Manchester United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 24 April 2010
Result
Manchester United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur
Premier League · Saturday 24 April 2010, 11:45 UTC · half-time 0-0
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Manchester United 3-1 Tottenham Hotspur: match report
Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 24 April 2010. The half-time score was 0-0.
Ryan Giggs opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Manchester United's goals came from Ryan Giggs (58', penalty), Nani (81') and Ryan Giggs (86', penalty). Tottenham Hotspur scored through Ledley King (70').
Discipline: Manchester United received 1 yellow card; Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Manchester United were 2nd on 76 points from 35 and Tottenham Hotspur 4th on 64 points from 34. Manchester United went on to finish that season 2nd with 85 points, and Tottenham Hotspur 4th with 70.
Manchester United lined up in a 4-3-3 and Tottenham Hotspur in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Manchester United wins, 4 draws and 0 for Tottenham Hotspur.
Going into the match Manchester United's last five read W-D-L-W-W and Tottenham Hotspur's W-W-L-W-W.
Key events
- 35'Yellow card · Nani
- 58'Penalty goal · Ryan Giggs
- 70'Goal · Ledley King
- 81'Goal · Nani
- 86'Penalty goal · Ryan Giggs
Head-to-head
Team news
Manchester United line-up (4-3-3)
Edwin van der Sar, Patrice Evra, Nemanja Vidic, Rafael, Jonny Evans, Antonio Valencia, Darren Fletcher, Dimitar Berbatov, Nani, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes
Tottenham Hotspur line-up (4-4-2)
Heurelho Gomes, Michael Dawson, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Daniel Bentley, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Luka Modrić, Gareth Bale, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Jermain Defoe