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Game #4943

Aston Villa

Monday, 1 October 2007

Drew

9th (-1)

Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

Premier League

Attendance: 36,094

Tottenham Hotspur

White Hart Lane

Tottenham Hotspur

4-4

Aston Villa

Assist(s) | Zat Knight | 33’ |

MATCH SUMMARY

Villa open at 4-1 lead by 60' but conceded three including an injury time equaliser as they are held in extraordinary circumstances at White Hart Lane.

KEY MAN

Martin Laursen celebrates his equaliser before putting Villa two up on the way to a 4-1 lead but Martin O'Neill's side are held to a 4-4 draw against Tottenham at White Hart Lane, Monday, 1 October 2007.

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MATCH TIMELINE

Monday, 1 October 2007

🟨 | 10’ Booking, Nigel Reo-Coker
🟨 | 13’ Booking, Craig Gardner
🥅 | 20’ Goal, 0-1, (Tottenham Hotspur), Dimitar Berbatov
⚽ | 22’ Goal, 1-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Gareth Barry
⚽ | 33’ Goal, 2-1, Martin Laursen, Assist by Zat Knight
⚽ | 40’ Goal, 3-1, Gabriel Agbonlahor, Assist by Scott Carson
🕒 | HT Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Aston Villa
⚽ | 59’ Goal, 4-1, Craig Gardner
🔁 | 66’ Sub off, Luke Moore, Sub on, Marlon Harewood
🥅 | 69’ Goal, 4-2, (Tottenham Hotspur), Pascal Chimbonda
🔁 | 73’ Sub off, Craig Gardner, Sub on, Stiliyan Petrov
🥅 | 82’ Goal, 4-3, (Tottenham Hotspur, pen), Robbie Keane
🟨 | 85’ Booking, Scott Carson
🥅 | 90’+2 Goal, 4-4, (Tottenham Hotspur), Younes Kaboul
🕒 | FT Tottenham Hotspur 4-4 Aston Villa

ON THIS DAY

Villa throw away a 4-1 lead to allow Spurs to snatched a late late equaliser and cost Villa the chance of a top 5 spot.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
UEFA Cup / Europa League: ❌
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: ❌
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1995-96

Tottenham Hotspur

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
UEFA Cup / Europa League: 🏆🏆
UEFA Cup Winners Cup: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1998-99

FIXTURE HISTORY

Tottenham Hotspur

Previous 5 vs. Spurs: 🟥 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥

FIXTURE DETAILS

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Season | 2007-08 |
Matchday | #9 |
League Game | #7 |
Manager Game | #51 |
Monday, 1 October 2007

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Martin O’Neill | 🇬🇧 | County Londonderry, 2006-2010
Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Kick off: 8.00pm
HT Score: 🟩 3-1
FT Score: 🟨 4-4
FT Result: 🟨 Drew
Last 5: 🟩 🟥 🟩 🟥 🟨

MANAGERIAL RECORD

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |

GAMES | WINS | DRAWS | LOSSES | POINTS PER GAME

🕒 51 | 🟩 | 17 🟨 | 19 🟥 15 | 1.37

Villa Career Form:

Mid Table

ALL THE MATCHES LED BY:

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Mike Dean | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Wirral, 1997-2022
Previous 5: 🟥 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 29 Nov 06, Villa 1-3 Manchester City (h)
Cards: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟨

ALL THE MATCHES REFEREED BY:

CARDS

Villa

🟨 🟨 🟨

Tottenham Hotspur

🟨 🟨

TEAM NEWS

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.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.03 |

Oldest Player |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | 30.61 |

Youngest Player |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 20.86 |

MANAGER

Martin O'Neill | 🇬🇧 |

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Aston Villa

GK Scott Carson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 | 🟨 |
CB Martin Laursen | 🇩🇰 | ⚽ | ⚽ |
CB Olof Mellberg | 🇸🇪 |
CB Zat Knight | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
RB Wilfred Bouma | 🇳🇱 |
M Gareth Barry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔥 |
M Nigel Reo-Coker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 |
M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🟨 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
W Ashley Young | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
F Gabriel Agbonlahor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | ⚽ |
F Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |

MANAGER

Martin Jol | 🇳🇱 |

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Tottenham Hotspur

GK Paul Robinson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Pascal Chimbonda | 🇬🇵 | ⚽ |
CB Younès Kaboul | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ | 🟨 |
CB Michael Dawson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Didier Zokora | 🇨🇮 |
M Teemu Tainio | 🇫🇮 | 🔁 |
M Tom Huddlestone | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Gareth Bale | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
W Aaron Lennon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 🔁 |
CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 | ⚽ | 🔁 |
F Robbie Keane | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |

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Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CF Luke Moore | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 66’ |
🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 73’ |

SUBSTITUTES

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🔁 | M Teemu Tainio | 🇫🇮 | (CF Jermaine Defoe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)
🔁 | W Aaron Lennon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | (M Steed Malbranque | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 | (F Darren Bent | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |)

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

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GK Radek Černý | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ricardo Rocha | 🇵🇹 |

SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 5/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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SQUAD STATS

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1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 5/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 7/16

MATCHDAY SQUAD

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Player Positions:

GK : Goalkeeper
CB, D, B : Centre Back, Defender, Back
FB, LB, RB, WH : Full Back, Left Back, Right Back, Wing Back, Wing Half


M, CH, LH, RH : Midfielder, Centre Half, Left Half, Right Half
W, OL, OR : Winger, Outside Left, Outside Right
F, IF, IL, IR : Forward, Inside Forward, Inside Left, Inside Right, Second Striker, False 9
CF : Centre Forward

Match Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance
🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

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

LEAGUE TABLE

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MATCHDAY PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES

“I would never think it’s all over.

“We knew Tottenham would throw absolutely everything at us, with nothing to lose.

“At 4-2, it seemed that we saw off that part of the storm but I’ve seen it happen before.

“Naturally, we’re disappointed. We could have gone fifth and it was a nice incentive but I hope we learn from it. I’m upbeat but disappointed for the travelling fans.”

Martin O’Neill.

*BBC Sport*
Monday, 1 October 2007

*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 Robinson’s error, then made it 2-1 when he deflected in Zat Knight’s header.

Gabriel Agbonlahor drilled home a third and Craig Gardner’s low free-kick made it 4-1 before Pascal Chimbonda replied after Jermain Defoe had hit the post.

Robbie Keane’s penalty made it 4-3 before Kaboul’s 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, Jol’s side were looking dangerous going forward but Tottenham’s continuing difficulty in dealing with Villa’s attacks meant that, just two minutes after Berbatov rose to nod the home side ahead, the visitors were level.

Robinson inexplicably dropped Gareth Barry’s corner and the ball bounced kindly for Laursen, who smashed his shot into the unguarded net.

Villa’s 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 Robinson’s 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 Gardner’s 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.

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