Fulham v Tottenham

With Harry Redknapp watching from home, recovering from his recent operation, his Tottenham team faced a tough away game at Craven Cottage against Fulham.

Fulham started the brighter with an early shot saved by Friedel off the goal line, but Tottenham were the first to score just after 9 minutes, a Bale shot hit Baird on the shin and deflected into the goal.

Later in the first half Parker was accidentally struck on the nose by a Sidwell elbow and was taken off to be patched up.

Fulham had a few chances during the rest of the first half, to mention a Murphy free-kick, which was headed away by Adebayor, then a clever back heel by Bale sent Lennon racing towards the goal and with a left right shuffle he shoots with his left and scores. Now 0,2 down, things went from bad to worse with Grygera falling in a lot of pain from what looked like a twisted knee.

In the second half, Tottenham started well with a one-two between Bale and Adebayor, but the shot from Bale was harmless. Then Fulham had a real chance with a Hangerland header which was saved by Friedel, that was it from this moment and Fulham didn't look back they pinned Tottenham back into there own half, pushing hard for a goal, then finally in the 56^th minute from a Duff corner a header from King hit Kaboul and went in.

Fulham were now well on top and continued to pile on the pressure for that equaliser with several shots from Dembele and a great shot from Baird which all were saved by Friedel. Dempsey shot just wide and later had a header saved. Zamora also had a shot saved, the pressure just kept coming. There was a big scramble in the Tottenham penalty area in the final minutes with Friedel making yet another save and Modric stopping the ball on the line.

Then in the final minute a cruel blow for Fulham with a Dafoe shot that hit Kelly and went in for a goal.

Final score Fulham 1, Tottenham 3.

I think that Fulham deserved a draw at least with the amount of possession they had and the amount of attempts at goal. Only thing that stopped them was Man of the Match Brad Friedel.

Fulham are now down to 15^th place in the premiership while Tottenham stay 5^th but still have that game in hand, looking good at the moment.

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