That was a rather interesting match. For about 80 minutes this match was possibly the dullest derby match this entire season, but in the other 10 minutes it was one of the most intense matches ever.
For the most part, Tottenham didn't look too hungry for a win, though there were some individual moments of brilliance throughout the match, such as Adebayor's shot/cross that went just over Walker, Modric's run which result in a poor shot from Van Der Vaart at the end of the first half. Then there was Adebayor's 1-on-1 with Cech, which was eventually saved by a great block from Cahill, Walker's shot which went into the side-netting, Bale's header which rebounded off the bar and also his powerful free kick in the 94th minute which was just pushed wide by Cech.
Chelsea also had a few decent chances, with Drogba continuously getting past Gallas, though failing to capitalize on any of them. Their best chance was of course Mata's free kick, which left Friedel standing still. Unfortunately for Mata (but fortunately for us Spurs fans) the shot rebounded off the post and was ironically cleared out of the box by David Luiz.
If we look at the stats, Tottenham had many more opportunities, with 20 shots (compared to Chelsea's 9) and 55% possession throughout the match. Unfortunately though, we just couldn't put any into the net and once again suffered because of our lack of a clinical stiker.
There are 2 positives that we can take out of this game though.
One, we dominated Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a game most people expected us to lose;
and two, at least we didn't lose and still have a 5 point lead on Chelsea, who still have to play Arsenal at the Emirates and Liverpool at Anfield (and they've got Champions League midweek games to deal with too).
It's a pity that Aston Villa couldn't take any points off Arsenal, but I feel that a draw was good enough this week, especially regarding our poor form lately.
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