English Premier League

FT Sunday, August 15, 2021
Manchester City LWWWL 0
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Tottenham Hotspur DWWDW 1
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium · 58,262 att.

Match Report

With Kane out, Tottenham beats Man City 1-0 in EPL opener

— Son Heung-min made up for the absence of Harry Kane by scoring a second-half winner to give Tottenham a 1-0 win over defending champion Manchester City on Sunday in their opening game of the Premier League season.

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
3
11
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
65.6
Possession
34.4
18
SHOTS
13
4
ON GOAL
3
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
469
Accurate Passes
227
548
Passes
293
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
3
30
Crosses
12
0.1
Cross %
0.3
22
Long Balls
51
9
Accurate Long Balls
25
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
5
Blocked Shots
5
11
Effective Tackles
9
16
Tackles
15
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
3
Interceptions
10
10
Effective Clearances
24
10
Clearances
24

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

TOT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Hugo LlorisG
  2. 15Eric DierCD-L
  3. 6Davinson SánchezCD-R
  4. 3Sergio ReguilónLB
  5. 25Japhet TangangaRB
  6. 29Oliver SkippCM
  7. 20Dele AlliLM
  8. 5Pierre-Emile HøjbjergRM
  9. 7Son Heung-MinF
  10. 23Steven BergwijnLF
  11. 27Lucas MouraRF

Substitutes

  1. 44Dane ScarlettSUB
  2. 22Pierluigi GolliniSUB
  3. 4Cristian RomeroSUB
  4. 18Giovani Lo CelsoSUB
  5. 8Harry WinksSUB
  6. 2Matt DohertySUB
  7. 11Bryan GilSUB
  8. 33Ben DaviesSUB
  9. 17Moussa SissokoSUB

MNC · 4-3-3

  1. 31EdersonG
  2. 6Nathan AkéCD-L
  3. 3Rúben DiasCD-R
  4. 22Benjamin MendyLB
  5. 27João CanceloRB
  6. 25FernandinhoCM
  7. 10Jack GrealishLM
  8. 8Ilkay GündoganRM
  9. 21Ferran TorresF
  10. 7Raheem SterlingLF
  11. 26Riyad MahrezRF

Substitutes

  1. 11Oleksandr ZinchenkoSUB
  2. 9Gabriel JesusSUB
  3. 14Aymeric LaporteSUB
  4. 13Zack SteffenSUB
  5. 16RodriSUB
  6. 20Bernardo SilvaSUB
  7. 5John StonesSUB
  8. 2Kyle WalkerSUB
  9. 17Kevin De BruyneSUB

Timeline

  1. 55' Goal! Tottenham Hotspur 1, Manchester City 0. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Bergwijn.
  2. 66' Lucas Moura (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 70' Substitution, Manchester City. Gabriel Jesus replaces Raheem Sterling.
  4. 77' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Giovani Lo Celso replaces Steven Bergwijn.
  5. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Riyad Mahrez.
  6. 79' Substitution, Manchester City. Oleksandr Zinchenko replaces Benjamin Mendy.
  7. 83' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Matt Doherty replaces Japhet Tanganga.
  8. 90' Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Cristian Romero replaces Pierre-Emile Højbjerg.
  9. 90'+1' Jack Grealish (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 90'+1' Davinson Sánchez (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card.

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