When Portsmouth FC hosted Tottenham Hotspurs in the English premiership at Fratton Park this weekend...It was aweful for Manager Harry Redknapp as his team recorded its first home loss of the season and Tottenham made its first Away win of the season.
A Sulley Muntari free-kick was saved by Spurs goalie, Paul Robinson..The Portsmouth midfield lacked creativity as Croatian star Nicole Krancjar made some dazzling moves but could not get the ball to Benjani Nwanriwari upfront..incidentally, the Team was mourning the demise of Nwankwo Kanu's father at Arochukwu, Nigeria. Pedro Mendes was yellow-carded for a rough tackle on Ivorian Zakora.....
The Hotspurs looked more hungry as Bulgarian Berbatov made saveral moves in the Portsmouth defence. An Aaron Lennon cross in about the 80th minute resulted in a superb Berbatov touch which resulted in the goal ....This means that Portsmouth FC's hopes of breaking into the big four has been dashed.
However, the Spurs continue thier sensational run this season after moving out of the relagation zone.
As the CAF African Nations Cup approaches in January, Portsmouth will be worst hit as it will be losing 6 members of its first team to the Afican Continental Showpiece.
