Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Man City 1-0 Tottenham - Crouch’s own goal sends City into Champions League


Football often throws up a chain of events which define irony and Peter Crouch will testify to that as he scored the own goal which sends Man City into the Champions League next season. Adding a further quirk of fate, he scored it from almost the exact spot where he headed Spurs into a top four finish this time last year.

The big team news emanating from the City of Manchester Stadium encompassed one big inclusion and a significant omission. Roberto Mancini included Carlos Tevez on the bench for the first time since he limped out of the defeat against Liverpool, as the diminutive Argentine attempts to prove his fitness ahead of the FA Cup final on Saturday. Gareth Bale is out for the remainder of the season, but Harry Redknapp also called upon Carlo Cudicini in place of the much maligned Heurelho Gomes, who the club say missed out due to a back injury.

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