Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2003

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester United

Premier League · Sunday 21 December 2003, 16:05 UTC · half-time 0-2

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-2 Manchester United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United 1-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 21 December 2003. The half-time score was 0-2.

John O'Shea opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Gustavo Poyet Domínguez (63'). Manchester United scored through John O'Shea (15') and Ruud van Nistelrooy (25').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 2 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 15th on 18 points from 16 and Manchester United 3rd on 37 points from 16. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 14th with 45 points, and Manchester United 3rd with 75.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Tottenham Hotspur win, 0 draws and 5 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · John O'SheaManchester United · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Ruud van NistelrooyManchester United · 0-2
  • 45'Yellow card · Mauricio TariccoTottenham Hotspur
  • 54'Yellow card · Paul KoncheskyTottenham Hotspur
  • 63'Goal · Gustavo Poyet DomínguezTottenham Hotspur · 1-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Joshua Andrew HarropManchester United
  • 90'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 1, draws 0, Manchester United 5.

Team news

Tottenham Hotspur expected line-up

Kasey Keller, Goran Bunjevcevic, Stephen Carr, Gary Doherty, Anthony Gardner, Mauricio Taricco, Simon Davies, Jamie Redknapp, Rohan Ricketts, R. Keane, Helder Postiga

Manchester United expected line-up

Tim Howard, Rio Ferdinand, Quinton Fortune Kolobea, Darren Fletcher, Eric Djemba-Djemba, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Nicky Butt, Gary Neville, John O'Shea, Ryan Giggs, Diego Forlán Corazo