Spurs fightback stuns Wolves
Spurs, who made their debut in the group stages of the Champions League in midweek, fought back from a goal down at White Hart Lane to bag all three points with three goals in the final 13 minutes.
Steven Fletcher had fired Wolves into a shock lead on half-time but Spurs hit back with a spotkick from Rafael Van der Vaart before Roman Pavlyuchenko and Alan Hutton secured the points for the Londoners.
League leaders Chelsea play Blackpool today while Manchester United entertain Liverpool in a heavyweight clash at Old Trafford and Manchester City take on Wigan.
Elsewhere, Newcastle bounced back from last week’s home defeat to Blackpool to stun Everton at Goodison Park. French striker Hatem Ben Arfa fired the Magpies into the lead with a 25-yard thunderbolt on the stroke of half-time and the Toffees were unable to find a way back into the game as Newcastle held on for the win.
Blackburn were forced to settle for a draw in their clash with Fulham at Ewood Park, which saw Rovers take the lead in controversial circumstances before the Cottagers hit back through Clint Dempsey. Blackburn had gone 1-0 up after Fulham keeper Mark Schwarzer was bundled over by El Hadji Diouf to allow Chris Samba to head home Paul Robinson’s punt. Dempsey’s strike earned another point for Mark Hughes side.
Incoming Aston Villa boss Gerard Houllier watched from the stands as his new club were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Bolton. Ashley Young had put Villa up with a curling freekick early on before Bolton striker Kevin Davies levelled for the visitors.
Meanwhile in Saturday’s early match, bottom club West Ham secured their first point of the season with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Stoke.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 19th, 2010.
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