Post by CmonYouSpurs on Dec 28, 2009 17:37:13 GMT -1
a great result on my birthday woop woop 
Luka Modric marked his first start in four months with a telling contribution as Tottenham beat West Ham to move up to fourth in the Premier League.
Modric, who broke his shin on 29 August, swept home Aaron Lennon's deflected cross to cap a bright start.
With West Ham toiling, Jermain Defoe put a curling free-kick just wide and Tom Huddlestone drove against the post.
Injury-hit West Ham lacked a cutting edge and former Hammer Defoe confirmed their defeat with a fierce finish.
It was fitting end to a commanding all-round performance by Spurs and they will remain in fourth unless Aston Villa beat Liverpool at Villa Park on Tuesday.
Harry Redknapp's men are now unbeaten in four matches, keeping four clean sheets in the process, and they lie just one point behind north-London rivals Arsenal.
But for all the stats, Redknapp will be especially pleased with the return of Modric, the Croat managing 83 minutes during which he scored his first goal of the season and orchestrated almost every other attack.
England winger Lennon also continued to press his case for a starting place at the World Cup with yet another scintillating display, Huddlestone was a rock in the hosts' midfield and Vedran Corluka again impressed at right-back.
Tottenham
* 01 Gomes
* 20 Dawson
* 22 Corluka
* 26 King
* 32 Assou-Ekotto (Bale 87)
* 06 Huddlestone
* 07 Lennon (Jenas 89)
* 12 Palacios
* 14 Modric (Kranjcar 83)
* 15 Crouch
* 18 Defoe
Substitutes
* 27 Alnwick,
* 02 Hutton,
* 03 Bale,
* 19 Bassong,
* 08 Jenas,
* 21 Kranjcar,
* 10 Keane
Luka Modric marked his first start in four months with a telling contribution as Tottenham beat West Ham to move up to fourth in the Premier League.
Modric, who broke his shin on 29 August, swept home Aaron Lennon's deflected cross to cap a bright start.
With West Ham toiling, Jermain Defoe put a curling free-kick just wide and Tom Huddlestone drove against the post.
Injury-hit West Ham lacked a cutting edge and former Hammer Defoe confirmed their defeat with a fierce finish.
It was fitting end to a commanding all-round performance by Spurs and they will remain in fourth unless Aston Villa beat Liverpool at Villa Park on Tuesday.
Harry Redknapp's men are now unbeaten in four matches, keeping four clean sheets in the process, and they lie just one point behind north-London rivals Arsenal.
But for all the stats, Redknapp will be especially pleased with the return of Modric, the Croat managing 83 minutes during which he scored his first goal of the season and orchestrated almost every other attack.
England winger Lennon also continued to press his case for a starting place at the World Cup with yet another scintillating display, Huddlestone was a rock in the hosts' midfield and Vedran Corluka again impressed at right-back.
Tottenham
* 01 Gomes
* 20 Dawson
* 22 Corluka
* 26 King
* 32 Assou-Ekotto (Bale 87)
* 06 Huddlestone
* 07 Lennon (Jenas 89)
* 12 Palacios
* 14 Modric (Kranjcar 83)
* 15 Crouch
* 18 Defoe
Substitutes
* 27 Alnwick,
* 02 Hutton,
* 03 Bale,
* 19 Bassong,
* 08 Jenas,
* 21 Kranjcar,
* 10 Keane
