well its 1-1 at the half, with Ziege scoring in the early stages and Pires scoring from the spot just before halftime. Keller too down an Arsenal player in the box (missing the ball) to give arsenal the penalty. It was a correct decision. 2'nd half starting now as kick off was 2pm BST.
Brad wouldn't have gone for the ball as it was a needless one to go for. No real danger and it was a senseless penalty to give away. I think that if he wouldn't have gone for the ball Spurs would have won as Arsenal wouldn't have gained any momentum, and Spurs were outclassing them until that moment.
Now we know why Kasey's #2! Actually it probably would have been unstoppable had he not challenged Henry anyways.
can anyone who actually watched keller take down henry provide any elaboration here? it sounds like henry was running away from the goal when kasey took him down. was he running at an angle where he could have made a sharp turn & shot? is that the level of intimidation henry has right now? or, is kasey just loco?
Keller accepts responsibilty Kasey pretty much accepts responsibilty for the loss of the 2 pts. http://sports.yahoo.com/m/world/news/reuters/20021215/reu-tottenhamquotes20021215.html
Re: Keller accepts responsibilty It's nice to know that Kasey's still learning. That means that he hasn't reached his full potential yet
Ziege's goal was better than the one he put past Keller in March. And don't feed the trolls, boys and girls.
I think Keller was riding some adrenaline after making a really nice save only a minute before. The fact that it was Henry he was coming out against made it a mistake.
Firstly...Keller made an excellant point blank save a little more than a minute before. I beleive he was riding too much emotion after that save...however, had keller not went out for that ball, it could have been a real chance. Stop the keller bashing, fools.
I think Kasey was just a little too pumped up and wanted to make sure Henry got nowhere near the goal.
A Spurs fan ran onto the pitch in an Arsenal shirt with Osama lettering and a fake beard. I was laughing my ass off when I found out. Great stuff.
Yes, he is that scary. As Keller said he is the fastest striker in the EPL and only Ruud Van Niestelrooy is more precise (ok he blew a hatrick vs WHU, but hey Jordan only scored 2 in his last game). But this game proved that Tottenham is probably either the 3rd or 4th best team in the Premiership. (Chelsea). Especially with Liverpool floundering. They have talent all over with Keller, Zeige, Poyet, Redknapp, Sherringham, and Robbie Keane and have no real weaknesses. If they can pry away Lee Bowyer (who they are reportdely offering 18mill over 5 years) then the only team that will be favored against them will be ManU. And I think they get them in London along with Liverpool.
Whoa there. 3rd or 4th? They're certainly up and coming and are possibly top 6, but a CL spot would be unlikely and (honestly) unjustified. Arsenal, ManU and Liverpool (despite their atrocious form lately) are top 3. Chelsea are starting to put things together and deserve to be up there. Newcastle deserve to be up there too. After the top 3 though, it's really pretty even. Middlesborough, Southampton, Tottenham, Blackburn and Everton will all be fighting for European spots this year -- even Charlton's on fire at the moment. Next year, if they can keep everyone healthy, add a player or 2 (Bowyer would be great since he has oodles of talent, but he's an f-ing thug who will likely be banned most of next season for an accumulation of reds), then they'll be top 3-4.
Your the fool for trying to justify what was a terrible error on the part of Keller. I am a huge Keller fan, always have been, but that was a terrible play. An, though I didn't see it, it comes a week after he needlessly pulled another guy down in the box but didn't get called for it. He also made another error conceding a corner on a shot that was well wide. Kasey had a poor game, and cost his team two points yetserday. If, as you say, he was riding "too much emotion" off of a save a minute before, then he doesn't deserve to be a keeper at a high level. I don't believe that. I prefer to see it as an aberrant error. But clearly an error,
I didn't see last week's game where it was reported that Keller brought down a man in the box and was lucky to not get a penalty called. Yesterday's game I saw.
Gotcha. I agree folks are too blinded on both Kasey and Brad to see the truth: Marcus Hahneman is THE ANSWER!
bring back sullivan. keller has lost his form as of late. he's made too many aggresive poor decisions. time for him to ride the pine and think about his play.
I could be wrong, but I thought it was that he was lucky to not see red being the last man - not lucky to not get a pk against him. In defense of Keller, I thought Henry dove after little to no contact. It's hard to argue the pk when he was dumb enough to charge on a play like that, but I personally didn't see much contact. Calling that corner he gave up "an error" is a bit of a reach (no pun intended), imo. If we are talking about the same play and if I'm remembering correctly, it was a hard shot that wasn't "well wide". Finally, I guess you could say he had a poor game and cost his team the points, but he also made that point blank save a few minutes earlier which prevented a goal, and other than the plays we are mentioning here, he didn't have too much to do. If we want to discuss keepers looking poor, maybe we should discuss Seaman's first half attempts to vacate the goal, only to have Cole thwart his best efforts to surrender a goal.