Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur – Second half review: English Premier League (Part 1)
Manchester City started the second half of their English Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur with a one goal lead over Harry Redknapp’s men thanks to Peter Crouch’s own goal in the first half. Both the teams began the
second half with the same teams that ended the first half as neither of the managers opted to make any half-time changes to their line-ups.
It was Tottenham who fashioned open the first clear cut goal scoring opportunity of the second half. Steven Pienaar who came on in the first half in place of http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Wilson-Palacios-c36948 found himself clean through on goal inside the Manchester
City penalty area. The South African winger met Aaron Lennon’s cross with authority but Joe Hart produced an acrobatic save to maintain his team’s lead at the Eastlands stadium. Tottenham were left shell shocked by Hart’s save which was truly a majestic one.
In the 52nd minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pablo-Zabaleta-c29022 for the header but only managed
in elbowing the Argentinean full back on the nose. City’s medical team rushed onto the field in order to look after their right back and it was eventually decided that Zabaleta was not fit to continue the match as he was replaced with http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Aleksandar-Kolarov-c4475.
In the 59th minute, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Joe-Hart-c18699’s goal. Fortunately for the home side, Van der
Vaart’s shot lacked accuracy as it sailed over the cross bar. Tottenham slowly grew back into the match after the 60th minute. Harry Redknapp’s men committed more men in attack as Van der Vaart started to dictate the tempo of the match alongside
Luka Modric in central midfield.
On the other hand, Manchester City were quite content with their counter attacking strategy. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Roberto-c31294 Mancini’s men were confident in their defensive solidity as Tottenham failed to produce any real goal scoring chances of note
despite maintaining a monopoly over ball possession.
In the 62nd minute, Manchester City gave away a cheap free kick as Edin Dzeko pulled http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Rafael-c30339 Van der Vaart stepped up to take the free kick but the Dutchman only succeeded in finding the Tottenham’s
wall with his set piece as the score line remained at 1-0 in favour of home side.
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