Premier League: Tottenham v Manchester City – in pictures

Premier League: Tottenham v Manchester City – in pictures

Posted by Sylvester on Thursday, January 30, 2014 0

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All the best images from White Hart Lane where Manchester City crushed 10-man Spurs to go top

 Just two minuts later it's 3-0 to City. Navas, on the right-hand edge of the area, slips a ball forward to Zabaleta on the overlap. He rolls a low cross inside to Silva, who drops a shoulder and hammers a shot towards the Spurs goal. Lloris turns the shot onto the left-hand post, stunningly so, but it rebounds to Dzeko, who flips a sidefooter into the right-hand side of the net

  Ten minutes before half-time Christian Eriksen whips in a free-kick towards the far post and Michael Dawson volleys the ball into the net. Spurs think they have equalised until they spot that the linesman has raised his flag for offside. It's a very close decision and Spurs are no doubt feeling aggrieved

 Emmanual Adebayor didn't take kindly to Martin Demichelis going through the back of him and tells the City defender exactly what he thought of his challenge 

 Dzeko is soon caught up by his team-mates who join in the celebrations. Then just before the hour mark Tottenham's Etienne Capoue batters a loose ball into the net and pulls a goal back

  If he's thinking about the 6-0 drubbing his team dished out to Spurs at the Etihad earlier in the season then it's no wonder Manuel Pellegrini looks quietly confident ahead of kick-off

 There's more controversy at the start of the second half when Edin Dzeko is fouled by Danny Rose inside the area. Fernandino powered down the middle of the park, and slipped the ball forward for Dzeko, who crumbled pitifully over the outstretched leg of Rose, the full back poking the ball out for a corner. The referee wasn't going to give the penalty, but the linesman insists, and as a result he's got no option but to send Rose off

 The visitors are having the lion's share of the opening exchanges as Vlad Chiriches found out when he clased with Edin Dzeko. City deservedly took the lead in the 17th minute when Sergio Aguero received the ball, then took a step into the area, drew Lloris off his line, and dinked a gorgeous finish across the keeper and into the bottom left

 Yaya Toure sidefoots confidently into the right-hand portion of the net to give the visitors a 2-0 lead

  Stevan Jovetic adds a fourth via a deflection before Vincent Kompany rubs salt into Spurs' wounds by prodding the ball home when it lands at his feet after Dzeko's shot is blocked

 It's no wonder Spurs's keeper Hugo Lloris looks dejected, he's just shipped in five goals. Spurs boss Tim Sherwood was probably just as dejected after Spur's first Premier League defeat under his reign. Final score: Tottenham 1-5 Manchester City

 A programme seller in the rain 

 Perusing the merchandise outside the ground.