Tottenham twice came back from behind in an exciting, open game at Stamford Bridge.
Rafael Benitez selected Fernando Torres upfront, and David Luiz as a deep-lying midfielder, so Branislav Ivanovic partnered Gary Cahill in the centre.
Andre Villas-Boas was without Mousa Dembele, so Scott Parker played alongside Tom Huddlestone. Upfront, Emmanuel Adebayor got the nod over...
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Manchester City dominated the first half, but some clever substitutions from Andre Villas-Boas meant Tottenham had a storming final 20 minutes.
Villas-Boas was able to select Gareth Bale from the start, although Aaron Lennon is still unavailable. Emmanuel Adebayor was favoured over Jermain Defoe.
Roberto Mancini was without David Silva and Sergio Aguero wasn’t 100% fit,...
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An interesting battle between two sides both without their key attacking player.
Gareth Bale was injured – as were Jermain Defoe and Aaron Lennon. Andre Villas-Boas was forced to select a ‘mezzala’ on either side – Clint Dempsey and Gylfi Sigurdsson – in the absence of natural wide players. Jan Vertonghen was at left-back.
David Moyes...
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Tottenham recorded an important victory over their North London rivals, thanks to two identical goals towards the end of the first half.
Andre Villas-Boas used Gylfi Sigurdsson rather than Lewis Holtby, while Jermain Defoe was fit enough for the bench.
Arsene Wenger used Santi Cazorla on the flank rather than in the middle, which meant Aaron...
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Gareth Bale scored twice in a match that started slowly, but turned into an exciting contest.
Andre Villas-Boas handed a first start to Lewis Holtby – Jermain Defoe was injured, so Clint Dempsey played upfront.
Alan Pardew named an unchanged XI from the side that beat Chelsea 3-2 last weekend.
This was a relatively unexciting game tactically,...
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