{"id":260658,"date":"2016-10-22T13:47:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T13:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=260658"},"modified":"2016-10-22T13:47:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T13:47:17","slug":"spurs-miss-chance-to-go-top-after-bournemouth-draw-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=260658","title":{"rendered":"Spurs miss chance to go top after Bournemouth draw [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It may have finished goalless on the south coast, but it was an <span class=\"vm-hook-outer vm-hook-default\"><span class=\"vm-hook\">entertaining<\/span><\/span> 0-0 draw.<\/p>\n<p>Then again you\u2019d expect nothing less from Bournemouth and Tottenham who both had opportunities to score.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63327\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/3-1.jpg\" alt=\"3\" width=\"574\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fact Spurs remain unbeaten will be little consolation, though, given that victory would have seen them top the table.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63328\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/4.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"480\" height=\"294\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hugo Lloris, the hero in the Champions League against Leverkusen, displayed his shot stopping ability once again five minutes into the match when he somehow kept Charlie Daniels\u2019 shot out from close range.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63334\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/11.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"480\" height=\"332\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ball was tipped onto the bar and then Erik Lamela\u2019s 25-yard shot struck the woodwork at the other end just before the 20-minute mark after lovely work from Dele Alli.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63333\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9-1.jpg\" alt=\"9\" width=\"480\" height=\"329\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a lively, bright start, producing everything except goals, though there were plenty of yellow cards with Jan Vertonghen, Danny Rose, Lamela and Alli going into the book in the first half.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63332\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/8.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"574\" height=\"387\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Neither sides had clear cut chances in the second half, but it was Bournemouth who ended the game stronger. However, they faced a defence determined to keep a clean sheet, and resolute defending and precise tackling from Victor Wanyama, Mousa Dembele and Vertonghen in the penalty area ensured that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63331\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/7.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"480\" height=\"308\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Substitute Moussa Sissoko was lucky to avoid a red card when he elbowed Harry Arter off the ball and that could come back to haunt him as he escaped any punishment from referee Craig Pawson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sissikho.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63335\" src=\"http:\/\/sport.citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/Sissikho.jpg\" alt=\"sissikho\" width=\"480\" height=\"365\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Talk SPort<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It may have finished goalless on the south coast, but it was an entertaining 0-0 draw. Then again you\u2019d expect nothing less from Bournemouth and Tottenham who both had opportunities to score. The fact Spurs remain unbeaten will be little consolation, though, given that victory would have seen them top the table. Hugo Lloris, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":260660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=260658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/260660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=260658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=260658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=260658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}