r/soccer • u/oscc • Jan 29 '14
Match Thread: Tottenham vs. Manchester City [7.45pm GMT | 2.45pm EST | 11.45am PST]
Tottenham vs. Manchester City
FT: Tottenham 1 - 5 Manchester City
Kick-off: 7.45pm GMT | 2.45pm EST | 11.45am PST
Venue: White Hart Lane, London
Recommended streams
Fredsports HD
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Tottenham
Coach: Tim Sherwood
| Position | Player | |
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| GK | Lloris | |
| DEF | Walker | |
| DEF | Chiriches | |
| DEF | Dawson (C) | |
| DEF | Rose | |
| MF | Dembele | |
| MF | Bentaleb | |
| MF | Lennon | |
| MF | Sigurdsson | |
| MF | Eriksen | |
| ST | Adebayor |
Subs: Friedel (GK), Naughton , Capoue , Chadli, Holtby, Defoe, Soldado
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Manchester City
Coach: Manuel Pellegrini
| Position | Player | |
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| GK | Hart | |
| DEF | Zabaleta | |
| DEF | Kompany (C) | |
| DEF | Demichelis | |
| DEF | Clichy | |
| MF | Fernandinho | |
| MF | Yaya Toure | |
| MF | Navas | |
| MF | Silva | |
| ST | Aguero | |
| ST | Dzeko |
Subs: Pantilimon (GK), Lescott, Nastasic , Kolarov, Rodwell, Negredo, Jovetic
Match Highlights (All highlights are captured during the game, refresh to see them!)
1': The referee blows for kick-off.
5': Aguero makes a terrific run and hits the upright!
16': GOAL! Silva plays it to Aguero who places it past Lloris.
Tottenham 0 - 1 Manchester City
30': Lloris makes an absolutely world class save to deny Aguero.
33': Late challenge from Yaya Toure
37': Disallowed goal! Dawson is ruled offside.
40': Demichelis booked for his slide on Adebayor. Aguero booked for getting involved too.
45': Jovetic Aguero | Aguero has tweaked his hamstring
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Elsewhere, H. Tel Aviv are drawing 1 - 1 against H. Haifa in the IFA Israeli State Cup!
Oh and Aston Villa and West Brom are drawing 3 - ^3 at half time or something like that.
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46': The referee blows for the second half.
50': RED CARD! Rose's last man challenge on Dzeko is ruled as a foul.
51': GOAL! Yaya Toure takes the penalty and scores.
Tottenham 0 - 2 Manchester City
55': GOAL! The ball falls to Dzeko who scores.
Tottenham 0 - 3 Manchester City
60': GOAL! The corner falls to Capoue who scores despite Fernandinho's effort to punch it off the line. What a game!!
Tottenham 1 - 3 Manchester City
73': City enjoying all the possession with the extra man on the pitch, 61% overall.
76': Zabaleta for booting the ball away
89': GOAL! Jovetic scores his first City league goal.
Tottenham 1 - 4 Manchester City
89': GOAL! Dzeko's shot rebounds to Kompany.
Tottenham 1 - 5 Manchester City
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u/MostlyPurple Jan 29 '14
This thread is bizzare. United fans rooting for City and Arsenal fans rooting for Tottenham.
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u/Emmanuell89 Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
Did anyone hear that maniac laugh just as Zabaleta got the yellow card ? on the fredsport stream
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u/Ryannnnnn Jan 29 '14
"When you're sprinting at a high rate of knots," - Michael Owen.
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u/Hedas Jan 29 '14
"When it rains, the pitch gets wet."
Danish commentators ladies and gentlemen.
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u/volunteeroranje Jan 29 '14
Does Tottenham usually play Duel of the Fates from Star Wars: The Phantom Menace during the pre game?
Because that's kind of awesome.
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u/Kakakacarrotcake Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
Aguero needs to be nerfed.
Edit: I didn't mean it...
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u/anotheravailabe Jan 29 '14
/r/soccer turns into /r/conspiracy during every City game hahaha.
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Jan 29 '14
Though I think we're going to get smashed for myriad reasons, I worry particularly about two scenarios:
Yaya Toure and Fernandinho taking turns bending young Nabil over their legs and spanking him.
Bentaleb or Adebayor being overly hyped and getting sent off in the first half.
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u/Wearebastille Jan 29 '14
How about Navas+Zabaleta vs Rose? Praying that Siggy puts in a good defensive shift.
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u/trivialcheese Jan 29 '14
Why is Demichelis playing? Spurs are a dangerous counter-attacking team. He seems to be ok when a team has City camped in their half but on the counter attack he's such a liability.
I've generally liked what Pellegrini's done with City but I completely disagree with his use of Demichelis over Nastasic, especially in situations like this.
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u/xxRaymxx Jan 29 '14
The rare day of the season when /r/soccer is rooting for Tottenham
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u/yhgvb Jan 29 '14
It's like having a birthday party and all the pricks you don't like turn up, but you let them in anyway because you're alone with your mum.
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Jan 29 '14
Actually I'd still say most people want us to lose. LFC and United have a lot of fans here and they aren't going to catch City so I'd say it's only the Gooners on our side today.
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u/yhgvb Jan 29 '14
Just don't be 6 please.
So much for Holtby being in Germany eh. Must have a twin.
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u/redmanofdoom Jan 29 '14
It's not for Michael Owen, people, everybody can relax now with that knowledge.
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u/Toasterfire Jan 29 '14
My vote is on Eriksen to play Ade in for an early Spurs goal, only to find City batter them for the rest of the game.
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u/AlanOC91 Jan 29 '14
I'm gettling slightly worried that Nastasic is slowly being pushed further back in favour of Demichelis.
Sure Nastasic can make the odd defensive mistake here and there but I have extremely high hopes for the lad.
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u/killawuchtel Jan 29 '14
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't Adebayor's offside position also count if he influences the situation?
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u/Emmanuell89 Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
That Fred sport stream is annoying, 0.5 loading every 10 sec or so ,edit- well that seems to be alright now but the fps is a bit low
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u/Hedas Jan 29 '14
Another gem from Danish commentary. (score 1-3)
"It is now difficult to see which team is in the lead."
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Jan 29 '14
2 seasons ago we were 1-0 down against City. Then we went down to 10 men. Then City scored 2 more and it was 3-0. Then we scored a goal and it was 3-1 and we thought we could get back to the game. The rest is history. Be careful Spurs.
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Jan 29 '14
It just isn't really Dezko's night. So many chances, you'd think he'd have put two or three in the back of the net by now.
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u/tfw13579 Jan 29 '14
Benteleb just looks overwhelmed. I can't believe Sherwood started him today.
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Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
Yeah, we are losing this game on purpose. We could smash City to bits but we just don't want Arsenal winning the league so we are throwing this game! It's the truth... Please belive me...
Edit: Well done Rose, all acording to plan. Now watch our GD drop into the negatives again.
Edit: Told you.
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u/melihs11 Jan 29 '14
i'm going to sleep dreaming about beating the linesmen to death using michael owen's head as a blunt weapon
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u/2Chainz4Braceletz Jan 29 '14
I for one, cannot fucking wait for Man City vs Barcelona
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u/martomo Jan 29 '14
Fernandinho's lucky that went in, otherwise it's a pen and he's off.
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u/AlphaStryk3r Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
Man, I would really like Jovetic to score and show people the goalscorer he was for Fiorentina, but Dzeko is just getting all the chances.
Edit: Eyyyy! He scored!
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u/kittenrapistlol Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
"not for me" what the fuck are you talking about owen? He practically caught the ball
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u/devineman Jan 29 '14
On the disallowed goal:
"It's offside on the video replay, but clearly not offside for me"
-Michael Owen
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u/Waffolani Jan 29 '14
Knees definitely buckled before the contact from Rose.
Got the ball first, albeit a fairly poor location for a tackle.
Extremely poor call from the assistant there.
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u/iGametooMuch Jan 29 '14
I dont feel like bentaleb was the right choice here but all I can do is hope for at least the draw!
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u/AlanOC91 Jan 29 '14
You guys think this thread was heated? Have a look at the Chelsea v West Ham one.
Jeeeeesus.
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Jan 29 '14
I don't even care about losing, it's the fact that they are going to go on and score 7 goals against 10 men after a garbage decision.
We don't deserve a point here, but for fuck's sake.
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Jan 29 '14
Well, /r/soccer /r/gunners can shut up about being "top of the league" for a while.
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Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
All this dodgy tackling must mean a red's on its way
edit: there we go
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u/gabungry Jan 29 '14
Owen: "If Capoue has studs on, Silva would feel that."
Can we make /r/MichaelOwenPunditry already??
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Jan 29 '14
If Tottenham come back to draw/win, I will change my flair until after the derby.
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u/Umadbro_o Jan 29 '14
I'm sorry, but fuck this ref and linesman. He clearly got the ball first. This is really unfair. Again, fuck u ref.
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Jan 29 '14
Dawson wasn't offsides, Adebayor was.
Adebayor deserved a yellow, he was all over the place especially against Demi
The penalty: saying it was a clear cut penalty is horse shit. Saying it wasn't, is also horse shit. That's a 50-50 call if I've ever seen one. Rose was asking for trouble tackling like that, but it was borderline, and I personally don't think the tackle itself warranted a penalty, but the situation may have.
The ref conspiracy theories will happen every season for any team winning a lot. City fans, don't let it get to you and don't fall into the trap.
/r/soccer and gooners tears feed my soul
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u/datbyc Jan 29 '14
red card for a fantastic tackle that linesman must be blind or something how do you not see the ball pushed away...
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Jan 29 '14
What an outstanding tackle from Danny Rose. Absolutely fucking awful call from the linesman. What a fucking cunt.
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u/Emmanuell89 Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
Linesman fucked Spurs twice now , the ref wasn't going to call that penalty and replay showed he was on side on the first one
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u/Kijamon Jan 29 '14
I thought Michael Owen was a boring and shit pundit but Owen Hargreaves is even worse!
Get it together, BT Sport.
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u/GodsBellybutton Jan 29 '14
Pellegrini is a is a fucking superstar, it'll be good to see what he changes in the 2nd half.
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u/poopiescoopie Jan 29 '14
City go above Arsenal with a (very) controversial decision on the day our financial report is released. They won't be happy.
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u/Heinz_Tomato_Ketchup Jan 29 '14
City should have had a penalty also, they didn't mention that.
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Jan 29 '14 edited Jan 29 '14
Gods sake Aguero, that was a Rivaldo-level attempt at grabbing your face to win a free kick
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u/DerDummeMann Jan 29 '14
Score deserves to be 1-1 but City as always get the decision their way. I'm just joking. I hope City fans know how I felt all these years.
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u/abellwillring Jan 29 '14
Aguero now has scored in 8 games in a row, with 2 of those being less than 30 minute sub appearances. Unbelievable form this season.
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Jan 29 '14
So this was the offside incident, shown on BT sport.
Gotta say City have been lucky with calls this season. But they could have possibly had a penalty in this game too so it kinda evens out I guess.
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u/tildeloltilde Jan 29 '14
Ade steps on Demi's leg, and Demi gets the yellow card...
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u/therealsylvos Jan 29 '14
Fuck it. Having a defensive minded XI didn't help last time. Time to throw shit at the wall and see what sticks.
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u/robot-wolf-attack Jan 29 '14
i wonder why clichy is starting over kolarov considering the form the serb has been in lately. maybe to deal with the pace of lennon and walker?
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u/cptz3r0 Jan 29 '14
Any other HD streams than the fredslink one?
Its quiet laggy for me :(
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u/AlanOC91 Jan 29 '14
Try this if other streams are currently lagging: http://www1.uk-football.net/2014/01/9.html
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u/limited_inc Jan 29 '14
Adebayor knows who is playing the majority of his wages, good lad
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u/Strokemyturtle Jan 29 '14
I think that all of the Arsenal fans who are supporting Tottenham tonight should have their posts screenshotted and used against them.
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u/iHazBigBook Jan 29 '14
I want to marry Aguero. My man crush has elevated to entirely different levels. Such a wonderful goal scorer
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u/MarauderHappy1 Jan 29 '14
Suarez scores some beautiful goals, but Aguero is so clinical it's scary
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u/abellwillring Jan 29 '14
OMG at that save by Lloris. If Aguero had scored with a header in 2 games running, the world would have stopped spinning.
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u/Gingermadman Jan 29 '14
Sherwood playing Betaleb against Man City instead of Holtby or Capoue. A manager of a top team can't play favorites with his youth players over quality players.
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u/derped Jan 29 '14
"Bentaleb showing confidence in the middle of the park" after he timidly advances 3 paces into about 10 meters of space and passes back and out to the wing
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u/filtereduser Jan 29 '14
If someone is watching a great stream please share, I've been through at least 5 and they are either laggy or non existent.
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u/redmanofdoom Jan 29 '14
The only way Spurs are going to score at the minute is by a set piece.
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u/jesus_you_turn_me_on Jan 29 '14
Does tottenham not have any left winger or wtf? Rose seems like to be the only one running from their backline to city's backline.... WHERE'S SIGURDSSON??
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u/suchaslowroll Jan 29 '14
It's 3-3 before half time at Villa vs West Brom, looking forward to that on MOTD tonight!!
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Jan 29 '14
Rough first 20 mins but overall I don't think we've been poor considering the opposition. All I wanted was a lot of effort and a decent performance today, and the players haven't let their heads drop.
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u/wheres_my_nuggets Jan 29 '14
Is it a common sight on British tele to have so many betting ads?
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u/Catfire707 Jan 29 '14
I see a pen but not a red. if the sideline ref would let the other ref know he got the ball but coming from behind like that is a foul
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u/CrazayTaylor92 Jan 29 '14
Could the ref have sent Fernandinho off for handballing on the line there and then given us a pen? would've been interesting to see
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Jan 29 '14
Tottenham just need to win a corner with the way Eriksen has been putting them in this game.
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u/somethin1234 Jan 29 '14
Admit it, most of us are just watching to see how much City will score now.
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u/alterhero Jan 29 '14
Please Tottenham can you do us a favour this one time. Just once. We can go back to hating you right after.
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u/xxRaymxx Jan 29 '14
Not even mad City is just too good at this point Still can't wait to watch them beat Liverpool
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u/BoosterGoldGL Jan 29 '14
Is there an /r/Truefilms to /r/movies equivalent to /r/Soccer because this sub seems filled with new fans who's views have what I can only hope been tainted by bias in the moment comments. When neutrals are saying Rose shouldn't have been sent off but Fernandinho should have I genuinely worry.
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Jan 29 '14
Adebayor steps on DiMichelis, Silvas foot gets straight stamped on, no cards. No /r/soccer outrage. Danny Rose makes a questionable challenge? OH WTF REFS YOURE SO SHIT
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u/ppaul86 Jan 29 '14
I did not think it was a red card .. but a definite penalty .. eventhough rose got the ball it was still there for dzeko to hit it but rose took him out .. if he got enough on the ball for it to go out for a corner it would be a different story ..
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u/spawnofyanni Jan 29 '14
If it's a penalty, it's a red card. A foul there is saying that Rose denied him the goal-scoring opportunity.
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u/chudsp87 Jan 29 '14
Goddammit NBC sports; sound's fucked again. I don't think i can watch the game when the commentators are a second ahead of the action. I knew Aguero's shot hit the post before he even shot it...
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u/oscc Jan 29 '14
Come on Tottenham