3-1 away win
All week I was looking forward to this top of the table clash, meeting Harry Redknapp's Tottenham in white-hot form, particularly with Defoe. We had Rio & Vidic back as centre backs so looking to reestablish the defensive stability we have lacked in recent games.
The game certainly didn't disappoint. After a grand total of47 seconds, I nearly blinked and missed Jermaine Defoe's goal. Fantastic technical skill to bicycle kick from near the penalty spot. Foster (who I am not a fan of) had no chance.
It certainly woke Utd up. Surprisingly Giggs started on the left (instead of Nani) and Fletcher was on the right, meaning we didn't have our usual width. The much-maligned Anderson and Berbatov were playing their best games of the season to date. Definitely Anderson was injecting some creativity into our previously static midfield, and giving us more bite.
Giggs scored a superb free kick from 25 yards to level. Curled over the wall straight into the top corner. He extends his record as the only man to score in every season of the Premier League in its current format- a record that reaches back to 1992. 18 years at the top level and he has scored at least once each year. It doesn't sound like much, but in truth it is likely a record that will never be broken.
Anderson FINALLY broke his duck, scoring his first competitive goal for United after 73 games! It was a well taken goal from the edge of the box after a poorly cleared corner presented him with an opportunity that he needed no second invitation to drive into the bottom corner.
Rooney scored our third after we were reduced to 10 men after Scholes was red carded after a typically poor challenge, giving him his second yellow of the game. After absorbing some Tottenham pressure, Foster launched a throw to Fletcher who made an excellent through pass to Rooney, who calmly nutmegged Alan Hutton, turning inside, then nutmegged the keeper to score the goal that killed off the game.
