Gomes, the hero

Heurelho Gomes led Tottenham Hotspur's resistance here last night as Alsancak F.C tried all they knew in the opening stages to open the lead.

The Tottenham goalkeeper thwarted Alsancak’s best scoring efforts as Ledley King and the defence steadily wore down an attack which increasingly looked to Rory Burston for its inspiration.

So Tottenham’s patient, possessive approach, with no immediate scoring ambition, was
understandable. Alsancak, on the other hand, knew they had to up the tempo and disturb the normal calm of king and Dawson, and in this they succeeded almost from the outset.

Alsancak’s momentum was flagging, no doubt about that, but Tottenham were never going to abandon their tightly organised gameplan.

Ocs18 said “I’m happy with the way the match went, we came here to get a point and we got it. Yes it’s disappointing not to have created any chances but how can you when you’re too busy keeping the ball out of your own area!”