Tottenham 1-3 Everton
Big-spending Tottenham suffered a second successive Premier League
defeat as they lost to a determined Everton. Mikel Arteta was the
architect of Everton's win and he set up Joleon Lescott to head in
an early opener.
Anthony Gardner nodded in to level but a Leon Osman close-range
shot and a deflected Alan Stubbs free-kick before the break put
Everton ahead again. Dimitar Berbatov headed against the bar and
Jermain Defoe went close for the home side, who failed to
recover.
Spurs boss Martin Jol replaced the ineffective Bent with Defoe to
try to turn things around. But the new man struggled to make an
impact as the Toffees consolidated their lead with Johnson,
although by no means outstanding, winning the battle of the England
strikers.
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Everton boss David Moyes:
"We got fourth three seasons ago. We're going to do the best we can
but I'm not going to come out and say we are going to do that. "We
don't have that expectation and I don't need to burden the players
or myself with it." "I really thought we played well, the effort
and workrate was incredible."
Tottenham boss Martin Jol:
"We have 10 defenders at the club and we've used all them that have
been fit. "We are still waiting for one or two players to come back
and we will do better when they come back. "You could throw in the
towel after three goals but the players came out and worked hard,
that was the positive thing."
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Tottenham: Robinson, Chimbonda, Kaboul (Rocha 18 ), Gardner,
Stalteri (Routledge 67), Zokora, Jenas, Malbranque, Keane,
Berbatov, Bent (Defoe 61).
Subs Not Used: Cerny, Huddlestone.
Booked: Malbranque, Jenas.
Goals: Gardner 26.
Everton: Howard, Hibbert, Yobo, Stubbs, Lescott, Osman, Neville,
Carsley, Arteta, Johnson, Anichebe (Jagielka 80).
Subs Not Used: Ruddy, McFadden, Nuno Valente, Pienaar.
Goals: Lescott 3, Osman 37, Stubbs 45.
Att: 35,716
Ref: Mark Halsey (Lancashire).
