All square at the Riverside

Middlesbrough 1 Tottenham 1

Former Tottenham defender Luke Young spoilt Juande Ramos’ first game as a Premier League manager as Middlesbrough claimed a deserved point at the Riverside Stadium.

Darren Bent put the visitors ahead against the run of play after 35 minutes with a low shot from 15 yards.

But Young ensured both sides’ search for a league victory continued with a long-range piledriver early in the 52nd minute.

One superb through-ball from O’Neil almost sent Aliadiere clear but Kaboul and Michael Dawson combined to clear the danger.

Keane may have scored seven times in his last seven outings but the Republic of Ireland international was unusually clumsy in possession.

Berbatov had the chance to show his new manager what he is capable of when the ball fell to him on the edge of the area, but disappointingly, the Bulgarian fired over.

The energetic Jenas took advantage of the home side’s tiring legs as he ran free down the right but there was no-one on hand to capitalise on his low ball across the face of goal.

Riggott could count himself fortunate when Aaron Lennon’s fierce shot cannoned off him only to land the other side of the right post with Schwarzer beaten.

It was end to end in the closing stages but neither side could make the crucial breakthrough, leaving both stranded near the bottom of the table.