Ledley King's suicidal defending, that absurd second goal moments after the first,
Tom Huddlestone's impersonation of an oak tree in central midfield, the dearth of any attacking intent other than finding
Peter Crouch's head (a tactic technically known as lump-it-up-to-Crouchy, borrowed from
Steve McClaren's England) . . . these inadequacies and others played their part in their embarrassing downfall.
Ultimately, though, Spurs were undone by the secret conviction that they don't really belong on the same pitch as an
Arsene Wenger side. No one should be fooled, as
Harry Redknapp later pretended to be, by the stalemate that endured for 42 minutes.
Mediocre teams are often adept at stifling the creativity of a good one and Spurs adroitly rendered the game anaemic for a while
taken from tonights Evening Standard, Well put :)