Tottenham Hotspur vs Manchester City
Match pulse
TOTAttacking pressure by 5 minutes
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOT | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| MNC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Who won: Spurs 3-1
Tottenham Hotspur beat Manchester City 3-1 on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at White Hart Lane. Goals for Spurs: Clint Dempsey (75'), Jermain Defoe (79') and Gareth Bale (82'). Goals for Man City: Samir Nasri (5').
Play by play
- 93'
<b>FULL TIME</b> - well, what a transformation in the game. Man City should have been home and dry by the hour mark, instead they lapsed and Spurs scored three in seven minutes to beat the champions and resurrect their top four charge.
- 92'
Lescott is playing up front. Oh dear.
- 91'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Clichy off, Lescott on.
- 90'
Three added minutes. Those three Spurs goals came in the space of six minutes and 22 seconds.
- 89'
Kolarov fires over the bar.
- 88'
Tevez wins a free kick on the edge of the box. A lifeline for City.
- 87'
Toure fires wildly over from distance. Could this be the final blow for Mancini's job too I wonder?
- 86'
This will bring Tottenham level on points with Chelsea and two behind Arsenal with a game in hand.
- 85'
Don't forget the ramifications of this result - if City lose, as looks likely, Manchester United can win the title on Monday night by beating Aston Villa.
- 84'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> Dzeko goes off after an awful afternoon. The lesser spotted Scott Sinclair is on.
- 83'
What a turnaround! Huddlestone slides in Bale, who gets the run on Clihcy, and his finish is dreamy, dinking it over Hart and into the net. City's misery is complete.
- 82'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Bale makes the game safe!
- 81'
City are shell shocked. They should have been out of sight in the first half. Missed chances have cost them.
- 80'
Fantastic goal, Holtby intercepts the ball and finds Defoe and Kompany allows him too much room to cut in and lash a fearsome shot into the bottom corner. Excellent goal.
- 79'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Defoe scores a belter!
- 78'
City's composure deserts them when the break was on, Tevez firing a pass out of play.
- 77'
That has stirred City, Toure plays in Tevez but his cross is cleared, then Kolarov's header is claimed by Lloris.
- 76'
An excellent ball from Bale, right into the danger area, Dempsey did well to stay onside, Kompany left it and the American slots home. Game on!
- 75'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/goal.gif"> <b>GOAL</b> Dempsey equalises!
- 74'
City get away with that as a stray pass confuses Hart and Kompany, prompting Dempsey to nip in. As it turned out, Hart got a vital touch as Dempsey tried to poke it round him.
- 73'
Dempsey shoots from range but it is right at Hart. He had options wide too.
- 72'
Now all we need is the equally poor Dzeko to get the chop.
- 71'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/subs.gif"> The largely awful Adebayor goes off and Jermain Defoe comes on.
- 70'
<img src="http://soccernet-assets.espn.go.com/design05/gp10/i/yellow_card.jpg" height="15"> Kolarov booked for a trip and a bit of dissent.
- 69'
Holtby is racing around while Huddlestone just keeps fouling people. He needs to be careful.
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