Stoke City Downs Brum, Tottenham Drawn By Sunderland

It was almost as if the Spurs defense felt sorry for the way their team scored the first goal. Gyan was handed a gift.

With 13 points, Stoke now sits 15th, having started the day one place above the drop. Birmingham City assumes that spot, now sitting in 17th place.

Stoke now looks set for their fourth win of the year, one which will pull them up from their 17th place standing, should they hold-on. Now in second half stoppage time, Stoke’s control of the match hints the Potters are set to snap their four match losing streak.

Twenty minutes into the second half, Tottenham Hotspur finally broke through against Sunderland. However, the lead lasted but two minutes, with mistakes at the back gifting the Black Cats an equalizer.

First, Spurs goal. In the 6th minute, Tottenham applied their typical Crouch-to-Van der Vaart formula. Gareth Bale floated a cross for the far post. Crouch headed it down. Van der Vaart converted, though Spurs added a new trick to this goal. With Crouch’s knock-down seeing a high bounce for Van der Vaart, the Dutch international appeared to use his right arm to trap the ball before turning into his shot.