Article: Football: Carthorses....0 Dark horses...2; Portsmouth 0 Tottenham 2.(Sport)

Byline: NEIL SILVER

THEY say Tottenham are the dark horses of the Premiership this season.

Sorry to put a dampener on their first opening-day victory for five years but we'll take a lot more convincing.

Admittedly Martin Jol's men were without two key men in new superstar signing Edgar Davids and skipper Ledley King, but fixtures like Portsmouth away are the kind of matches Spurs MUST win and win well if they are going to live up to lofty predictions.

An own goal from Andy Griffin in first-half stoppage time and a smart finish from ...

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