Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 November 2008

Result

Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 9 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Manchester City lost to Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Robinho opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Manchester City's goal came from Robinho (16'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Darren Bent (29') and Darren Bent (64').

Discipline: Manchester City received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards; Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Manchester City were 12th on 13 points from 11 and Tottenham Hotspur 20th on 9 points from 11. Manchester City went on to finish that season 10th with 50 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 51.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-4-2 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Manchester City win, 1 draw and 8 for Tottenham Hotspur.

Going into the match Manchester City's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Tottenham Hotspur's W-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · RobinhoManchester City · 1-0
  • 18'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesManchester City
  • 26'Second yellow · Gelson FernandesManchester City
  • 29'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 48'Yellow card · Didier ZokoraTottenham Hotspur
  • 61'Yellow card · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur
  • 64'Goal · Darren BentTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 83'Red card · Richard DunneManchester City
  • 89'Second yellow · Benoît Assou-EkottoTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Manchester City 1, draws 1, Tottenham Hotspur 8.

Team news

Manchester City line-up (4-4-2)

Joe Hart, Micah Richards, Pablo Zabaleta, Javier Garrido, Richard Dunne, Stephen Ireland, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Robinho, Gelson Fernandes, Darius Vassell, Benjamin Mwaruwari

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-1-1)

Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Didier Zokora, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Darren Bent, Jonathan Woodgate