Manchester CITY 3 - Tottenham Hotspur 2

@Cornford Spur, PMSL!

I make that 8 - 3 for us 'scum' this season Mr Cornfoot

and Lescot punching Kabul.... are you guy not worth more than that??

Blagatelli should not have been on the pitch - but it was a clear pen - Webb now wears the blue of City instead of the red of Utd I think lol

Difficult one this for the FA. On Kompanygate, they backed their ref against a wall of opposite opinion. Now what will they do?

If its the same crew that decided on Vinnie, then Mario because it's always mario, will punish him, for what appears an accident. Mr Webb was on the spot, but as you know when they seen the slow motion it does look suspicious, at normal speed it look like an accident. What odds are the bookies giving.

NW because if he says he didn't see it then retrospective action can be taken.

Not sure I agree with the tone of this article - I was singularly unimpressed with Spuds all afternoon. Given their new-found status as media darlings and the way they've been hyped up recently as some sort of poor-man's Barcelona (copyright 'arry Redknapp), I was expecting rather more. They weren'[t in the game at all in the first half, and it was two mistakes from City players that gifted them two goals. Bale's was an impressive goal, I've no disagreement with that, but it was down to our failure to cut out the ball rather than to any good effort from Spurs. Still, City wouldn't be City if we didn't keep things exciting right up to the end, and ultimately the scoreline is a lot closer than the game was. Will be interesting to see how Spurs cope with the absence of their manager for 3 weeks (and hopefully longer) - will they carry on punching above their weight or will they undergo their usual implosion? My money is on an implosion, and they can put their good league position at the moment down to the teams around them (Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Newcastle) being poor rather than Spurs actually being as good as they think they are.

@ Norway - I reckon the glory-hunters will be split evenly between our two clubs. Sad, but I guess that's how the fickle minded work! Thanks for the good wishes, it was a hard fought game which I thought we deserved to win - but it's nice to see that there are still a few civilised Spurs fans who want to talk about the game. All the best, and despite your manager telling what I consider to be blatant lies about my club all week long, I still hope Spurs can hold of everyone else and finish in second - and even though it's now a big ask, if we can't do it, I'd rather it was you too!

Skins, City were the better side for the first hour, it could have gone either way after that, I thought on the balance of play City's lead was deserved. Hart had little to do apart from picking the ball out of his net where at the other end Friedel pulled off a couple of decent stops and cut out a number of through balls, he was the busier of the two keepers. I say City edged that game, but after the events that unfolded in that crazy nine minutes I was worried that Spurs would snatch it, fortunately for us it went our way.

Nasri's goal was very nice, but then so was Bale's

I believe Balotelli is a nutcase and definitely stamped on Parker. I also believe that, if Webb had been doing his job properly, Parker would have been sat in the stands before Balotelli even came on, due to his persistent fouling. He got away with a fair few deliberate fouls, while Balotelli got booked for his first tackle.