In the first football result of Sunday, Tottenham missed the opportunity to pick up three precious points when it failed to win its match against Arsenal despite the Gunners being reduced to 10 men and had to settle to a 0-0 draw. Emmanuel Eboue was given the red card after he picked up two unnecessary yellow cards all in the first half. Arsenal fans then watched their senior striker Emmanuel Adebayor be taken out in what the Gunners suspect as a serious hamstring injury.
New Arsenal recruit Andrey Arshavin was not used in the match even if he was present at the substitutes' bench as Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger still has doubts on Arshavin's match fitness. The Russian playmaker has not played competitive football since the close of the Russian League for its winter break.
Robbie Keane made his first appearance for the club after a forgettable transfer move to Liverpool which saw him struggle for a place in the first team squad. He partnered Roman Pavlyuchenko in attack and seemed to be working quite well. They were unfortunate though to find the net for the impotant goals that coul
For Arsenal though, the draw has pleased the side no end as they know that with what happened on the pitch, things could have been worse and they might have suffered a loss. But the draw didn't help their cause of entering the top four slots either.
Adebayor's hamstring injury means that the striker shall be out for three weeks. In that span, he shall means the Gunners' league games against Sunderland and Fulham, the FA Cup replay against Cardiff and the Champions League game against Roma. He joins the team's long list of injured players among them Cesc Fabregas (knee), Thomas Rosicky (hamstring tendon), Mikael Silvestre (thigh), Abou Diaby (thigh) and Theo Walcott (shoulder).
Croatian striker Eduardo, who broke his leg almost a year ago, returned to the side and sat at the substitutes' bench. He along with young Mexican striker Carlos Vela can cover for Adebayor's absence at the forward position. Robin Van Persie and Nicklas Bendtner appear to be Wenger's preferred attacking duo at the moment.
With Tottenham, manager Harry Redknapp is hoping that the cash splurge that he shelled out to buy players Keane and Jermaine Defoe shall jumpstart his team's bid to escape relegation.
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