Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2009
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 16 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: match report
Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.
Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Jermain Defoe (29') and Robbie Keane (85'). Manchester City scored through Valeri Bojinov (65').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 8th on 48 points from 36 and Manchester City 10th on 47 points from 36. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 8th with 51 points, and Manchester City 10th with 50.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read D-W-L-W-W and Manchester City's L-W-W-W-L.
Key events
- 29'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 42'Yellow card · Pablo Zabaleta
- 65'Goal · Valeri Bojinov
- 85'Goal · Robbie Keane
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Jermaine Jenas, Luka Modrić, Roman Pavlyuchenko, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe, Jonathan Woodgate
Manchester City expected line-up (4-4-2)
Joe Hart, Richard Dunne, Javier Garrido, Michael Ball, Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov, Gelson Fernandes, Michael Johnson, Benjamin Mwaruwari, Darius Vassell, Vedran Ćorluka