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.
Key events
- 37'Goal · Niko Kranjčar
- 54'Goal · Jermain Defoe
- 62'Yellow card · Sylvinho
- 66'Yellow card · Wilson Palacios
- 69'Yellow card · N. de Jong
- 71'Yellow card · Niko Kranjčar
- 90'Goal · Niko Kranjčar
- 90'Yellow card · C. Tevez
Head-to-head
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