Dempsey Holds United

Tottenham 1 - Manchester United 1
Scorers
Tottenham: Dempsey (90)
Manchester United: Van Persie (25)

Team: De Gea, Rio, Vidic, Rafael, Evra, Carrick, Jones, Cleverley (Valencia 65), Kagawa (Rooney 62), Welbeck, Van Persie

So that's how it feels like when the opponents snatches a late late goal. It was an utterly disappointing way to end the night, especially knowing how the teams below us have faired. At the same time, I can't really say that it was a surprise. We looked abit too comfortable for our own good and maybe this will be a kick up our arse. The gap is still significant and it's still our title to lose, but performances have to improve and the defense needs to be stronger and tighter.

First off, gotta say that I missed the FA Cup replay. 4am games are getting sightly more difficult to catch. While the mind is willing, the body is finding it increasingly difficult as I age. I just hope I can find the energy when Real Madrid comes along. On paper, those are games worthy for the finals.

I thought we did reasonably well against Spurs in the first half. Not that we contained them particularly well, but we did give as good as we got. That wonderful goal from Van Persie helped alot in that line of thinking as well.

It was yet another superb Van Persie goal, this time heading in Cleverley's cross into the near post. It was a goal worthy to win any game. Sadly this is the first time this season that Van Persie scores and we didn't win a league game. The record looked like continuing until Dempsey showed up.

Probably because of the lead, we were contented to sit tight in the second half and allowed Spurs alot more space and they dominated most of the half. Heroics from De Gea kept the lead intact. Our counter-attacking game just wasn't crisp enough and we simply weren't able to get the crucial cushion we needed to see off the game.

And 2 minutes into injury time, we paid the price.