Obiang thunderbolt gives Irons a point
Spurs 1 Irons 1
On a night when manager David Moyes picked a team with an obvious eye on the run of games after Sunday’s FA Cup tie, we showed ourselves as a team that, at our best is seriously hard to beat.
Not surprisingly Spurs dominated possession but Pedro Obiang produced a thunderous drive from distance in the 70th minute to give us a shock lead.
It was our first and only shot on target – an amazing effort but sadly was equalled when Spurs levelled.
Son Heung-min produce one of similar quality with six minutes left and we were left to settle for a point.
This was a top defensive performance although Spurs were never at their best we defended superbly with Declan Rice and Angelo Ogbonna outstanding.
With Marko Arnautovic suffering a hamstring problem and Andy Carroll left on the bench Javier Hernandez led the attack – a thankless task on a night when he really needed someone to work off.
But for all that the Irons restricted the hosts to a couple of first half chances and and had them on the run at the end we had taken four points from six in a couple of days and tonight sit in 15th place on 22 points with Palace and Newcastle.