Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Monday 17 April 2006

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Monday 17 April 2006, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Monday 17 April 2006. The half-time score was 0-2.

Wayne Rooney opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermaine Jenas (53'). Manchester United scored through Wayne Rooney (8') and Wayne Rooney (36').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 1 yellow card; Manchester United received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 61 points from 34 and Manchester United 2nd on 76 points from 34. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 83.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 0-2
  • 50'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 53'Goal · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul StalteriTottenham Hotspur

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur line-up

Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Michael Dawson, Calum Davenport, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Edgar Davids, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe, Aaron Lennon

Manchester United expected line-up

Edwin van der Sar, Mikaël Silvestre, Wes Brown, Rio Ferdinand, Cristiano Ronaldo, Louis Saha, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Alan Smith, Paul Scholes, Gary Neville, John O'Shea