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Thank you, Landon Donovan of the USA! This was a huge win for us, but the American had a great chance to peg us back to 2-2, and somehow missed a tap in at the far post. My mate was so certain that Everton were about to score that he turned away in disgust, and was then left scratching his head as to why the Toffees fans weren’t jumping up and down. Anyway, the...

Ah yes…the warm glow of victory. The Spurs supporters had been summoning Roman Pavlyuchenko vocally from the bench long before Harry finally did, but there was sweet redemption for the Russian striker – the best natural finisher at the club, for me – as his two smartly taken goals sealed a handsome away win in the DW quagmire. No doubt about it, Jermain...

Well, this shouldn’t take long. We were half way back to out post-match pub along the High Road when my mate summed it perfectly: “Watching Villa is like watching Middlesboro. You go along thinking there’s going to be a game, and then…..nothing.” It really is quite amazing how Martin O’Neill has taken raw material like Ashley Young,...

Can’t say I’m impressed by anything that happened in this squalid affair. Leaving aside the shrill reaction of Liverpool fans to their current “predicament” (they should spend some time in the bottom three for a bit of perspective), Spurs were pretty poor, Liverpool pretty poor, and the officials decidedly poor. First off, us: Harry decided to...

Premiership wins don’t get much more straightforward than this. It’s actually kind of nice to be able to say that because, although we dominated from start to finish, we’ve done that against Stoke and Wolves at home this season and lost to them both. The key this time was an early goal for Modric after 11 minutes, bundling in at the far post after...

Purgatory at the Lane. For the second time this season we’ve been on the end of outstanding defensive performances from teams that came for a point and took all three. First Stoke and now Wolves. Unlike Stoke, who snatched a late winner with their only shot on goal, Wolves did the damage early, with Kevin Doyle getting the faintest of touches to deflect Milijas’...

You’d generally say that a point at Villa Park is a good result, but when the final whistle blew on this one, the over-riding feeling was that we really should have won this game. We dominated for long, long periods in a fashion that would have made unfamiliar and uncomfortable viewing for Villa fans. We looked strong and confident and full of flowing football....

During this long run of North London derbies without a Spurs win there have been games that we deserved to win and were robbed; there have been games where we were well worth a draw, and were robbed; and there have been games where Spurs fell way below what was required and consequently were stuffed. This match falls squarely into that final category. If Spurs have conceded...

Carlo Cudicini – 6; not tested a great deal, but his understanding with the defenders in front of him needs to improve and they need to realise that, unlike Gomes, this guy doesn’t come off his line Vedran Corluka – 6; a better right back than centre half, but his adaptability is vital with injuries across the back line Benoit Assou-Ekotto –...

Just when our cunning plan to lessen expectations seemed set to bear fruit, up popped Lenny with a dramatic winner that preserved the 100% record and left the Blues fans feeling as sick as I did two years ago when Larsson did it to us. Disappointment had been settling in at the Lane. We had missed a whole heap of chances, and had finally grabbed the lead through Peter...