Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: result and report
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2006
Result
Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City
Premier League · Saturday 8 April 2006, 11:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
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Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City: match report
Tottenham Hotspur won against Manchester City 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 8 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.
Paul Stalteri opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Paul Stalteri (44') and Michael Carrick (49'). Manchester City scored through Georgios Samaras (52').
Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received no yellow cards; Manchester City received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 4th on 55 points from 32 and Manchester City 13th on 40 points from 32. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 5th with 65 points, and Manchester City 15th with 43.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 3 draws and 1 for Manchester City.
Going into the match Tottenham Hotspur's last five read L-W-W-L-W and Manchester City's L-L-L-L-W.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Darius Vassell
- 44'Goal · Paul Stalteri
- 49'Goal · Michael Carrick
- 52'Goal · Georgios Samaras
- 59'Yellow card · Micah Richards
Head-to-head
Team news
Tottenham Hotspur line-up
Paul Robinson, Paul Stalteri, Young-Pyo Lee, Ledley King, Anthony Gardner, Michael Carrick, Jermaine Jenas, Teemu Tainio, R. Keane, Mido, Aaron Lennon
Manchester City line-up
Ben Thatcher, Sylvain Distin, Danny Mills, Richard Dunne, Micah Richards, Claudio Reyna, Kizito Kiki Musampa, Trevor Sinclair, Darius Vassell, Georgios Samaras, David James