Manchester City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Manchester City 3-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Sunday 22 January 2012, 13:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 22 January 2012. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Samir Nasri opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Samir Nasri (56'), Joleon Lescott (59') and Mario Balotelli (90+5', penalty). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Jermain Defoe (60') and Gareth Bale (65').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 1st on 51 points from 21 and Tottenham Hotspur 3rd on 46 points from 21. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 69.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Manchester City wins, 1 draw and 6 for Tottenham Hotspur.

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