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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. spurs will win

    From Nhyim, on Sat 16 May 4:29PM

  2. 1-1

    From tinywirral, on Sat 16 May 4:28PM

  3. ;pv l dfggrhbg erujifg

    From rayjthomson, on Sat 16 May 4:26PM

  4. viduka goal should have stood!!! :

    From MARK, on Sat 16 May 4:23PM

  5. we realy need newcastle to beat Fulham. Come on­ newcastle

    From MARK, on Sat 16 May 4:21PM

  6. newcastle to beat fulam i hope

    From sacroft, on Sat 16 May 4:18PM

  7. come everton do the biz for spurs

    From sacroft, on Sat 16 May 4:15PM

  8. come newcastle we need u to win and next season­ someone differant to win league spurs maybe

    From sacroft, on Sat 16 May 4:14PM

  9. come on you spurs!!!!!! lets hope newcastle win against­ fulham

    From tara, on Sat 16 May 4:08PM

  10. come on city beat the spurs

    From paul g, on Sat 16 May 4:08PM

  11. anyone agree with me spurs best team in london

    From sacroft, on Sat 16 May 3:54PM

  12. Uh-oh, re 7th spot: Fulham have just gone a goal up at­ newcastle.

    From andy, on Sat 16 May 3:53PM

  13. This is too easy, Huddlestone could beat you prima­ donna's on his own.

    Wannabe man utd. ­ hahahahahaha

    From OMG WTF, on Sat 16 May 3:52PM

  14. WELCOME TO YOUR LESSON IN HOW TO PLAY FOOTBALL. ­ C.O.Y.S

    From OMG WTF, on Sat 16 May 3:51PM

  15. i agree with emmas message spurs for 7 here we come

    From sacroft, on Sat 16 May 3:47PM

  16. Spurs are the real pride of london

    From Nhyim, on Sat 16 May 3:45PM

  17. ha ha ha city will lose cos we won the prem and we dont­ want them scum celebrating today do we ha ha ha cmon­ spurs

    From DAZGGMU-RED-LEGEND-OF-YAHOO, on Sat 16 May 3:44PM

  18. COYS!

    From lee, on Sat 16 May 3:44PM

  19. come on city beat the yids

    From NATASHA, on Sat 16 May 3:42PM

  20. COME ON YOU SPURSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
    Get in there defoe,,­ 7th place here we come!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Emma, on Sat 16 May 3:42PM
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