Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United
Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United: match report
Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.
Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermain Defoe (1'). Manchester United scored through Ryan Giggs (25'), Anderson (41') and Wayne Rooney (78').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 2nd on 12 points from 4 and Manchester United 5th on 9 points from 4. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.
Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 6 for Manchester United.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read W-W-W-W and Manchester United's W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 24'Yellow card · Wilson Palacios
- 25'Goal · Ryan Giggs
- 41'Goal · Anderson
- 44'Yellow card · Nemanja Vidic
- 51'Yellow card · Paul Scholes
- 52'Yellow card · Ledley King
- 59'Second yellow · Paul Scholes
- 73'Yellow card · Jermaine Jenas
- 78'Goal · Wayne Rooney
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Carlo Cudicini, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe
Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)
Edwin van der Sar, Jonny Evans, Patrice Evra, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Ryan Giggs, Carlos Alberto Tevez