Premier League: Tottenham 1 Norwich 1

Ten-man Tottenham were uninspiring and had to settle for a share of the spoils at White Hart Lane on Saturday.

A debut goal from Moussa Dembele after 68 minutes was not enough as Robert Snodgrass’ 85th-minute equaliser claimed a much-deserved point for Norwich.

The hosts found further woe as Tom Huddlestone received his marching orders for a foul on Steve Morison.

Spurs started slowly, struggling to find a rhythm, which allowed the visitors to get an immediate foothold in the game. Though the first half was short on chances, Chris Hughton’s team conjured the first major opportunity on the eighth minute as Jonny Howson stood over a wide free-kick.

His well-delivered in-swinging ball from the right flank was met by right-back Russell Martin 10 yards out but despite connecting well, he watched as his header cannoned back off Brad Friedel’s crossbar.

Tottenham’s best opening was created and taken by Jermain Defoe who wriggled into enough space on the edge of the box to fire a low left-footed shot marginally wide of John Ruddy’s goal.

Andre Villas-Boas made the inevitable change at half-time, replacing Sandro with Dembele, giving the 15 million pound Belgian his debut.

Norwich remained a threat, however, and Grant Holt would have been disappointed to see his header from 10 yards sail high and wide.

Then Snodgrass weaved his way past two challenges on the right before teeing up Pilkington for a first-time strike at goal. Friedel, again, stood defiant to turn the ball away to safety.

Though Norwich were pressing for the crucial opening goal, it was a moment of brilliance from Dembele that put his side in front.

The Belgian initially sent Defoe too wide with his pass but was found by the striker on the edge of the box. A clever stepover and turn later, Dembele had the ball on his left-foot and enough space to fire low and hard into Ruddy’s far corner.

But that was not enough to suppress Norwich and the introduction of Morison for Jackson almost yielded an immediate response as Assou-Ekotto tangled with the Welshman in the box. Mark Halsey was perhaps a little lenient to wave play on.

This did not deter the visitors though and with five minutes to go, they drew level. A deep cross was headed back into the middle of the box by Martin and kept alive by Holt, whose header fell at the feet of the impressive Snodgrass.

The summer signing guided the ball into the bottom right-hand corner for his first goal in a Norwich shirt and send the away fans into raptures.

With time ticking away, Huddlestone, who had come on just before the equaliser for Defoe, lunged into a 50/50 challenge with Morison on the halfway line.

Although the tackle was late and did not appear overly dangerous, Halsey deemed it worthy of a red card, reducing Spurs to 10 men.