A battling Cardiff City were beaten 1-0 by Tottenham at Wembley in the Premier League on Saturday.
Match Events
8' GOAL! Tottenham 1-0 Cardiff City (Dier)
SPURS HAVE LIFTOFF! 1-0! A short corner is played to Trippier, who bends a cross in for Sanchez. The centre-half dives away from goal to meet the header, which takes a couple of deflections before falling kindly into the path of Dier who really couldn't miss from five yards.
15' CHANCE! Sanchez's shot blocked
Brave, smart goalkeeping from Etheridge who closes down the angle and stays tall to thwart Sanchez from close range! The centre-half smartly turned inside the area to open up a lane for a shot following a clever assist from Lucas.
46' Lucas' shot cleared by Morrison at the goal-line
58' Red Card! Ralls sent off
CARDIFF DOWN TO 10 MEN! Controversy here as Ralls sees red! Lucas poked the ball beyond him near the halfway line and looked poised to run in behind him, with Ralls cynically taking the attacker to ground making absolutely no attempt to play the ball. It certainly wasn't a goal-scoring opportunity, so was that simply just four the clear cynical nature of the foul? Seems harsh, and Warnock agrees.
Match Report
Eric Dier scored the only goal as Tottenham edged 10-man Cardiff in a scrappy Premier League contest at Wembley on Saturday.
Dier's goal after eight minutes should have set Spurs on the road to a comfortable victory against a club yet to record a top-flight victory this season.
But that was as good as it got for the hosts, who wasted further goalscoring opportunities and survived periods of sustained Cardiff pressure.
The Welsh club's hopes of snatching a result faded when Joe Ralls was sent off for an appalling challenge on Lucas Moura, with Spurs holding on for the three points.
Line-ups
Tottenham XI: H. Lloris, M.Sissoko, D. Rose, T. Alderweireld, K. Trippier, Son Heung-Min, Lucas, H. Kane, E. Dier, Winks, D. Sánchez
Subs: F.Llorente, Wanyama, Lamela, Gazzaniga, B.Davies, K.W Peters, O. Skipp
Cardiff City XI: David Junior Hoilett, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Sol Bamba, Arter, S. Morrison, J. Bennett, Neil Etheridge, J. Ralls, Callum Paterson, Josh Murphy, Camarasa
Subs: B. Murphy, A. Gunnarsson, Jazz Richards, D. Ward, Kadeem Harris, Kenneth Zohore, Bobby Reid
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