Nedum Onuoha's bullet header earned Manchester City a 2-1 success over Tottenham at Eastlands as City ended their goal drought in style.The home side brought to an end a six-hour 14-minute wait for a goal stretching back to the Manchester derby on February 10 as they cancelled out Robbie Keane's goal with two second-half strikes.

The visitors opened the scoring after Pascal Chimbonda nicked the ball away from Vedran Corluka down the left and then slipped the ball into Keane (32) in the box who fired home left-footed across Joe Hart.

City's response was for Michael Johnson to set Nery Castillo free on the right - but with no one in support, he had to shoot at goal from a narrow angle and only found the side-netting.

Elano's left-footed strike then forced Paul Robinson into a diving save as the hosts stepped up the tempo.

Castillo then had a chance from close range, but a combination of Michael Dawson and Robinson charged down his second-half effort.

The pressure was building on the visitors, and City equalised in the 59th minute.

Benjani's left-wing cross was messed up by Castillo at the far post, but Elano nodded the ball on to Ireland - who looked offside as he converted from close range.

And City took the lead on 72 minutes through a rocket-like header from Onuoha. The defender netted his first goal for the club after climbing highest in the penalty area before powerfully heading beyond Robinson from Elano's flag kick.

Sub Darren Bent looked to have grabbed Spurs a point but his 85th-minute effort was controversially ruled out for offside.

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