London’s best draw no comfort

THIS was a great result for Manchester and a fantastic advert for English football, with a pulsating game full of thrills, spills and controversy – but one that ultimately left both London clubs further behind their Northern rivals in the title race.

Emmanuel Adebayor opened the scoring for Spurs before Daniel Sturridge equalised midway through the first-half, and both sides had enough chances to get the three points.

Even in the closing minutes, both teams had great chances to steal victory, with Ramires putting a free header wide of the Spurs goal shortly before Petr Cech made a terrific save to keep out Adebayor’s shot in the final minute of stoppage time.