of taking a lead except for a fine save by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Ben-Foster-c7445.
Luka Modric and http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Danny-Rose-c10222 played a delightful one-two routine at the edge of the Birmingham penalty area before the Croatian midfielder passed the ball to Sandro, whose first time curled effort was tipped away by Foster. Birmingham
were content to sit back and surge forward on the counter attack whereas Tottenham drove ahead on every given opportunity to score a goal. The midfield area was superbly marshalled by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sandro-c32460 but in the final third of the field, Luka Modric failed several times
in his attempts to play through the killer ball.
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