Cambridge United used the free kick opportunity to quickly bring the battle to Tottenham's half.
Compared to Tottenham's fancy passing, Cambridge United, after a one-two between Kante and Ayu, sent the ball directly to Tottenham's byline!
Mahrez crossed, and Ćorluka flew out a foot, blocking the ball out for a goal kick!
Cambridge United earned their third corner kick since the start of the match.
Since O'Connor and Cole were not on the field, Mahrez ran to the ball to take the corner kick. Mahrez tried to float the ball towards the near post, looking for Lovren!
However, Dawson used his physical advantage to get to the first landing spot!
The ball was successfully headed out of the box by Dawson!
Tadić, lurking outside the box, successfully intercepted the ball! After bringing the ball down, Tadić immediately unleashed a long-range shot!
Just as Tadić shot, the Tottenham players suddenly all sprinted out of the box!
Offside trap!
Several Cambridge United attacking players were instantly all in offside positions!
Just then, Ćorluka saw the ball shot by Tadić flying directly towards him!
Watching the incoming ball, Ćorluka subconsciously tried to head the ball out of the box!
However, under Lovren's interference, the ball, struck by Ćorluka from the side, did not fly out of the box as intended, but was headed directly towards the goal by Ćorluka!
Golonas never expected that a pie would actually fall from the sky!
Receiving the pass from Ćorluka on the six-yard line, after being momentarily stunned for a few tenths of a second, he still kicked the ball into Tottenham's goal!
After scoring, Golonas turned to look at the assistant referee, who did not raise his flag!!!
Golonas then excitedly ran to the sidelines to celebrate his goal!
Meanwhile, the Tottenham players immediately surrounded Atwell! Protesting the offside goal!!!
To Huang Hao's surprise, Atwell was completely unmoved, sticking to his decision!
After a futile encirclement, the Tottenham players also gave up further appeals and accepted the reality.
After all, Ćorluka's head was actively extended by himself; this point was truly too obvious.
Thus, Cambridge United, who had been passively taking a beating, took the lead at Tottenham's stadium with a goal from the unlikely Golonas, taking the lead in this North London Derby!
Mahrez was red-faced at this moment, constantly explaining something to Atwell!
Just like a re-enactment of Cambridge United's goal, Atwell remained unmoved this time as well.
Mahrez covered his head with both hands, unable to believe what was happening before his eyes!
Just two minutes after Cambridge United's goal, Modric received a pass at the edge of Cambridge United's box. As soon as Mahrez closed in, Modric went down inside the box!
Seeing the team's lead about to vanish, Mahrez rushed desperately to the referee, trying to prove his innocence!
However, after realizing everything was in vain, the Cambridge United players could only choose to accept it.
This dramatic scene also left Chen Kai, watching from the sidelines, dumbfounded!
Just now, he had excitedly posted on Weibo, feeling a surge of pride from Cambridge United's goal.
And less than 30 seconds after that Weibo was posted, Tottenham won a penalty!
Chen Kai even wondered if he had somehow jinxed it!
Keane became the undisputed choice for this penalty. He calmly stood before the ball, observing Pantilimon opposite him.
Pantilimon vigorously waved his arms a few times, leaning slightly forward, staring intently at the ball at Keane's feet.
Keane exhaled, gradually approaching the ball with small steps, accelerated, and shot!
The ball flew directly into the bottom right corner of the goal!
Although Pantilimon guessed the right direction, the ball shot by Keane was a step faster, soaring into the net over Pantilimon's head!
1:1!
Cambridge United's joy of leading lasted less than 3 minutes!
Keane powerfully rushed behind the goal, raising his arms to the Tottenham fans!
And the emotions at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium completely erupted at this moment! Amidst the huge cheers, the Cambridge United players looked particularly forlorn!
"Cheer up! Cheer up! We haven't lost yet!"
Tadić clapped vigorously at his teammates!
"There are still 30 minutes left in the match! Keep fighting!"
Sun Jihai threw in from the midfield, and Ayu, who came to receive, stopped the ball and immediately made a long-distance pass that spanned the entire midfield!
The ball, like a laser-guided missile, shifted directly from the left side of the midfield to the edge of Tottenham's penalty area!
Mahrez gently hooked the ball with his foot, controlling it under his feet!
Before Ćorluka could close in to press, he unleashed a powerful shot!
Gomes dared not be negligent, tipping the ball over the crossbar with one hand!
Although they didn't score, Barnet's sharp attack also instilled a hint of caution in Tottenham.
In the subsequent attacks, Tottenham also showed some restraint, not pressing forward with their entire team as recklessly as in the first half.
Unbeknownst to them, the match had already reached the 75th minute. After a small climax initiated by both sides around the 60-minute mark, the game began to quiet down again.
At this moment, the fourth official on the sidelines raised the substitution board. Hullstone saw his number light up and ran to the sidelines.
He was replaced by Defoe!
When everyone saw this substitution, they understood Redknapp's intention.
Replacing a defensive midfielder with a forward, Redknapp's intention to get 3 points was very clear.
As Cambridge United's fouls increased frequently, Tottenham's attacks also became fragmented.
Whenever Keane approached the box, Sun Jihai became his shadow.
The 32-year-old Sun Jihai already knew how to allocate his stamina, using his limited energy in critical areas.
So even at this point, Huang Hao still chose not to substitute him.
Lennon dribbled the ball to Cambridge United's attacking third. Facing the crowded center, Lennon suddenly played a beautiful diagonal through ball, sending the ball to Ćorluka on the right wing!
At this time, Van Dijk had already followed Defoe into the box, while Mahrez was a full two body lengths away from Ćorluka!
Ćorluka calmly brought the ball down and immediately sent it to the far post!
Crouch easily beat Lovren at the far post, heading the ball across the face of the goal!
Just when everyone thought Keane would easily score, Sun Jihai jumped! Although he failed to win the header, Keane was clearly interfered with, heading the close-range header directly over the crossbar!
Huang Hao immediately clenched his fists! Secretly exclaiming, "Beautiful!"
This was not Keane's first encounter with Sun Jihai; at this moment, the 3-year age gap between them was completely unnoticeable!
Sun Jihai, having successfully defended against Keane, showed no sign of complacency. Instead, he high-fived his teammates, encouraging them to remain focused, indicating that the match was not over!
Time thus slowly slipped through their fingers. Tottenham clearly couldn't find a better way to break through Cambridge United's tight defense.
Even when clear chances arose, the Tottenham players seemed unprepared.
In the 86th minute, Keane received the ball at the edge of the box, and Sun Jihai quickly closed in again.
With no hope of breaking through, Keane suddenly flicked the ball with his toe, managing to send it out from within Cambridge United's encirclement!
And at this moment, there was not a single Cambridge United player marking Defoe in the center!
But even without any interference, Defoe's shot flew directly over the crossbar!
Pantilimon only made a symbolic jump, and Tottenham's excellent scoring opportunity was squandered just like that!
Redknapp angrily kicked the turf on the sidelines, venting his dissatisfaction with the players!
When the fourth official raised the board indicating 4 minutes of injury time, Tottenham once again earned a corner kick opportunity.
Modric, whose performance was greatly limited in the second half, tried to use this corner kick opportunity to become Tottenham's savior.
Modric sent the corner kick directly to the far post!
However, at this moment, there was no Tottenham player at the landing spot of the ball!
Watching the ball gradually approach them, Sun Jihai and Kante both stared at the incoming ball, beginning to adjust their positions.
Just then, a figure in a white jersey suddenly sprinted at high speed from the penalty area, approaching the two with extreme quickness!
Just as Kante tried to head the ball out, Ekotto, sprinting at high speed, also jumped!
After a period of acceleration, Ekotto's jumping height was clearly higher than Kante's!
The ball heavily struck Ekotto's head, then flew directly towards the goal! Pantilimon, hastily retreating, had not yet had time to make a save when the ball hit the underside of the crossbar and bounced towards the goal!
Pantilimon instinctively swatted at it with his hand!
Van Dijk, quick-footed and quick-witted, followed up with a big kick to clear!
The ball, which had not fully crossed the goal line, thus once again moved away from Cambridge United's goal!
Chen Kai felt for a moment that his heart had stopped beating!
It's hard to imagine how a Head Coach endures such excitement again and again! And Huang Hao was no exception!
With the team having held on for 90 minutes, it's hard to imagine how much of a blow it would have been to Cambridge United's morale if Ekotto had scored that goal!
In the following few minutes, although Tottenham completely pinned Cambridge United in their own half, facing a defense led by Lovren, Tottenham repeatedly shifted the ball from the left wing to the right, and then back from the right to the left.
But apart from a vastly superior possession rate, they found no real opportunities to score.
And Huang Hao's timely substitutions successfully consumed another ten-odd seconds.
In the 95th minute, injury time had already exceeded the scheduled time, and Atwell, under constant pressure from Huang Hao on the sidelines, still awarded Tottenham a free kick in an excellent position.
Modric and Lennon stood over the ball, their expressions grim.
This was clearly Tottenham's last chance.
Ultimately, with Lennon's decoy run, Modric chose to shoot directly!
The ball arced noticeably, flew over the wall, and went directly out of play from the left side of the goal!
And at this moment, Atwell finally blew the final whistle!
1:1!
Although the pre-match odds for a draw for Cambridge United had reached 1:6, the Cambridge United lads still managed to secure a tough draw, making their Premier League debut full of surprises!
Chen Kai, who had stood for the entire match, felt his legs go weak at this moment and slumped into his seat!
The Premier League truly lives up to its reputation!
