Manchester City 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur
| Match Information | |
| Stadium: | City of Manchester Stadium, England |
| Attendance: | 38,564 |
| Match Time: | December 18, 2007, 19:45 UK |
| Official(s): | S Bennett (Referee) |
| Scoring Summary | |
| Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Jermain Defoe (5) | |
| Steed Malbranque (82) | |
| Match Stats | ||
| Manchester City | Tottenham Hotspur | |
| Shots (on Goal) | 17(6) | 7(6) |
| Fouls | 8 | 11 |
| Corner Kicks | 4 | 6 |
| Offsides | 4 | 3 |
| Time of Possession | 46% | 54% |
| Yellow Cards | 3 | 3 |
| Red Cards | 0 | 1 |
| Saves | 3 | 4 |
| Manchester City | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 25 | Joe Hart | (G) |
| 22 | Richard Dunne | (D) |
| 24 | Javier Garrido | (D) |
| 2 | Micah Richards | (D) |
| 16 | Vedran Corluka | (D) |
| 21 | Dietmar Hamann | (M) |
| 15 | Martin Petrov | (M) |
| 11 | Blumer Elano | (M) |
| 6 | Michael Johnson | (M) |
| 12 | Darius Vassell | (ST) |
| 10 | Rolando Bianchi | (ST) |
| Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Paul Robinson | (G) |
| 3 | Young-Pyo Lee | (D) |
| 2 | Pascal Chimbonda | (D) |
| 5 | Younes Kaboul | (D) |
| 8 | Jermaine Jenas | (M) |
| 15 | Steed Malbranque | (M) |
| 4 | Didier Zokora | (M) |
| 25 | Aaron Lennon | (M) |
| 17 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | (M) |
| 18 | Jermain Defoe | (ST) |
| 9 | Dimitar Berbatov | (ST) |
| Manchester City Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 1 | Andreas Isaksson | (G) |
| 3 | Michael Ball | (D) |
| 8 | Deiberson Mauricio Geovanni | (M) |
| 28 | Fernandes Gelson | (M) |
| 9 | Emile Mpenza | (ST) |
| Tottenham Hotspur Substitutes | ||
| No. | NAME | POS |
| 12 | Radek Cerny | (G) |
| 6 | Teemu Tainio | (M) |
| 22 | Tom Huddlestone | (M) |
| 24 | Jamie O'Hara | (M) |
| 19 | Adel Taarabt | (M) |
| Manchester City Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Deiberson Mauricio Geovanni for Dietmar Hamann (59) |
| Emile Mpenza for Darius Vassell (69) |
| Michael Ball for Javier Garrido (77) |
| Tottenham Hotspur Substitutions |
| Substitutions |
| Teemu Tainio for Jermain Defoe (23) |
| Jamie O'Hara for Aaron Lennon (72) |
| Tom Huddlestone for Steed Malbranque (88) |
| Manchester City Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Richard Dunne | (45) |
| Michael Johnson | (52) |
| Blumer Elano | (65) |
| Tottenham Hotspur Yellow Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Pascal Chimbonda | (21) |
| Steed Malbranque | (26) |
| Jermaine Jenas | (40) |
| Manchester City Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| No Red Cards | |
| Tottenham Hotspur Red Cards | |
| Name | Min |
| Didier Zokora | (20) |
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
| Manchester City | 0 | |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 2 | FT |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2 | |
| Arsenal | 3 | FT |