Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 April 2013

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Manchester City

Premier League · Sunday 21 April 2013, 12:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 Manchester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur defeated Manchester City 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 April 2013. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Samir Nasri opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Clint Dempsey (75'), Jermain Defoe (79') and Gareth Bale (82'). Manchester City scored through Samir Nasri (5').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Manchester City received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 58 points from 32 and Manchester City 2nd on 66 points from 32. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 72 points, and Manchester City 3rd with 74.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 1 draw and 5 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Samir NasriManchester City · 0-1
  • 12'Yellow card · Yaya TouréManchester City
  • 19'Yellow card · Michael DawsonTottenham Hotspur
  • 48'Yellow card · Benoît Assou-EkottoTottenham Hotspur
  • 66'Yellow card · Tom HuddlestoneTottenham Hotspur
  • 75'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 75'Goal · Clint DempseyTottenham Hotspur · 1-1
  • 75'Yellow card · Aleksandar KolarovManchester City
  • 76'Yellow card · Joe HartManchester City
  • 79'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-1
  • 82'Goal · Gareth BaleTottenham Hotspur · 3-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 4, draws 1, Manchester City 5.

Team news

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

Hugo Lloris, Clint Dempsey, Michael Dawson, Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembélé, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Emmanuel Adebayor, Kyle Walker, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Gareth Bale, Scott Parker

Manchester City line-up (4-2-3-1)

Joe Hart, Pablo Zabaleta, Vincent Kompany, Matija Nastasić, Gaël Clichy, Yaya Touré, James Milner, Samir Nasri, Edin Džeko, Gareth Barry, Carlos Alberto Tevez