A dominant first half from Tottenham settled into a more even second half, but Manchester City was never able to significantly threaten Gomes and the Hotspur goal, leaving the first half heroics from Joe Hart to preserve a nil-nil draw to open the Premier League season.
Tottenham Hotspur Held To Scoreless Draw By Joe Hart, Manchester City
It was a result Roberto Mancini seemed intent on from the match’s onset, playing a 4-5-1 featuring all of Gareth Barry, Nigel de Jong and Yaya Touré in central midfield. Carlos Tévez was along up-top, his normal strike partner Emmanuel Adebayor getting a late run-out. Summer signing David Silva failed to make an impact in his first match with the Citizens, leaving City’s attempt impotent.
Spurs, on the other hand, create numerous changes, with all of Benoit Assou-Ekkotto, Gareth Bale, Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko getting quality chances. A man of the match performance from goalkeeper Joe Hart kept Spurs from scoring and gave Manchester City an away point.
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