Rangers or Spurs supporter in which case it would have been squeaky bum time at the end.
Ange Postecoglou made crucial substitutions which turned the game. Spurs looked so much more of an attacking force in the second half. They managed to press better and looked like scoring. Which they did.
Congratulations also to Rangers for a thoroughly entertaining and hard fought draw.
That’s all from me tonight. Hope you enjoyed it. How couldn’t you?
Rangers about to take the free kick the referee blows the final whistle and it’s a draw.Rangers. Chance to lob it into the box.Rangers in a dangerous spot on the right. Headed out by Porro. Rangers press.Rangers players offside. Dessers puts it in the back of the net but the whistle goes.
Rangers are on the up.
Rangers area.
Maddison chips a ball and there is a clash of heads in the box involving Dragusin. Referee stops play.
Rangers. Two sliding tackles robbing Spurs of the ball.
We are moving into the last 20 minutes. Spurs need to pull something out of the hat.Rangers end. It’s a corner.
Spurs make a triple substitution.
Solanke on for Johnson, Sarr on for Bentancur and Bergvall on for Bissouma
Rangers. Cerny goes short to Tavenier and a ball into the box nearly sees a Rangers goal. Forster saves.
The ball then comes out to Rangers and Diomande hits the ball from way out. It takes a deflection and it’s another corner.
Resulting corner sees Archie Gray header it out. Another corner. It’s cleared.
Rangers are pressing hard and it’s all one way traffic at the moment.Rangers have scored.
Tavernier runs down the right, whipping a cross into the Spurs box where Igamane latches onto the ball and puts it past Forster.
Rangers goal bangs the ball straight to James Maddison. He gets clipped by Raskin and its a Spurs free kick about 30 yards from goal in the centre of the pitch. Resulting play leads to a Spurs corner.Rangers defender is on the ground. Reckon he won’t be long for this field.
And yup – he’s off. Looks like his groin.
Balogun comes on in his place.
Rangers are coming back. A Tottenham move ends in a misplaced pass and a throw to Rangers in the Spurs half.Rangers definitely have the edge though.
They have a corner.Rangers have a chance down the right with Cerny smashing a ball goalwards which Forster saves. Another passage of play sees Jefte slide one in from the left, across the Spurs box but there is no one on the end of it.
It’s all action.
Rangers around the Spurs box. Ball falls eventually to Jefte who shoots and it is blocked by Tottenham. It’s a corner.Rangers player in the centre of the field, heads to the Rangers box with the ball bouncing off a defender and into the path of James Maddison who shoots over. But it’s a corner.
Nothing comes from that.Rangers box.Rangers. Werner loses the ball and Bajrami sails down the right, into the Spurs box and hits a hard shot which is touched by Forster for a Rangers corner. The next play comes to nothing.Rangers showing a bit of physicality.Rangers reasonably well mopped up by Spurs. It’s a pretty active start from both sides.Rangers fans:
“You pretty much know when you are up here that – the city is divided. And you kind of know that if you are on one side that the other are not going to be too warm and friendly with you. But that’s OK, that’s part of sport.”
On injuries and perhaps the general malaise at Spurs after some very up and down results.
“We are in a bit of a tough spot. But great opportunity for us to overcome the odds and hopefully create something special.
“Fair to say this is probably the worst I have ever experienced. What need to do is to stay calm and have a belief in the principles of what you are building.”
Rangers against 9th placed Spurs.
But more than that its a chance for Ange to get his season back on track after a a topsy turvy few months of glory (4-0 win at Man city) and dismality (is that the a word that describes their various coming-from-in front defeats?)
Source: theguardian.com
