Spurs stuff Portsmouth

Spurs continued their rich vein of form to stuff Portsmouth 3-1. The most satisfying part of the result was to shut that annoying idiot with the bell. If I wanted to go to Spurs with a bell I would have it taken away in case I attacked someone with it!

Pompey took a surprise lead with their first attack of the game, Lua Lua hitting a good shot past Robinson, who I thought should have saved it myself. We found ourself losing just like last week to Sunderland. However our play was much better with us taking virtually 75% of all possession in the game. To their credit Portsmouth defended well but we broke through when King was able to head home a Carrick corner. It was 2-1 with only 5 minutes to go when Pompey handled an Andy Reid free kick in the box. In my opinion it was a clear penalty as his arm stopped the ball which was on target - I don't care if it was intentional or not - the fact remains that it stopped a goal bound shot and thus a penalty has to be awarded. Mido stepped up and put away the ball but it was almost saved by the Pompey Keeper. Defoe was now on and made the game completely safe in the 90th minute.

Although we had the vast majority of possession we did not create that many goal scoring opportunities as we were too narrow. The atrocious Routledge played far too central - the few times he did get out wide he was able to create. I know he was injured recently and it was his first game back but it is clear that Lennon will be a much better player.

What was most important though was that we took maximum points to consolidate our position in fourth spot and it is something we have done. We now face hot and cold 'Boro and should be looking for another maximum three points next weekend.

COYS!