Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2007

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 9 December 2007, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 9 December 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Pascal Chimbonda opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Pascal Chimbonda (45') and Jermain Defoe (82'). Manchester City scored through Rolando Bianchi (61').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 17th on 12 points from 15 and Manchester City 6th on 30 points from 15. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Manchester City 9th with 55.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 2 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Javier GarridoManchester City
  • 45'Goal · Pascal ChimbondaTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 61'Goal · Rolando BianchiManchester City · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Richard DunneManchester City
  • 82'Red card · Stephen IrelandManchester City
  • 82'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Gelson FernandesManchester City
  • 86'Yellow card · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur
  • 87'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 7, draws 2, Manchester City 1.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Pascal Chimbonda, Young-Pyo Lee, Younès Kaboul, Michael Dawson, Didier Zokora, Jermaine Jenas, Steed Malbranque, Dimitar Berbatov, Darren Bent, Aaron Lennon

Manchester City line-up (4-5-1)

Andreas Isaksson, Micah Richards, Vedran Ćorluka, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Johnson, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Kelvin Etuhu, Darius Vassell