Manchester City 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report

Premier League · Thursday 19 January 2023

Result

Manchester City 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur

Premier League · Thursday 19 January 2023, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-2

Manchester City · Tottenham Hotspur · Premier League predictions

Manchester City 4-2 Tottenham Hotspur: match report

Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 in the Premier League on Thursday 19 January 2023. The half-time score was 0-2.

Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Manchester City's goals came from Julián Alvarez (51'), Erling Haaland (53'), Riyad Mahrez (63') and Riyad Mahrez (90'). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Dejan Kulusevski (44') and Emerson Royal (45+2').

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

Going into the game Manchester City were 2nd on 39 points from 18 and Tottenham Hotspur 5th on 33 points from 19. Manchester City went on to finish that season 1st with 89 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 8th with 60.

Manchester City lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City (9.4), ahead of Rodri (7.9).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Yellow card · Riyad MahrezManchester City
  • 23'Yellow card · Cristian RomeroTottenham Hotspur
  • 31'Yellow card · Pierre-Emile HøjbjergTottenham Hotspur
  • 44'Goal · Dejan KulusevskiTottenham Hotspur · 0-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Emerson RoyalTottenham Hotspur · 0-2
  • 51'Goal · Julián AlvarezManchester City · 1-2
  • 53'Goal · Erling HaalandManchester City · 2-2
  • 63'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 3-2
  • 90'Goal · Riyad MahrezManchester City · 4-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Ederson, Rico Lewis, John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Nathan Aké, Rodri, İlkay Gündoğan, Riyad Mahrez, Julián Alvarez, Jack Grealish, Erling Haaland

Tottenham Hotspur line-up (3-4-2-1)

Hugo Lloris, Cristian Romero, Eric Dier, Ben Davies, Emerson Royal, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, Rodrigo Bentancur, Ivan Perisic, Dejan Kulusevski, Heung-min Son, Harry Kane