Minute-by-Minute Review: Tottenham Hotspur 2 - 0 Palace

1'- Jerome free on a break, but is a step offside.
2'- Puncheon curls one inches wide of the far post from the edge of the box.
5'- Bentaleb shoots from 25 yards, Speroni spills the rebound, but pounces on it just in time.
8'- Chamakh gets knocked by Dembele in the box. Penalty to Palace. Puncheon sprays the penalty way wide to the left. Awful penalty.
11'- Chamakh heads over off Puncheon's corner.
21'- A lot of time in the Spurs' end, but Palace can't get many quality opportunities.
26'- Parr's shot from 12 yards deflected away for a corner.
28'- Jerome inside the box takes a chance, the rebound spills out to a Spurs defender.
30'- Possession: 66% to 34% for Spurs.
31'- Lennon's cross into the six is hit well, but Adebayor can't get a diving header onto the ball.
32'- Puncheon's shot from the box is deflected into the side netting.
33'- The resulting corner sees Chamakh's tip knocked into Bolasie and cleared away.
34'- Bentaleb fires one from 30 yards off the post, across the face of goal, and out for a goal kick.
45'- Two added minutes.

48'- Eriksen's shot from 12 yards is deflected away for a corner. Naughton replaces Walker for Spurs.
50'- Chiriches fires well wide. Spurs are fired up early in this second half. Eriksen then booms one home from 12 yards out past Speroni. Adebayor's header sets up the goal.
55'- Delaney clears a cross over the crossbar for a corner.
57'- Defoe in for Soldado.
58'- Jerome fires into the side netting from a tight angle.
62'- Defoe sprays one wide; Adebayor was on the end of it, too.
64'- A shot deflects to Speroni, who gets bumped into for a foul.
68'- Williams replaces Bolasie, Gayle in for Jerome.
70'- Mariappa cautioned.
73'- Defoe slots one in after Parr slips, enabling Defoe to chip it in from six yards out. Arguably offside by a fraction.
76'- Chadli in for Eriksen.
77'- Jedinak picks up a yellow.
80'- Naughton with a yellow.
81'- Ward hits a wayward shot to the right.
82'- Guedioura comes in for Puncheon.
90'- Gayle heads one wide off a cross and deflected away for a corner. Jedinak is inches wide off another corner. Four added minutes to come.
90'+2- Guedioura hits an optimistic blast, and misses just inches wide from 35 yards away.
90'+4- Chamakh heads onto the roof of the net, after being tipped by Lloris. He misses another header high off the next corner.

FINAL: TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 2 - 0 PALACE

My "Man of the Match":

Delaney. Decent defensive effort.

This EPL table is so tight now. Just six points separating 10th from 20th, which is where Palace falls to now with the defeat. Home against 12th-placed Stoke next Saturday.

Minute-by-Minute Review: Palace 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur

During each Palace match (when I'm able), I'll jot down some minute-by-minute thoughts during the match and relay them to this space after the match. They could be on the game itself, the match commentary, random musings, etc. I'll also pick a Palace "Man of the Match" as well. Hope you enjoy.

5'- Too much time in our own end. First cross right into the hands of goalkeeper Lloris.
9'- Good defensive work by the captain, Mile. Still need more possession.
11'- Ollie animated as always.

Ian Holloway strikes the "Hi-ya" pose. (Getty Images)

12'- First real sustained attack. No one home for a cross.

13'- Commentator notes that CPFC is the "earthy" London club. (Note: The States airs simulcasts on the NBC family of networks, with the international match commentators, but on certain matches, will use their team of Arlo White and Lee Dixon.) Meanwhile, Dembele's strike just skims over. Heart in throat.

15'- A good omen: NBC graphic shows Palace's last meeting against Spurs was a 3-0 win on January 22, 2005.

16'- The early nerves are still showing.

17'- Ward turns his ankle. Magic spray comes out.

20'- Closed-captioning hilarity: Who's Mr. "Van Sinkle"? Turns out it's Arsene Wenger.

22'- The "We love you..." chant is going at full force!

24'- Good challenge by Moxey, saving another cross by Aaron Lennon.

27'- Garvan swings a beautiful cross to Wilbraham, but heads straight at the keeper.

28'- Moxey playing great D right now. And more Ollie animation.

29'- 65% to 35% possession for Spurs right now.

35'- Passing's abysmal at times. Great save by Speroni on Sigurdsson, tipping it over.

37'- Passing accuracy graphic: 64% to 86% for Spurs. Story of the match so far.

40'- Another dangerous chance. Speroni falls on the rebound.

42'- Commentary on the contrast in managers: AVB "looks like he's going out to dinner."

45'- 3 minutes of stoppage time.

45'+3- Spurs header flies over for the last touch of the half. Relieved to still be level after 45 minutes.

47'- First chance of the second half: Moxey straight into Lloris.

49'- Unlucky handball off a sliding Moxey. Penalty.

50'- Soldado loops the spot-kick in past Speroni. 1-0 Spurs.

56'- Couple corners in a row for Palace.

57'- Decent spell of possession.

61'- Commentary after a Tottenham chance goes well awry: "That's done more damage to the supermarket behind than anything else."

65'- Gayle skies one just over the bar from 20 yards.

66'- Triple substitution as Williams, Chamakh, and Phillips relieve Dobbie, Garvan, and Wilbraham. Liking Ollie's style here.

69'- Dodged a bullet there. Sigurdsson sprays one wide left in the clear. 13-2 shot advantage for the visitors.

70'- Good movement by Chamakh, trying to find Gayle. Seconds later, they almost get through on goal, as Lloris was out of position.

73'- Palace supporters are in full voice at Selhurst. Awesome noise.

77'- Moxey again saving with a slide on Soldado's cross.

80'- Shots are 16-2 now.

83'- Phillips goes for the glory from 25 yards, but pulls the shot wide.

85'- Off a corner, Delaney's tight angle shot is saved.

88'- Defoe almost seals it for Spurs. Another break. And they're just now using the "Offside" graphic? Come on, NBC.

89'- Ollie still fired up.

90'- Gayle to Phillips to Dikgacoi. Shot saved from 15 yards. Rebound by Dikgacoi is saved. Three minutes of stoppage to go.

90'+1- Almost misplayed by Spurs, but Lloris leaps to grab the backwards header.

 

FINAL: PALACE 0 - 1 TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Proud of the effort by Palace. An unlucky penalty was all that stood between them and a well-deserved point.

My "Man of the Match":

#15: Mile Jedinak (Getty Images)