Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009

Result

Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United

Premier League · Saturday 12 September 2009, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Tottenham Hotspur 1-3 Manchester United: match report

Tottenham Hotspur lost to Manchester United 1-3 in the Premier League on Saturday 12 September 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.

Jermain Defoe opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Tottenham Hotspur's goal came from Jermain Defoe (1'). Manchester United scored through Ryan Giggs (25'), Anderson (41') and Wayne Rooney (78').

Discipline: Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards; Manchester United received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Tottenham Hotspur were 2nd on 12 points from 4 and Manchester United 5th on 9 points from 4. Tottenham Hotspur went on to finish that season 4th with 70 points, and Manchester United 2nd with 85.

Tottenham Hotspur lined up in a 4-4-2 and Manchester United in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Tottenham Hotspur wins, 4 draws and 6 for Manchester United.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Jermain DefoeTottenham Hotspur · 1-0
  • 24'Yellow card · Wilson PalaciosTottenham Hotspur
  • 25'Goal · Ryan GiggsManchester United · 1-1
  • 41'Goal · AndersonManchester United · 1-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Nemanja VidicManchester United
  • 51'Yellow card · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 52'Yellow card · Ledley KingTottenham Hotspur
  • 59'Second yellow · Paul ScholesManchester United
  • 73'Yellow card · Jermaine JenasTottenham Hotspur
  • 78'Goal · Wayne RooneyManchester United · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Tottenham Hotspur 0, draws 4, Manchester United 6.

Team news

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

Carlo Cudicini, Sebastien Bassong, Vedran Ćorluka, Ledley King, Benoît Assou-Ekotto, Tom Huddlestone, Wilson Palacios, Peter Crouch, Aaron Lennon, R. Keane, Jermain Defoe

Manchester United expected line-up (4-4-2)

Edwin van der Sar, Nemanja Vidic, Jonny Evans, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dimitar Berbatov, John O'Shea, Gary Neville, Carlos Alberto Tevez, Ryan Giggs