- May 20, 2005
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Spurs 3-1 Man City
Dempsey, Defoe, Bale Nasri
Spurs: Lloris, Walker, Dawson, Vertonghen, Assou-Ekotto, Sigurdsson, Dembele, Parker, Bale, Dempsey, Adebayor.Subs: Friedel, Huddlestone, Naughton, Defoe, Holtby, Livermore, Caulker.
Manchester City: Hart, Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic, Clichy, Toure, Barry, Milner, Tevez, Nasri, Dzeko.
Subs: Pantilimon, Lescott, Sinclair, Kolarov, Javi Garcia, Aguero, Kolo Toure.
Ref: Lee Mason
BBC Live Text
13:34 GOAL - Tottenham 0-1 Man City - Samir Nasri
I said earlier that Manchester City were at their very best in stages against Chelsea last weekend, and they reach the heights again to craft a wonderful opener at White Hart Lane.
Carlos Tevez holds the ball up well, running in to the right-hand corner before feeding the overlapping run of James Milner. Milner fires in a low cross to Samir Nasri, and the Frenchman does really well to steer his volley into the corner, past the despairing lunge of Kyle Walker on the line. What a start.
13:40 YELLOW CARD - Tottenham 0-1 Man City
Manchester City are purring along. James Milner again gets clear down the right but this time he can't find a final ball and his cross is cleared. Yaya Toure then picks up a brainless booking for kicking the ball away in midfield.
13:48 YELLOW CARD- Tottenham 0-1 Man City
Another early booking as Edin Dzeko holds the ball up well with his back to goal and Michael Dawson clatters into the back of him. The Spurs captain immediately holds his hands up in apology but it's a booking regardless. Dzeko is unhurt.
YELLOW CARD - Tottenham 0-1 Man City
14:35 Benoit Assou-Ekotto launches into a full-blooded challenge, catching Pablo Zabaleta with both feet and he is promptly booked.
14:48 SUBSTITUTION - Tottenham 0-1 Man City
AVB has obviously been reading Tyrone Lewis's tweet (see 1444) as Glyfi Sigurdsson and Scott Parker are replaced by Lewis Holtby and Tom Huddlestone.
14:54 YELLOW CARD - Tottenham 0-1 Man City
Yaya Toure muscles the ball off Tom Huddlestone in midfield, Huddlestone then kicks out at Toure and is shown a yellow card.
14:58 SUBSTITUTION - Tottenham 0-1 Man City
The biggest cheer of the day as Jermain Defoe comes on in place of Emmanuel Adebayor. Adebayor sees the funny side.
15:02 GOAL - Tottenham 1-1 Man City - Clint Dempsey (75 mins)
Tottenham have offered precious little attacking threat but they draw level as Gareth Bale feeds a low cross across the six-yard box with the outside of his right foot, Vincent Kompany and Joe Hart leave it to each other and Clint Dempsey prods in from close range.
Hart is adamant that the American was offside. He wasn't.
15:06 GOAL - Tottenham 2-1 Man City - Jermain Defoe (79 mins)
And Spurs have turned it around! Substitute Jermain Defoe gets away from Vincent Kompany on the left of the penalty area, twists back on to his right foot and hammers the shot into the corner. Stunning finish.
15:09 GOAL - Tottenham 3-1 Man City - Gareth Bale (82 mins)
This gets better and better for Spurs! Gareth Bale puts Manchester United in party mode with a sublime third goal, running on to a great ball from Tom Huddlestone, holding off Gael Clichy and then clipping over the head of Joe Hart. Jubilant scenes at White Hart Lane and Old Trafford.
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