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ARSENAL VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4-4

PREMIER LEAGUE MATCH

ARSENAL VS TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4-4

DATE : October 29th, 2008
VENUE : Emirates Stadium

ARSENAL GOALS :
Sylvestre - 37"
Gallas - 46"
Adebayor - 64"
Van Persie - 68"

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR GOALS :
Bentley - 12"
Darren Bent - 66"
J. Jenas - 89"
A. Lennon - 90"

FULL MATCH :
Canal+ Sport coverage
720 x 544
First half: 470 MB
Second half: 486 MB

FIRST HALF :
First Half Part 1
First Half Part 2
First Half Part 3
First Half Part 4
First Half Part 5

SECOND HALF :
Second Half Part 1
Second Half Part 2
Second Half Part 3
Second Half Part 4
Second Half Part 5
Second Half Part 6

Alternatif 2
Full Match Part 1
Full Match Part 2
Full Match Part 3
Full Match Part 4
Full Match Part 5
Full Match Part 6

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS :
BBC Match of the Day | 624 x 352 | XviD | English
Highlights Mirror 1
Highlights Mirror 2
Highlights Mirror 3

First Half Highlights
Second Half Highlights

MATCH REPORT :

Cesc Fabregas came to ...Harry Redknapp's magic touch worked again as Tottenham Hotspur grabbed a last-gasp equaliser through Aaron Lennon in a thrilling match against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

Trailing to David Bentley's stunning opener, Arsenal exposed Spurs to lead through Mikael Silvestre and William Gallas.

Emmanuel Adebayor added his obligatory goal - he now has eight from seven starts against Spurs - before Darren Bent pulled one back.

Robin van Persie, who had a hand in Arsenal's previous goals, netted his 50th goal for Arsenal but Spurs have a new resilience under Redknapp and Jermaine Jenas' late strike gave them hope before Lennon struck at the death.

It was Gareth Bale who had the first opportunity of the match, racing onto Tom Huddlestone's ball over the top in the third minute and finding the side-netting.

But the visitors were ahead 10 minutes later through Bentley's moment of magic.

swerved over

Arsenal failed to clear convincingly from defence, leading to Modric heading the loose ball over his head towards Jenas.

Jenas chested the ball to Bentley, who took one touch to keep the ball in the air before unleashing a 40-yard volley which swerved over Manuel Almunia.

Van Persie then went close twice, going wide from the edge of the area each time, the first with a free-kick and the second after Theo Walcott laid the ball back.

Gallas also went close, this time after the type of fumble from goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes that has become commonplace. The ball broke to Gallas but the finish cleared the crossbar.

Wenger appeared frustrated on the bench as Spurs clattered into challenges and the hosts tried to convert their possession to an equaliser.

Walcott drilled straight at Gomes and Gael Clichy fired over the crossbar in their next moves.

headed home

Gomes was then at full stretch to deny Fabregas but Arsenal were level from the corner. Van Persie swung over the set-piece and Silvestre headed home as Gomes flapped.

It took Arsenal less than a minute to take the lead after the restart following a foul by Huddlestone when he hauled back Van Persie.

Van Persie took the free-kick and Gallas climbed above Vedran Corluka at the near post to head home his fourth goal of the campaign.

Sensing Spurs' fragility at set-pieces, Silvestre almost added another from a corner, his header flashing past the upright.

Adebayor flashed wide from the edge of the area, but he made no mistake when Arsenal broke in the 64th minute.

Van Persie sent Samir Nasri through to lob Gomes, with Adebayor beating Alan Hutton to the ball to force it home.

Bent was sent on and pulled a goal back after Huddlestone's drive was not held cleanly by Almunia, but Van Persie restored the two-goal advantage in the next move.

Hutton's sloppy pass was picked up by Adebayor, who fed Van Persie to lash home.

That looked like game over but Jenas found the top corner with a minute of time remaining, setting up a frantic finale in which Lennon snatched a point with a tap-in after Modric hit the post.

Man of The Match : Robin Van Persie

Thanks to mr. mercury, fred54



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