Hull City Vs Tottenham Hotspurs: Late header from Woodgate seals it for Spurs

February 24, 2009

Veteran defender, Jonathan Woodgate, came up with a goal five minutes from time and allowed the Spurs to snatch an important 2-1 victory over Hull City at the KC Stadium.

Woodgate was able to head a cross from Benoit Assou-Ekotto past Hull keeper, Matt Duke, in the final moments of a game, which had a combination of some scrappy and entertaining moments.

Midfielder Aaron Lennon broke the deadlock in the 17th minute for the away side with a sublime shot pass the Hull keeper.

However, Michael Turner, Hull defender, was able to scramble home an equalizer after ten minutes of Lennon’s strike.

This victory should ease the pressure for Spurs at the bottom of the Premier League table. Now, the Carling Cup finalists have lifted themselves to 14th position, only a point behind Hull and 5 points above the clubs in the relegation zone.

Hull City, who has only registered one win from their previous 17 games, is looking a completely different unit from the one that started the season.

Meanwhile, Harry Redknapp, Spurs’ boss, made as many as 10 changes to come up with a full-strength lineup after their UEFA Cup clash against Shakhtar Donetsk at Ukraine.

This week, Spurs will have to contend with Shakhtar for their second leg game at White hart Lane. Again, they also have a Wembley faceoff against Manchester United in the final of the Carling Cup.

However, getting full points from the Premier League game was the first thing in mind for Redknapp, which was evident with the changes that he made.

He would be looking for his side to come up with a similar performance in the games coming up and turn the tables on what has been a dreadful season for the Spurs.

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