Spurs 4 – Burnley 1…

By: Drew | January 6th, 2009

What a day to be a Yido… Wait scratch that What a YEAR to be a Yido! As if the news wasn’t good enough that we signed another quality striker, And are potentially signing the Captain mid-fielder of Ghana, Then we get an incredible win in our first leg of the Carling cup semi’s. Happy Happy Days.

After a rough first half we saw a couple half decent chances from our Spurs side. But after Burnley went 1 up in the 15th minute, things weren’t looking too good for our side. The fact that the half ended that way as well was a little disheartening.

A less than impressive performance from David Bentley saw the left midfielder subbed out after half time with Jamie O’hara replacing him. This decision proved to be the saving grace(at least i think so) for our chances to take this game.

I’ll put it like this so you can get a grasp of what happened, in case you missed it…
Goal one: 47th minute,O’hara boots a corner into the box that was met by Michael Dawson’s head. Spurs 1 – Burnley 1
Goal two: 52nd minute Pavlyuchenko’s shot is deflected, falls to O’hara, who Volleys it home. Spurs 2 – Burnley 1
Goal three: 65th minute Pavlyuchenko, drives it home after escaping the defenders challenge.
Goal four: 67th minute O’hara launches a free kick from the right side, the ball is deflected by Burnley’s Mike Duff into his own net.

This match in particular marked a number of very exciting events. One being the return of Jermain Defoe and his presentation to the fans. Two being another sparkling performance by Roman Pavlyuchenko up front. Clearly he’s getting a bit more comfortable in the EPL. Three being the Great performance by Jamie O’hara, obviously trying to prove that he is the best candidate to fill the Left winger position. Who knew that the answer could have been right under our noses this whole time? Finally number four would be the return of Giovani Dos Santos the list of subs. As most of you who read this know, I have high hopes for the kid and want to see him become a regular. I only wish that he would have saw a couple minutes tonight as we were clearly going to take the game after the second goal.

The highlights of the game can be found Here in case anyone was interested. Needless to say I am Ecstatic about our win and hope that we can continue to put a run together to boost confidence.
COYS!!!!