Chelsea,Spurs play out a goalless draw

London: Tottenham maintained their five point lead over Chelsea in the Premier League with an action packed 0-0 draw at stamford Bridge on Sunday.Juan Mata came closest for the hosts in the second half, curling a free-kick onto the upright with Brad Friedel rooted to the spot
However,Spurs has perhaps had the best of the chances, with blocks on the line from Rafael van der Vaart and Emmanuel Adebayor and a Gareth Bale header off their bar their biggest oppenings.Spurs skipper Ledley King dropped out the visitors starting lineup  for ex-chelsea defender Willium Gallas,due to his inability to comlete consecutive games in short space of time, as Sandro replaced Niko Krancjar in midfield.Adebayor, who missed the mid-week game against his parent club, came in for Louis Saha.
Both sides attempted to push forward in the closing stage, with a generous four minutes of added time given, but they tempered their  attacking instincts with a loss seen as a potentially disasterous result.Bale's low free-kick almost caught Cech by surprise at the death but the Blues  defender held firm to earn a hard-fought point