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David Nugent seemed to set Portsmouth on there way to victory when he slotted home just before the hour, but his effort was cancelled out by a Defoe strike just 10 minutes later.The game started very unlike any other relegation scrap, everyone in the stadium expected these two sides to be cautious, not wanting to be the first to concede. But the 36,011 people couldnt of been more wrong, it was end to end stuff, Tottenham probably just edging it.Davis, one of many ex-spurs players in the Portsmouth team, went in hard on Tottenham striker Roman Pavylucheko, which eventually led to the departure of Roman by stretcher. Ledley King then went down holding his leg shortly after, Rod Woodson Jersey it had appeared at the time that it was a permanent problem and not the result of a dodgy tackle, which was later confirmed.Gomes was clearly playing with an injury today, and his delayed reaction time was exposed when a shot came in, for Gomes to fumble. Thankfully for all Spurs fans, Gomes Ryan Shazier Jersey showed heart to leap up quick enough and just claw the ball away from the eager feet of Peter Crouch.The two substitions that Harry Redknapp had previously made because of injury looked to off effected his tactical plans, as he couldnt make the subs he may of wanted to at half time. Gomes appeared on the pitch in the second half, It does make you wonder what the No.2 and .3 goalkeepers must be like in goal if Harry would prefer a non fully fit Gomes to one of them.Nugent backed Darrius Heyward-Bey Jersey his first goal in the Premier League, but it wouldnt of gone in if it wasnt for the deflection that occurred. It was against the run of play as Spurs had come out as a different team to the second half, they where alive and Modric in the middle was a major part in the Tottenham revival, he was spreading the ball out to Lennon who was beating the defenders with ease on most occasions. The only thing Spurs where lacking was the cutting edge, there seemed to be no striker there to just pop up and score.That was of course, until former Portsmouth player Jermain Defoe took a shot from the edge of the box to see it rocket into the bottom left hand corner, game on.David Bentley came on for Gareth Bale towards the end, as Tottenham went in look for that crucial second goal. He had a quick impact, supplying a ball to Bent- who I may add, is a confidence player, and is very low on it right now- Only for Darren to head the ball wide from 2 yards. David James rejoiced as he saw Bent mi s the glaring chance, as it was ther only time he had been caught out all afternoon. He did save Portsmouth many a time, which shows why he is Englands No.1.The match commenced with the final score 1-1, the teams would share the spoils.Harry Redknapp James Harrison Jersey gave his views on the disappointing draw today:We mi sed chance after chance.But we showed great character to come back from 1-0 down we Martavis Bryant Jersey had lost two players through injury in the first half in Roman Pavlyuchenko and Ledley King and three more (Aaron Lennon, Vedran Corluka and Heurelho Gomes) were not fit to play on at half-time.We could easily have hidden but we hit them with everything and mi sed chances to win the game.Darren should have scored, it was an open goal, but there is nothing we can do about that. He didnt do it on purpose and, if we carry on playing like that, we will win matches.Defoe and Campbell swapped shirts at the end of the game, which really isnt that much of a big deal, but no doubt it will be made a bid deal.