Premier League - Bent double sinks City

Eurosport - Mon, 10 Nov 07:50:00 2008

Three men saw red as a Darren Bent brace in Tottenham's 2-1 win at Manchester City saw his side move off the foot of the Premier League table.

FOOTBALL 2008-2009 Premier League Tottenham Darren Bent - 0

The visitors found themselves trailing after a quarter of an hour but a Spurs win looked inevitable when Gelson Fernandes was dismissed in the 26th minute.

After the opening exchanges, where the game ebbed and flowed without either side creating a genuine scoring opportunity, Robinho opened the hosts account with a move he started and finished.

The Brazilian was on hand to emphatically fire home a parried Darius Vassell shot from close range. The former Real Madrid player started the move deep on the left wing before finding Stephen Ireland on the edge of the box. Ireland then slid the ball through to Vassell. Heurelho Gomes saved well but Robinho was their to score his sixth in as many games.

Spurs looked to hit back with a succession of free-kicks and corners but their big break came in the when Fernandes committed a second bookable offence. Fernandes can have no complaints after hacking both Luka Modric and then David Bentley down from behind in just a matter of minutes.

The equaliser was not long in coming and when provided with his first real opportunity of the game Bent made no mistake to drill home from just outside the box.

The former Charlton man capitalised on a mistake by City skipper Richard Dunne and outfoxed both the Irishman and his centre back partner Micah Richards before sending his powerful shot squirming under Hart.

It looked as though the visitors would extend their lead and Mark Hughes's men were perhaps fortunate to go into the changing rooms at half-time on level terms.

Despite trailing by a man it was the home side that looked more likely to score for large periods of the second half.

It was somewhat against the run of play that the North London outfit took the lead after Bent was on target again with his eighth goal in seven games. Bent reacted to a fine Jenas pass, moved the ball inside the box and fired low past hart into the bottom left of the net.

It looked all over but City continued to press and the Redknapp will have much criticised keeper Gomes to thank for keeping his side's noses in front.

The game was however effectively ended as a contest when last defender Dunne hauled down Bent just outside the box.

Spurs themselves had a man sent off when Benoit Assou-Ekoto picked up his second yellow late on but it was irrelevant and Redknapp perhaps won't mind as his rejuvenated Spurs side begin their march up the table.

Fintan Quinn / Eurosport

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  1. To the guy who calls us all tottenham muppets what a sad plonker he is. sounds like a typical gooner type geezer to me . at least we support our team through thick and thin not run off home if we aint winning 15 minutes before the final whistle. How sad are you mate COYS....

    From fawcett5@..., on Mon 10 Nov 8:08PM

  2. Bent is a bell end! City should have won but the Ref is buming Harry! Its ture google Darren Bent is a Bell End! or Ref Bums Harry!

    From Ste, on Mon 10 Nov 6:03PM

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    From go to www.premiership.altervista.org, on Mon 10 Nov 4:25PM

  4. ALL STUPID SPURS FANS HOY LONG DID YOU LOOSERS HAVE TO BRAG.IN NON TIME YOU'LL BE BACK WHERE STARTED AT THE BOTOM,THIS IS YOUR PLASE AND NO TEAM CAN TAKE IT FROM YOU LOSERS

    From mighdiseli, on Mon 10 Nov 3:55PM

  5. Roxanne - far better not to dignify his mindless drivel with a response. COYS!

    From GW, on Mon 10 Nov 2:38PM

  6. richard dunne in the last three games is well out off order and needs two get his head sorted out and put michach richards back in his faverit place in defence.

    From mick.hatton, on Mon 10 Nov 2:00PM

  7. jay is the typical pratt that likes to post @#$% anywhere he can utter attention seeker, spot him on Early Doors blog and give him some abuse he needs it

    From Roxy, on Mon 10 Nov 12:34PM

  8. Rednapp is a great motivator of players,something Spurs hav'nt had since Venables.
    He must make sure they keep on working as hard as they hav been in the last couple of weeks. Players like Jenas need kicking up the butt every week to get the best out of them!!

    From Wayne, on Mon 10 Nov 11:15AM

  9. Okay totenham are picking up points but they're only winning by the odd goal. Mid-table here the yido idiots come.

    From doubt.it.man, on Mon 10 Nov 11:05AM

  10. RE 'KEN C' -COME JANUARY DEFOE HAS PLAYED HIS REQUIRED YEAR AT POMP SO U BETTER HOPE HE IS SETTLED ON SAND BANKS! JERMAINE KNOWS THE HIGH ESTEEM WITH WHICH HE IS HELD BY ALL SPURS FANS, NONE OF US ARE SURPRISED AT HIS FORM SINCE PLAYING REGULAR FB. 'WE ARE TOTTENHAM, SUPER TOTTENHAM, FROM THE LANE!'

    From Jamjay, on Mon 10 Nov 10:54AM

  11. to all you bitter pompey fans the reason Rednapp came to spurs is because you hav no more money............£5million pound more I think!!

    From Wayne, on Mon 10 Nov 10:53AM

  12. TO ALL YOU SAD TOTTENHAM MUPPETS. FORGET ABOUT GETTING DEFOE BACK IN JANUARY AS NOT ONLY IS IT NOT ALOUD UNDER LEAGUE RULES, BUT HE HAS SAID HE DOESNT WANT TO GO BACK. ANYWAY LEVY SAYS YOUVE GOT NO MONEY UNLESS YOU SELL AND WHO WANTS ANY OF YOUR PLAYERS. IF DIARRA GOES ANYWHERE IT WILL BE MAN CITY BUT NOT FOR 10M MORE LIKE 20M. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE YOUR LUCK RUNS OUT AND REDKNAPP RUNS OFF TO HIS NEXT MULTI MILLION JOB. YOU HAVE A GOOD COACH IN JOE JORDAN SO HE WILL BE GOOD FOR DOING CARETAKER WHEN THAT HAPPENS. HOPE WE GET YOU IN THE CUP.

    From KEN C, on Mon 10 Nov 9:20AM

  13. Dunne is so prone to screw ups - changes r needed

    From daniellatarrant, on Mon 10 Nov 9:13AM

  14. Love 'em or hate 'em, Spurs form of late is fantastic under Redknapp - expect much more of the same after the January transfer window. I bet Defoe makes a welcome return to the Lane. If you think about it Harry could be Spurs' most successful manager since Bill Nicholson - the turn around at THFC is nothing short of miraculous. I know you're gonna disagree, but let's just watch, shall we?

    From Paul, on Mon 10 Nov 8:57AM

  15. FINALLYY!!

    The Modric Magic is showing off..this guy will do wonders for the team. Gomes is getting up on his feet too and just need a little bit more practice on set pieces.

    GO SPURS!!!

    From Slyshooter, on Mon 10 Nov 8:29AM

  16. Keep up..........,harry .welldone.

    From Andrew, on Mon 10 Nov 8:19AM

  17. well done Harry keep it up,don't let them players rest on these results which they hav done in the past....................

    From Wayne, on Mon 10 Nov 7:25AM

  18. once a red always a red Man U continue to haunt city on the pitch and at managerial level. Oh what great fun !!

    From Nicholas, on Mon 10 Nov 1:12AM

  19. SACK THE EX RED SO CALLED MANAGER OF CITY WHO HAS DONE NOTHING BUT BRING THE CLUB BAD LUCK SINCE HE STARTED.
    DUNNE YOU @#$%.
    NEW MANAGER,,NEW PLAYERS...
    COME ON CITY,,UNLESS YOU WILL BE BOTTOM OF THE PREMIERSHIP,,THEN RELEGATION.
    DONT PUT ALL OF US CITY FANS THROUGH THAT @#$% AGAIN
    C.T.I.D

    From big10, on Mon 10 Nov 12:50AM

  20. there is no other way you can go oh sorry next season down

    From abdu, on Mon 10 Nov 12:23AM
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