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Face Of The Franchise
Heurelho Gomes made amends for a couple of mistakes with a late penalty save as Tottenham and Chelsea played out an absorbing 1-1 draw at White Hart Lane. The Spurs goalkeeper was at fault for Didier Drogba's equaliser after Roman Pavlyuchenko had opened the scoring, and then conceded a spot-kick in stoppage time for clumsily clattering into Ramires. But the Brazilian guessed right to deny Drogba from 12 yards and leave Chelsea without a win in five matches.
Pavlyuchenko's goal arrived on 15 minutes when he fired a fine low finish past Petr Cech after receiving a Jermain Defoe pass and cleverly creating space with his first touch.
Drogba stepped off the substitutes' bench to draw the Blues level with a powerful shot 20 minutes from time that was straight at Gomes but knocked the keeper off his feet and still had enough on it to trickle over the line. It looked like Chelsea would nick the win but Gomes turned from villain to hero to keep Spurs within four points of their fourth-placed London rivals.
Pavlyuchenko's goal arrived on 15 minutes when he fired a fine low finish past Petr Cech after receiving a Jermain Defoe pass and cleverly creating space with his first touch.
Drogba stepped off the substitutes' bench to draw the Blues level with a powerful shot 20 minutes from time that was straight at Gomes but knocked the keeper off his feet and still had enough on it to trickle over the line. It looked like Chelsea would nick the win but Gomes turned from villain to hero to keep Spurs within four points of their fourth-placed London rivals.