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Battle: Watson and Modric in midfield<\/p>\n

Man of the match:<\/b> Sandro was a constant nuisance for Wigan, breaking up play after play in an otherwise uninspiring Tottenham midfield.<\/p>\n

Save of the match:<\/b> Heurelho Gomes brilliantly tipped wide from Tom Cleverley ten minutes into the second-half.<\/p>\n

Chance of the match:<\/b> Connor Sammon perhaps should have done better when, in injury-time, he shot straight at Gomes from close range.<\/p>\n

Effort of the match:<\/b> Victor Moses had a lively game and went close in the first-half, showing neat footwork before bending just over the crossbar.<\/p>\n

Talking points:<\/b> Were Tottenham too focused on Tuesday’s trip to Madrid? Do Wigan have the firepower to keep them in the top flight? <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tottenham’s stuttering Premier League form continued at the DW Stadium following a 0-0 draw with Wigan on Saturday.\n<\/p>\n

Fifth-placed Spurs are now without a win in their last four league outings and face an uphill task if they are to preserve the UEFA Champions League status for next season.<\/p>\n

Wigan, meanwhile, remain at the foot of the table but will take positives from the result, although they may consider themselves unfortunate not to have taken three points.<\/p>\n

In the absence of the injured Gareth Bale, Spurs lacked width while their counterparts appeared short of killer instinct up front.<\/p>\n

Substitute Connor Sammon might have won it for the Latics in the closing minutes, but he shot straight at Heurelho Gomes in the Tottenham goal.<\/p>\n

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp was without injured duo Bale and William Gallas but he will have been concerned that they carried little attacking threat.<\/p>\n

Early chances<\/h4>\n

After just five minutes, Tom Cleverley swung in a cross only for goalkeeper Gomes to get there a fraction ahead of Hugo Rodallega.<\/p>\n

Spurs were taking time to get into their stride and Luka Modric took matters into his own hands in the 15th minute.<\/p>\n

The playmaker burst forward and fired in a shot only to see it blocked by James McCarthy.<\/p>\n

Back came Wigan and Maynor Figueroa delivered a fine ball into the area in the 20th minute but Rodallega just failed to get a vital touch.<\/p>\n

A minute later, Roman Pavlyuchenko made an unsuccessful appeal for a penalty after a challenge by McCarthy although contact appeared to be outside the area in any case.<\/p>\n

This was a better spell by Tottenham and Jermaine Jenas rattled in a shot that was taken by Latics goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi.<\/p>\n

Wigan stepped up the pace and Victor Moses twice got into good positions in quick succession but failed to test Gomes.<\/p>\n

He got on the end of a corner from Ben Watson in the 27th minute only to a curl a shot over the top after neat footwork.<\/p>\n

Two minutes later Charles N’Zogbia laid the ball back to Moses, but his effort was again too high.<\/p>\n

Appeal<\/h5>\n

Moses then had an appeal for a penalty dismissed by referee Andre Marriner after appearing to have his legs clipped by Benoit Assou-Ekotto.<\/p>\n

Wigan were then pegged back only for Al Habsi to make a comfortable block from Rafael van der Vaart.<\/p>\n

The hosts started the second half on the front foot and Gomes did well to palm away a cross from Moses in the 49th minute. The ball broke to Rodallega but Michael Dawson blocked his effort.<\/p>\n

Six minutes later Gomes again had to be alert to turn away Cleverley’s shot from an acute angle after N’Zogbia had supplied the opening.<\/p>\n

Redknapp decided to shake things up in the 57th minute with Peter Crouch replacing the ineffective Jermain Defoe, who remains in the hunt for his 100th Premier League goal.<\/p>\n

The visitors were still not posing much of a threat and Redknapp looked increasingly concerned.<\/p>\n

Crouch was quickly into the action and found space on the edge of the area in the 65th minute only to send his effort high over the bar.<\/p>\n

Moses came off in the 66th minute and was replaced by former Kilmarnock striker Sammon.<\/p>\n

Tottenham were beginning to step up a gear and Crouch cleared the bar with a header in the 75th minute with Sandro supplying the delivery.<\/p>\n

With Aaron Lennon on for Van der Vaart, the visitors were looking more lively and this was a difficult test for Wigan.<\/p>\n

However, they should have clinched victory with three minutes to go when substitute Mohamed Diame released Sammon but he directed his shot straight at Gomes.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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