Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Manchester City: result and report

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Manchester City

Premier League · Wednesday 16 December 2009, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 Manchester City: match report

Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Premier League on Wednesday 16 December 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Niko Kranjčar opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goals came from Niko Kranjčar (37'), Jermain Defoe (54') and Niko Kranjčar (90'). Manchester City did not score.

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Manchester City received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 5th on 27 points from 16 and Manchester City 7th on 26 points from 15. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Manchester City 5th with 67.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester City in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 0 draws and 1 for Manchester City.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 37'Goal · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 54'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 2-0
  • 62'Yellow card · SylvinhoManchester City
  • 66'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 69'Yellow card · N. de JongManchester City
  • 71'Yellow card · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur
  • 90'Goal · Niko KranjčarTottenham Hotspur · 3-0
  • 90'Yellow card · C. TevezManchester City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 9, draws 0, Manchester City 1.

Team news

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

Heurelho Gomes, Sebastien Bassong, Michael Dawson, Vedran Ćorluka, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Niko Kranjčar, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, Jermain Defoe

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

Shay Given, Wayne Bridge, Joleon Lescott, Kolo Touré, Micah Richards, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Nigel de Jong, Gareth Barry, Stephen Ireland, Emmanuel Adebayor