Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 19 March 2005

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Saturday 19 March 2005, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 19 March 2005. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (16') and Robbie Keane (84'). Manchester City scored through Claudio Reyna (44').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 9th on 39 points from 29 and Manchester City 12th on 36 points from 29. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 9th with 52 points, and Manchester City 8th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 44'Goal · Claudio ReynaManchester City · 1-1
  • 84'Goal · Robbie KeaneTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · Thimothée AtoubaTottenham Hotspur
  • 89'Yellow card · Richard DunneManchester City
  • 89'Yellow card · Robbie FowlerManchester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Joey BartonManchester City
  • 90'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 3, draws 3, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Stephen Carr, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Frédéric Kanouté, Michael Brown, Jermain Defoe

Manchester City expected line-up

Sylvain Distin, Richard Dunne, Danny Mills, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nicolas Anelka, David James, Paul Bosvelt, Antoine Sibierski, Sun Jihai, Robbie Fowler