On This Day
Monday, 1 October 2007
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๐จ 1 Oct 2007, Villa 4-4 Spurs, White Hart Lane
Scorer(s) | Martin Laursen | 22โ | 33โ | Gabriel Agbonlahor | 40โ | Craig Gardner | 59โ |
Assist(s) | Gareth Barry | 22' | Zat Knight | 33โ | Scott Carson | 40' |
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
๐ 51 | ๐ฉ | 17 ๐จ | 19 ๐ฅ 15 | 1.37
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Game #4943
Match Record
Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Monday, 1 October 2007
Game Record
Manager: Martin OโNeill | ๐ฌ๐ง | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Dean | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wirral, 2001-2021
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: ๐ฉ 3-1
FT Score: ๐จ 4-4
FT Result: ๐จ Drew
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐ฉ ๐ฅ ๐จ
Head to Head
Previous 5 vs. Spurs: ๐ฅ ๐จ ๐จ ๐จ ๐ฅ
Total ๐ 145 | ๐ฉ 53 | ๐จ 33 | ๐ฅ 59 | โฝ 212 | ๐ฅ
233 |
League ๐ 129 | ๐ฉ 47 | ๐จ 31 | ๐ฅ 51 | โฝ 197 | ๐ฅ
211 |
FA Cup ๐ 11 | ๐ฉ 4 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 6 | โฝ 8 | ๐ฅ
12 |
League Cup ๐ 4 | ๐ฉ 2 | ๐จ 0 | ๐ฅ 2 | โฝ 5 | ๐ฅ
8 |
Other ๐ 1 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 0 | โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ
2 |
Home ๐ 69 | ๐ฉ 29 | ๐จ 19 | ๐ฅ 21 | โฝ 101 | ๐ฅ
91 |
Away ๐ 74 | ๐ฉ 24 | ๐จ 13 | ๐ฅ 37 | โฝ 109 | ๐ฅ
138 |
Neutral ๐ 2 | ๐ฉ 0 | ๐จ 1 | ๐ฅ 1 | โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ
4 |
Villa Trophy Cabinet
European Cup / Champions League: ๐
UEFA Cup / Europa League: โ
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: โ
League Champions: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1995-96
Head to Head
Opposition Trophy Cabinet
European Cup / Champions League: โ
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ๐๐
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ๐
League Champions: ๐๐
FA Cup Winners: ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
League Cup Winners: ๐๐๐
Last Trophy: 1998-99
Team News
Unavailable
Not recorded
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
Martin O'Neill reverts to his 'League' side as Wilfred Bouma, Martin Laursen, Ashley Young, Luke Moore and Scott Carson replace Curtis Davies, Marlon Harewood, Isaiah Osbourne, Shaun Maloney, Stiliyan Petrov and Stuart Taylor.
Squad News
Debut Appearances
None
Final Appearances
None
Match Timeline
๐จ | 10โ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
๐จ | 13โ Booking, Craig Gardner
๐ฅ
| 20โ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Dimitar Berbatov
โฝ | 22โ Goal, 1-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Gareth Barry
โฝ | 33โ Goal, 2-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Zat Knight
โฝ | 40โ Goal, 3-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Scott Carson
๐ | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Aston Villa
โฝ | 59โ Goal, 4-1, Craig Gardner
๐ | 66โ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
๐ฅ
| 69โ Goal, 4-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Pascal Chimbonda
๐ | 73โ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Stiliyan Petrov
๐ฅ
| 82โ Goal, 4-3, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Robbie Keane
๐จ | 85โ Booking, Scott Carson
๐ฅ
| 90โ+2 Goal, 4-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Younes Kaboul
๐ | FT Tottenham Hotspur 4-4 Aston Villa
Line Up & Subs
Martin O'Neill | ๐ฌ๐ง | 2006-2010
GK Scott Carson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ | ๐จ |
CB Martin Laursen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ | โฝ | โฝ |
CB Olof Mellberg | ๐ธ๐ช |
CB Zat Knight | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
RB Wilfred Bouma | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
M Gareth Barry | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ฅ |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ |
M Craig Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐จ | โฝ | ๐ |
W Ashley Young | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | โฝ |
F Luke Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
Substitutes
๐ CF Marlon Harewood | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | for CF Luke Moore | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 66โ |
๐ M Stiliyan Petrov | ๐ง๐ฌ | for M Craig Gardner | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | 73โ |
Unused Substitutes
GK Stuart Taylor | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Curtis Davies | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Isaiah Osbourne | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
Martin Jol | ๐ณ๐ฑ |
GK Paul Robinson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | ๐ฌ๐ต | โฝ |
CB Younรจs Kaboul | ๐ซ๐ท | โฝ | ๐จ |
CB Michael Dawson | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
M Didier Zokora | ๐จ๐ฎ |
M Teemu Tainio | ๐ซ๐ฎ | ๐ |
M Tom Huddlestone | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |
W Gareth Bale | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ |
W Aaron Lennon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | ๐ |
CF Dimitar Berbatov | ๐ง๐ฌ | โฝ | ๐ |
F Robbie Keane | ๐ฎ๐ช | โฝ |
Substitutes
๐ | M Teemu Tainio | ๐ซ๐ฎ | (CF Jermaine Defoe | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
๐ | W Aaron Lennon | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | (M Steed Malbranque | ๐ซ๐ท |)
๐ | CF Dimitar Berbatov | ๐ง๐ฌ | (F Darren Bent | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ |)
Unused Substitutes
GK Radek ฤernรฝ | ๐จ๐ฟ |
CB Ricardo Rocha | ๐ต๐น |
Officials
Referee: Mike Dean | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wirral, 2001-2021
Officials
Referee Profile
Referee: Mike Dean | ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ | Wirral, 2001-2021 ๐
๐ 18 | ๐ฉ 6 | ๐จ 6 | ๐ฅ 6 | ๐ : 3
๐ 18 | ๐ฉ 33% | ๐จ 33% | ๐ฅ 33% | ๐ : 17%
Cards ๐จ 31 | ๐ฅ 1 | 1.78 |
Penalty โฝ 2 | ๐ฅ
3 |
Last 5: ๐ฉ ๐ฉ ๐จ ๐ฅ ๐จ
VAR Profile (Post 2021)
Officials
Villa Bookings
๐จ Nigel Reo-Coker (3)
๐จ Craig Gardner (6)
๐จ Scott Carson (1)
Opposition Bookings
๐จ Younรจs Kaboul
๐จ
Villa Sendings Off
None
Opposition Sendings Off
None
Matchday Squads
Match Stats
Possession F | 34%
Possession A | 66%
Shots on Target F | 8
Shots on Target A | 8
Shots F | 12
Shots A | 28
Touches F | 477
Touches A | 714
Passes F | 216
Passes A | 452
Tackles F | 26
Tackles A | 22
Clearances F | 87
Clearances A | 60
Corners F | 3
Corners A | 13
Offsides A | 1
Offsides F | 3
Fouls F | 14
Fouls A | 12
Match Media

What they Said
โI would never think itโs all over.
โWe knew Tottenham would throw absolutely everything at us, with nothing to lose.
โAt 4-2, it seemed that we saw off that part of the storm but Iโve seen it happen before.
โNaturally, weโre disappointed. We could have gone fifth and it was a nice incentive but I hope we learn from it. Iโm upbeat but disappointed for the travelling fans.โ
Martin OโNeill.
*Younes Kaboul completed an amazing comeback by Tottenham as they fought back from 4-1 down to hold Aston Villa.*
Dimitar Berbatov nodded Spurs in front but Martin Laursen levelled after Paul Robinsonโs error, then made it 2-1 when he deflected in Zat Knightโs header.
Gabriel Agbonlahor drilled home a third and Craig Gardnerโs low free-kick made it 4-1 before Pascal Chimbonda replied after Jermain Defoe had hit the post.
Robbie Keaneโs penalty made it 4-3 before Kaboulโs last-gasp leveller.
Tottenham remain in the bottom three of the Premier League but their under-fire boss Martin Jol can take heart from the way his side responded when facing almost certain defeat.
But while the manner in which the home side earned their point will ease the pressure on Jol, he will know he must solve the defensive problems which meant they had to work so hard to get something from this game.
Spurs had celebrated their 125th anniversary with a parade of legends before kick-off but the party did not continue for long once the game was underway.
True, Jolโs side were looking dangerous going forward but Tottenhamโs continuing difficulty in dealing with Villaโs attacks meant that, just two minutes after Berbatov rose to nod the home side ahead, the visitors were level.
Robinson inexplicably dropped Gareth Barryโs corner and the ball bounced kindly for Laursen, who smashed his shot into the unguarded net.
Villaโs second goal was almost as embarrassing for the Tottenham defence, a quick free-kick catching them unawares and, from another Barry cross, Knight headed the ball against Laursen, through Robinsonโs legs and into the net.
Things got even worse for Spurs before the break when Gabriel Agbonlahor latched on to a clearance from Villa keeper Scott Carson, held off Michael Dawson and fired into the bottom corner.
And when Robinson failed to keep out Craig Gardnerโs low free-kick early in the second half, things looked ominous for Spurs and for Jol.
But Tottenham never gave up and, with Defoe brought off the bench, they belatedly began to threaten again.
The England striker hit the post before Chimbonda netted from the rebound to give his side hope, then Robbie Keane brought the score back to 4-3 from the spot after Marlon Harewood clumsily fouled substitute Darren Bent.
It still looked like Villa would hold on but Kaboul had other ideas, slamming home in stoppage time after Villa failed to clear a corner.
Match Highlights
Team Selection
Goalkeeper
Defenders
CB Martin Laursen | ๐ฉ๐ฐ |
๐
35
โ
33*
โฝ
๐ฅ
3*
1
๐ฉ
12
๐จ
15*
๐ฅ
8
Midfielders
Forwards
Substitutes
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 3
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 4
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ
None
๐
๐
โฝ
๐ฅ
Sub 5
๐ฉ
๐จ
๐ฅ


