Dzeko's Late Goal Leads to City Win over Spurs

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English Premier League—Etihad Stadium; Manchester, England

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')

4:05 PM ET

Here is my recap article from today's match.

10:24 AM ET

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FT: Manchester City 2, Tottenham 1

10:22 AM ET

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.

10:20 AM ET

90+1' MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTION

Javi Garcia comes on for Sergio Aguero.

10:19 AM ET

90' Five minutes have been added on to the end of the second half.

10:17 AM ET

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.

10:15 AM ET

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87' TOTTENHAM SUBSTITUTION

Kyle Naughton replaces Aaron Lennon.

10:15 AM ET

86' He may not be playing but the cameras have just caught Mario Balotelli in the stands, apparently sleeping.

10:12 AM ET

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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.

10:11 AM ET

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82' Silva with a chance on goal this time but his shot slides to the left of the Spurs net.

10:10 AM ET

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.

10:09 AM ET

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80' TOTTENHAM SUBSTITUTION

Jermain Defoe replaces Emmanuel Adebayor.

10:08 AM ET

79' Off of a Silva corner, Dzeko's header goes just wide of the net.

10:06 AM ET

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78' TOTTENHAM SUBSTITUTION

Michael Dawson replaces Kyle Walker.

10:05 AM ET

76' YELLOW CARD!

Emmanuel Adebayor is booked by Michael Oliver.

10:04 AM ET

76' Kolarov with a searching cross into the penalty area but it skips out for a goal kick.

10:02 AM ET

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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.

10:01 AM ET

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73' MANCHESTER CITY SUBSTITUTION

Edin Dzeko replaces Carlos Tevez.

10:01 AM ET

72' Tevez with a shot on goal, put it slides past Friedel and the back post.

10:00 AM ET

72' Play resumes and Huddlestone's free kick intended for Adebayor is cleared by the City defense.

9:58 AM ET

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.

9:57 AM ET

68' Maicon with a cross into the penalty area but it fails to find any City players.

9:54 AM ET

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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.

9:53 AM ET

65' City finally get a call in their direction as Clichy earns a free kick.

That free kick results in a Tottenham clearance.

9:51 AM ET

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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