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Saturday May 16, 2009 Finished White Hart Lane

2 - 1

Tottenham Hotspur

  • Defoe 30’
  • Keane 85’ (pen.)

Manchester City

  • Bojinov 63’

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  1. Keane spot on to see off City

    Keane spot on to see off City

    A late penalty from Robbie Keane gave Tottenham Hotspur a 2-1 Premier League win over Manchester City at White Hart Lane. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Tottenham Hotspur
    • Manchester City
    • 90+3' There's the final whistle, and White Hart Lane breathes a giant sigh of relief. Tottenham have won 2-1 here to keep themselves in the running for the final European place.
    • 90+1' It's all hands on deck int he Spurs defence now as City throw forward everything they've got - including Shey Given for this corner!
    • 88' Zabaleta swings the second corner in a lot deeper... it's flicked on to Benjani at the far post...but he heads over unmarked from point blank range!!! Spurs almost saw their lead disappear once again right there. To be fair, Benjani had very little time to react, but he should still have done better.
    • 86' Predictably, City are throwing everyone forward in the dearch for an equaliser...and almost immediately they have a corner. The first one is cleared behind for another corner.
    • 85' Robbie Keane steps up...GOAL!!!! He trots up to the ball nonchalantly before sending Given the wrong way! Cool as anything.
    • 85' Penalty to Spurs!! Micah Richards is penalised for pulling the shirt of Fraizer Campbell!
    • 79' Modric tip-toes his way into the penalty area and lets fly with his right foot...but his shot flashes across the face of goal.
    • 77' Zabaleta puts a dangerous cross into the Spurs are. Komapany gets himself underneath it...but his header is a poor one. It almost went backwards.
    • 74' That wil be Pavlyuchenko's last touch of the match. He is now being replaced by Fraizer Campbell.
    • 68' What a miss from Pavlyuchenko! He ghosts behind the City defence to meet a cross from the right, but can only firect the ball wide of the post.
    • 65' Spurs go straight down the other end. They're attacking through Assou-Ekotto on the left hand side. He lofts a high ball over to Pavlyuchenko at the far post...but the Russian shins his volley straight into the advertising hoardings.
    • 64' City have made a much better start to the second half, and now they're level. Spurs will be rueing those missed chances of the first half.
    • 63' City have equalised!!! It's Valeri Bojinov! The ball fell to him in the area, and his left foot volley found the top corner. Superb build up play from Ireland and Benjani.
    • 61' Benjani is on for Caicedo too as Mark Hughes reshuffles his front line.
    • 59' City are about to make their second change fo the match. Martin Petrov is being repalced by Valeri Bojinov.
    • 56' Jenas finds himself in space 25 yards out for Spurs...he lines up a long range shot...but scuffs it wide of the target. Not one of his best efforts.
    • 52' This is a much better start to the second half from City. Petrov has just won them another corner. They have enough height in their team to trouble Spurs' rear guard. Richrds, Dunne and Kompany are all dangerous in the air.
    • 49' Another lightning quick break from City...Caicedo looks to work himself an opportunity...but it's out for a corner.
    • 47' Good news for both these teams here: Everton have just gone 2-1 up against West Ham United.
    • 46' City get the second half underway.
    • 46' One of the linesman has been replaced too.
    • 46' Spurs make one switch at half-time. Alan Hutton is on for Jonathan Woodgate.
    • 45' There's the half-time whistle. Spurs lead 1-0 through Jermain Defoe's goal on the half-hour mark.
    • 43' Huddlestone steps up...but that's an easy take for Given.
    • 42' Free-kick now in a decent position for Spurs after Zabaleta chops down Assou-Ekotto. Zabaleta is booked for that challenge.
    • 39' Assou-Ekotto has picked up a knock, though by the looks of it he should be able to carry on.
    • 36' An excellent spell this from Tottenham. City are bringing on Zabaleta for Elano, who appears to have a problem with his eye.
    • 32' Assou Ekotto now fizzes a dangerous ball across the box...Keane tries to bring it down inside the area, but the ball jsut gets away from him, and it's out for a goal kick.
    • 31' Manchester City are appealing for offside, but it is not given. The goal stands.
    • 30' Jenas spreads the ball wide to Huddlestone on the right wing, he fires a low ball into the near post...and Jermain Defoe puts Spurs ahead!!! He burst in ahead of Richard Dunne to be first to the ball, and got his reward.
    • 24' Somewhat scrappy stuff from both teams over the last two minutes, though Corluka now goes past his man and bombs into the box on the right flank...he pulls is back for Defoe...but Kompany is on hand to clear!
    • 21' A real chacne for Petrov. Spurs were let off the hook there.
    • 20' Free-kick for Spurs in the City half, but the delivery is awful and City break quickly. It's played forward to Caicedo, who holds it up well and plays in Martin Petrov, he cuts inside onto his right foot and shoots...but the shot is a tame one and Gomes saves!
    • 17' Ireland and Elano are constantly on the look out to release Caicedo in behind the Spurs line, but so far Gomes has always been alive to the threat of the big Ecuadorian, and has raced out to claim all balls played in behind the defence.
    • 14' Another fine save from Given, this time to push way a well-struck low shot from Roman Pavlyuchenko. That one was headed for the bottom corner.
    • 12' Jenas strides forward, City are giving him far too much space...he strikes one...and Onuoha finally comes forward to make an important block on the edge of the area.
    • 9' Jenas dinks a little through ball for Modric, but the Croat can't quite get himself onto the end of that, and it rund out for a goal-kick.
    • 4' Fine save from Shay Given low to his left to deny Jermain Defoe. Spurs are on the attack in the opening stages.
    • 3' Jermain Defoe has the ball in the back of the net!!! But the linesman's flag is up! It won't count, Defoe was offside when Keane cut in from the right wing.
    • 1 Spurs get the first half underway.
    • 14:58 Glorious, sunny day in North London, and a perfect surface for some nice football.
    • 14:50 Robinho is out injured for Manchester City, so Stephen Ireland, Martin Petrov and Elano all starting in their favoured attacking midfield roles. Caicedo will play on his own ion attack, while Vincent Kompany and Nigel de Jong anchor the midfield.
    • 14:50 Spurs have won eight of their last nine Premier League games against the Citizens. City have managed only three goals in their last eight Premier League road trips.
    • 14:50 Manchester City have averaged 2.00 goals per game in the six matches in which Robinho has not played. The Brzilian is ruled out through injury this afternoon.
    • 14:49 For the last four seasons at White Hart Lane this fixture has ended 2-1 to Tottenham. Jermain Defoe and Robbie Keane - who both play today - have two goals apiece in those four games.
    • 14:45 A big clash this in the fight for the final UEFA Cup spot. Fulham are in pole position to capture that final 7th place, though they have to travel to Newcastle today, and should they slip up, the winner of this game would go above them.
    • 14:45 Welcome to eurosport.yahoo.com's live text coverage of Tottenham Hostpur v Manchester City.

  • Team Stats

    Tottenham Hotspur Stats Manchester City
    51% Possession 48%
    16 Shots 12
    6 Shots on target 4
    3 Saves 3
    4 Corners 7
    8 Fouls 5
    3 Offsides 2
    0 Yellow cards 1
    0 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 25
    365 Accurate passes 333
    62 Bad passes 58

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Tottenham Hotspur
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Heurelho Gomes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 3 0
      32 Benoit Assou-Ekotto 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 43 17 5
      22 Vedran Corluka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 2 2
      26 Ledley King 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 28 2 1
      39 Jonathan Woodgate 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 0 0
      6 Tom Huddlestone 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 56 11 4
      14 Luka Modric 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 48 8 2
      8 Jermaine Jenas 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 31 2 2
      15 Robbie Keane 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 31 9 1
      9 Roman Pavlyuchenko 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 13 2 0
      25 Jermain Defoe 1 5 2 2 0 2 0 18 4 0
      3 Gareth Bale 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      21 Pascal Chimbonda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      2 Alan Hutton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 2
      18 Fraizer Campbell 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0
      5 David Bentley 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Didier Zokora 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 1
      23 Carlo Cudicini 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • Manchester City
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      37 Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 3 0
      33 Vincent Kompany 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 3 4
      25 Wayne Bridge 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 17 2
      2 Micah Richards 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 30 1 2
      22 Richard Dunne 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 29 1 3
      4 Nedum Onuoha 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 1 4
      7 Stephen Ireland 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33 8 5
      11 Blumer Elano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0
      17 Martin Petrov 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 4 0
      34 Nigel de Jong 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 59 9 2
      20 Felipe Caicedo 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 7 0
      5 Pablo Zabaleta 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 0 2
      28 Daniel Sturridge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      1 Joe Hart 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      27 Benjamin Mwaruwari 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 1
      19 Gelson Fernandes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Valeri Bojinov 1 3 3 1 0 1 0 5 1 0
      36 Leandro Gláuber 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 88' Zabaleta swings the second corner in a lot deeper... it's flicked on to Benjani at the far post...but he heads over unmarked from point blank range!!! Spurs almost saw their lead disappear once again right there. To be fair, Benjani had very little time to react, but he should still have done better.
    • 85' Robbie Keane steps up...GOAL!!!! He trots up to the ball nonchalantly before sending Given the wrong way! Cool as anything.
    • 85' Penalty to Spurs!! Micah Richards is penalised for pulling the shirt of Fraizer Campbell!
    • 79' Modric tip-toes his way into the penalty area and lets fly with his right foot...but his shot flashes across the face of goal.
    • 65' Spurs go straight down the other end. They're attacking through Assou-Ekotto on the left hand side. He lofts a high ball over to Pavlyuchenko at the far post...but the Russian shins his volley straight into the advertising hoardings.
    • 63' City have equalised!!! It's Valeri Bojinov! The ball fell to him in the area, and his left foot volley found the top corner. Superb build up play from Ireland and Benjani.
    • 30' Jenas spreads the ball wide to Huddlestone on the right wing, he fires a low ball into the near post...and Jermain Defoe puts Spurs ahead!!! He burst in ahead of Richard Dunne to be first to the ball, and got his reward.
    • 24' Somewhat scrappy stuff from both teams over the last two minutes, though Corluka now goes past his man and bombs into the box on the right flank...he pulls is back for Defoe...but Kompany is on hand to clear!
    • 14' Another fine save from Given, this time to push way a well-struck low shot from Roman Pavlyuchenko. That one was headed for the bottom corner.

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mark Halsey

  • Tottenham Hotspur

    Manager: Harry Redknapp

    Captain: Ledley King

    Starting line-up

    • H. Gomes
    • V. Corluka
    • J. Woodgate Substitution Out (45′)
    • L. King
    • B. Assou-Ekotto
    • R. Keane
    • J. Jenas
    • T. Huddlestone
    • L. Modric
    • J. Defoe Goal
    • R. Pavlyuchenko Substitution Out (74′)

    Subs

    • C. Cudicini
    • D. Zokora
    • P. Chimbonda
    • A. Hutton Substitution In45′
    • G. Bale
    • F. Campbell Substitution In74′

    Injured

    • D. Bent
    • D. Bentley
    • A. Lennon
    • J. O'Hara

    Suspended

    None

  • Manchester City

    Manager: Mark Hughes

    Captain: Richard Dunne

    Starting line-up

    • S. Given
    • M. Richards
    • N. Onuoha
    • R. Dunne
    • W. Bridge
    • N. De Jong
    • V. Kompany
    • B. Elano Substitution Out (32′)
    • S. Ireland
    • M. Petrov Substitution Out (59′)
    • F. Caicedo Substitution Out (59′)

    Subs

    • V. Bojinov Substitution In59′ Goal
    • P. Zabaleta Substitution In32′
    • J. Hart
    • G. Fernandes
    • D. Sturridge
    • G. Berti

    Injured

    • D. Hamann
    • C. Bellamy
    • M. Benjani Substitution In59′
    • .. Robinho
    • M. Johnson

    Suspended

    None

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  1. manshitty turds

    From Colin H, on Sat 16 May 7:31PM

  2. man c, stoke are on your tail now!

    From paulhancock1123, on Sat 16 May 7:20PM

  3. Safwaan why abuse? It's the truth that hurts the­ weak the most. I'd put you in the top 5 of weak­ people. It's true Man C suck They have all themoney­ but no clout. At least Spurs spent a lot and proved it­ was worth it. As for people saying about childness and­ rudeness here, get a life! You have no idea what it is­ like to live in London and all it's greatness.

    From lee, on Sat 16 May 6:38PM

  4. Tottenham what a joke !

    From Renan, on Sat 16 May 5:48PM
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    hughes should be in charge of luton town or­ aldershot,we dont need ex reds

    From A, on Sat 16 May 5:37PM

  6. dont think many of you know much about football . by­ the way good win spurs

    From CHRIS M, on Sat 16 May 5:18PM

  7. city are @#$% with hughes in charge

    From snapper, on Sat 16 May 5:16PM

  8. Get bŁnt you southern fairies, you lot dont deserve­ anything. Im not saying Harry Redknapp doesnt, because­ he's done wonders. But your arrogance and childish­ insults ruin the whole sportsmanship thing.
    Maybe you­ should grow up and realise that if City beat you today,­ you'd all be the same, slagging City as a club and­ targeting specific players.
    Whatever happened to­ "good game" or "well played".
    Spurs­ won, Im not making any excuses for City, they should­ have played better, but just remember the shoe could­ have been on the other foot!!!!
    Im proud of City­ whether they lose or win.
    Keep it up lads, whatever­ these fairies have to say it makes no odds

    From Fran E, on Sat 16 May 5:15PM
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    0 0 Report abuse84.Tottenham go to hell !

    From Safwaan, on Sat 16 May 5:05PM

  10. your commentaries are @#$%. take too long between­ updates and can't get the names correct

    From nnevitt2jy, on Sat 16 May 5:03PM

  11. 3-1
    keane hatrick
    man city

    bojinov

    From davidkington, on Sat 16 May 5:03PM

  12. haha retards couldnt win! Yid Army! Good Game boys

    From One Durkstar, on Sat 16 May 5:03PM
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    iwejhtrujlhgiehjriwhiutehr

    From Nicolas, on Sat 16 May 5:01PM

  14. go spur go.....
    redknapp 4ever...

    From emonemo86, on Sat 16 May 5:01PM

  15. Hopefully sacroft. Fulham have Everton and us Manure­ 2nd team. Fingers crossed man! :D

    From lee, on Sat 16 May 5:01PM

  16. I'm a Villa fan but if they don't give Harry­ Redknapp an award for what he's done for Spurs this­ season then there's no justice!

    From ian, on Sat 16 May 5:01PM

  17. another great win thanks to keane and defoe who said­ they cant play together

    From sacroft, on Sat 16 May 5:00PM

  18. spurs win! love spurs!

    From faiz_sevenfold, on Sat 16 May 4:58PM

  19. COME ON SPURS!!!!! europa league here we come!!

    what­ a season bad start but the boys came through in the end­ am soo happy that we pulled though and shut the critics­ up

    From Aiden Jay Shane, on Sat 16 May 4:58PM

  20. Erm, 'robino' not playing.

    This has been the­ worst experience following a game here. We're about­ 20 min behind the action, updates are irregular and­ whoever is doing them cam'y typw!!

    From andy, on Sat 16 May 4:57PM
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