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da bet nacional： Summary: Tottenham came from behind to beat Manchester City at White Hart Lane to strengthen their challenge for Champions League qualification.
Spurs had to do it the hard way after going in at half time a goal behind but staged a thrilling turnaround to move two points behind third place Arsenal in the Premier League table.
Defeat all but spells the end of City’s feint hopes of defending the trophy they won last May with Manchester United able to confirm themselves as champions should they beat Aston Villa on Monday.
It all started so brightly for Roberto Mancini’s men and they deservedly took the lead five minutes in when Samir Nasri steered James Milner’s cut-back past Hugo Lloris, after excellent approach play from Carlos Tevez down the right flank.
Nasri went from hero to villain soon after and was lucky to stay on pitch after he caught Kyle Walker in the shin with a mistimed tackle. The full back recovered and tested Joe Hart from a tight angle in one of the few chances Spurs managed to carve out in the first forty-five minutes.
Benoit Assou-Ekotto also entered referee Lee Mason’s notebook with late lunge on Pablo Zabaleta as the home side cranked up their search of an equaliser. It came with 15 minutes remaining when Gareth Bale was afford time and space to fizz a low cross into the City penalty area that and Clint Dempsey was on hand to convert.
The floodgates had now opened and Villas-Boas’ men took the lead four minutes later as substitute Lewis Holtby and Jermaine Defoe combined to score. Holtby was the provider, picking out Defoe’s run and the Spurs forward curled the ball past Hart.
Bale applied the gloss towards the end with a cute finish over Hart after being picked out by Tom Huddlestone’s pass to keep Tottenham’s top-four hopes intact.
Andre Villas-Boas post-match…”I have to thank their team for their fighting spirit, they never give up. Hopefully this gives us a push for the rest of the season. It’s very competitive and will probably go down to the wire. But you never know.”
Roberto Mancini post-match…”I cannot believe we lost this game. We had it under control and played very well for 80 minutes.This was our problem this year. When we had a chance we did not score, it is the mirror of our season. Instead, we did not score, and after, we did two mistakes.”
Good day for…Gareth Bale: Despite being far from 100% fit Bale was still as influential as ever for Spurs and, after a subdued opening to the game, came to life, providing the cross for Dempsey’s equaliser before notching the decisive third that secured victory.
Bad day for…Edin Dzeko: All eyes were on the Dzeko after his four-goal haul at White Hart Lane in last seasons corresponding fixture but it transpired to be a frustrating afternoon Bosnian striker as he struggled to impose himself on the game and barely tested Lloris.