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
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 | 🇬🇧 |
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 | 🇳🇱 |
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 | 🇮🇪 | ⚽ |
Not necessarily indicative of the actual matchday formation
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 CF Marlon Harewood | 🏴 | for CF Luke Moore | 🏴 | 66’ |
🔁 M Stiliyan Petrov | 🇧🇬 | for M Craig Gardner | 🏴 | 73’ |
SUBSTITUTES
🔁 | M Teemu Tainio | 🇫🇮 | (CF Jermaine Defoe | 🏴 |)
🔁 | W Aaron Lennon | 🏴 | (M Steed Malbranque | 🇫🇷 |)
🔁 | CF Dimitar Berbatov | 🇧🇬 | (F Darren Bent | 🏴 |)
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Stuart Taylor | 🏴 |
CB Curtis Davies | 🏴 |
M Isaiah Osbourne | 🏴 |
UNUSED SUBSTITUTES
GK Radek Černý | 🇨🇿 |
CB Ricardo Rocha | 🇵🇹 |
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 8/11
Homegrown: 4/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 12/16
Homegrown: 5/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
SQUAD STATS
1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 5/11
Squad:
Home Nation 🏴 🏴 🏴 🇬🇧 : 7/16
MATCHDAY SQUAD
UNAVAILABLE
Not recorded
UNAVAILABLE
Not Recorded
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
MATCHDAY PROGRAMME
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.