Football: Strikers Draw a Blank for Sven ; Spurs 0 Liverpool 0

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IF Sven-Goran Eriksson had come to White Hart Lane to find a replacement for Wayne Rooney against Austria, he will have left with his search still wide open after Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch failed to break the deadlock.

But while both England strikers had 'goals' ruled out - a fate which curiously also befell Poland international Grzegorz Rasiak - it was midfielder Michael Carrick who should have really caught the England coach's eye Carrick, partnered in central midfield by new signing Jermaine Jenas, outperformed Steven Gerrard throughout this stalemate at White Hart Lane and should be a strong contender for a call-up against Austria next month.

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Football: Strikers Draw a Blank for Sven ; Spurs 0 Liverpool 0

Indeed, Eriksson can only have concluded that he has rather more stre...

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