Dzeko's Late Goal Leads to City Win over Spurs
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English Premier League—Etihad Stadium; Manchester, England
Manchester City 2-1 Tottenham
Goals: Steven Caulker (Tottenham) 21', Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) 65', Edin Dzeko (Manchester City) 88'
Yellow Cards: Kyle Walker (Tottenham) 27', Pablo Zabaleta (Man City) 29', Emmanuel Adebayor (76')
Manchester City: Hart (GK), Zabaleta, Kompany, Nastasic (Maicon 57'), Clichy, Y. Toure, Barry, Kolarov, Silva, Tevez (Dzeko 73'), Aguero (Garcia 90')
Tottenham: Friedel (GK), Walker (Dawson 78'), Caulker, Gallas, Vertonghen, Sandro, Huddlestone, Lennon (Naughton 87'), Bale, Dempsey, Adebayor (Defoe 80')
Here is my recap article from today's match.
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FT: Manchester City 2, Tottenham 1
90+4' Spurs have failed to go forward and attack for most of the match, the final minutes of the second half are no different.
90+1' MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTION
Javi Garcia comes on for Sergio Aguero.
90' Five minutes have been added on to the end of the second half.
88' GOAL!!! Manchester City 2-1
The super-sub does it again!
Edin Dzeko with a brilliant goal off of a beautiful chip pass from Silva.
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87' TOTTENHAM SUBSTITUTION
Kyle Naughton replaces Aaron Lennon.
86' He may not be playing but the cameras have just caught Mario Balotelli in the stands, apparently sleeping.
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83' BIG SAVE BY FRIEDEL!
The Spurs keeper saves a shot by Aguero, who has been the best City player on the pitch today.
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82' Silva with a chance on goal this time but his shot slides to the left of the Spurs net.
82' Aguero makes a great run into the penalty area, he passes to Kolarov, whose shot is deflected out for a corner by Gallas.
Resulting corner is cleared by Spurs and City still can not find the winning goal.
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80' TOTTENHAM SUBSTITUTION
Jermain Defoe replaces Emmanuel Adebayor.
79' Off of a Silva corner, Dzeko's header goes just wide of the net.
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78' TOTTENHAM SUBSTITUTION
Michael Dawson replaces Kyle Walker.
76' YELLOW CARD!
Emmanuel Adebayor is booked by Michael Oliver.
76' Kolarov with a searching cross into the penalty area but it skips out for a goal kick.
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74' Bale with a strong shot on goal and Hart is there to make the save.
That was the best involvement in the match so far by the Welshman for Spurs.
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73' MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTION
Edin Dzeko replaces Carlos Tevez.
72' Tevez with a shot on goal, put it slides past Friedel and the back post.
72' Play resumes and Huddlestone's free kick intended for Adebayor is cleared by the City defense.
70' Sandro and Yaya Toure challenge each other for the ball.
Toure down on the pitch being treated by trainers, Spurs have earned a free kick.
68' Maicon with a cross into the penalty area but it fails to find any City players.
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65' GOAL! Manchester City
Sergio Aguero equalizes for the hosts as he slots the ball into the net from right to left past Friedel.
65' City finally get a call in their direction as Clichy earns a free kick.
That free kick results in a Tottenham clearance.
63' City now have four fullbacks on the pitch, Clichy and Zabaleta are playing in the back three with Kompany, while Maicon and Kolarov are on the wings.
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