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7:42:43 AM Defoe Scores as Spurs Ease to Win over Palace | |
Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe began his long goodbye at White Hart
Lane with a goal as he helped Spurs to victory over Crystal Palace.
The 31-year-old, who will join MLS side Toronto for £6m in February, produced a typical poacher's finish after replacing the subdued Roberto Soldado. Christian Eriksen had earlier put Tottenh  am ahead just after half-time.Palace had created chances to score, and were left to rue Jason Puncheon's shocking first-half penalty miss. The result continued Tottenham's resurgence under Tim Sherwood since he replaced Andre Villas-Boas as head coach . Spurs are yet to lose under Sherwood in the Premier League and have now collected 13 points from his five games in charge. Tottenham struggled in the first half, though, as a tight and organised Palace defence, credited to boss Tony Pulis's arrival at the club, kept them at bay and created plenty of chances at the other end. Palace's positive early endeavour, reflected in Pulis's bold decision to start with two strikers, saw them awarded an early penalty when Marouane Chamakh was bundled over by Spurs midfielder Mousa Dembele. But Pulis had his head in his hands shortly afterwards when Puncheon missed from the spot in spectacular fashion as he skied the ball high into the crowd. The miss did not dampen Palace's enthusiasm with Spurs' Hugo Lloris much the busier of the two goalkeepers in the first half. Cameron Jerome, on loan from Pulis's former club Stoke, tested the reflexes of the France international with a powerful strike from distance which Lloris had to gather at the second attempt. Spurs flickered into life on the half-hour mark when Aaron Lennon sent a teasing cross into the six-yard box but Emmanuel Adebayor was unable to get his head on the end of it. The chance gave the hosts greater belief and midfielder Nabil Bentaleb, on his full Premier League debut, struck the inside of the post with a fine curling effort from 25 yards which rebounded back across goal. Tottenham carried the momentum into the second half and took the lead when Adebayor flicked on Kyle Naughton's high ball from deep into the path of Eriksen who, with a clear sight of goal, struck a powerful shot past Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni. It was the Denmark international's fourth goal for Tottenham in all competitions since his £11.5m move from Ajax. Sherwood introduced Defoe, fifth on the list of Spurs' all-time record goalscorers, for the largely ineffective Soldado with a just over a third of the contest remaining. And Defoe's poacher's instinct almost helped Tottenham increase their advantages as he angled a shot across goal which went just past the post. Almost inevitably he doubled Tottenham's lead when he got on the end of a clever through-ball from Lennon and danced into the box before he slipped the ball under Speroni. Palace attempted to rally and Lloris was relieved when Adlene Guedioura's shot went just wide while ex-Arsenal striker Chamakh went close with a couple of headers late on but Tottenham's defence stood firm. Source: BBC Sports | |
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