Adebayor's brace boosts Spurs
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April 3, 2012, Tuesday
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EMMANUEL Adebayor grabbed two late goals as Tottenham beat Swansea 3-1 on Sunday to move level on points with north London rival Arsenal in the battle for the third Champions League spot in the Premier League.
The Togo striker planted home headers in the 73rd and 87th minutes to take his tally for the campaign to 13 and end Spurs' five-match winless run in the league that was jeopardizing their hopes of a top-four finish.
With seven matches remaining, Tottenham is behind Arsenal only on a goal difference and five points clear of Chelsea and Newcastle.
"You can't afford to slip up," Spurs manager Harry Redknapp said. "It's going right to the wire. We've got to keep winning and picking up points."
Netherlands playmaker Rafael van der Vaart had given the hosts the lead at White Hart Lane in the 19th minute, only for Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson to equalize just before the hour mark for mid-table Swansea with his fifth goal in the last four away games.
Spurs were driven to victory by pacy winger Gareth Bale, who Swansea found impossible to keep in check in the second half, although it needed the cutting edge of Adebayor to see them home to a first league victory in seven weeks.
Sigurdsson has given Swansea an added goal threat from midfield since signing on loan from German team Hoffenheim.
After his earlier 30-meter effort was brilliantly parried by Spurs keeper Brad Friedal, he did not have to wait long to find the net. Running onto a layoff by Wayne Routledge, he shot into the ground with the ball bouncing into the corner past Friedel's outstretched hand.
The Togo striker planted home headers in the 73rd and 87th minutes to take his tally for the campaign to 13 and end Spurs' five-match winless run in the league that was jeopardizing their hopes of a top-four finish.
With seven matches remaining, Tottenham is behind Arsenal only on a goal difference and five points clear of Chelsea and Newcastle.
"You can't afford to slip up," Spurs manager Harry Redknapp said. "It's going right to the wire. We've got to keep winning and picking up points."
Netherlands playmaker Rafael van der Vaart had given the hosts the lead at White Hart Lane in the 19th minute, only for Iceland midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson to equalize just before the hour mark for mid-table Swansea with his fifth goal in the last four away games.
Spurs were driven to victory by pacy winger Gareth Bale, who Swansea found impossible to keep in check in the second half, although it needed the cutting edge of Adebayor to see them home to a first league victory in seven weeks.
Sigurdsson has given Swansea an added goal threat from midfield since signing on loan from German team Hoffenheim.
After his earlier 30-meter effort was brilliantly parried by Spurs keeper Brad Friedal, he did not have to wait long to find the net. Running onto a layoff by Wayne Routledge, he shot into the ground with the ball bouncing into the corner past Friedel's outstretched hand.
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