Manchester City against Tottenham Hotspur

McManaman, feeling his hamstring, is replaced by Reyna in City's final substitution

Sommeil does just enough to prevent Kanoute reaching Dalmat's prod down the inside left of the box

The home crowd increasingly exasperated. City's pressure has all but dried up. Ricketts crosses but blue shirts are in the way

Anderton takes the freekick but no-one's at the far post - a waste for Spurs

Kanoute's muscle proves too much for Jihai wide on the Tottenham left. A little hack from the City man and it's a yellow card

Out comes Seaman to gather as Keane sprints towards Ricketts' long ball from the right

Anelka flagged offside as Sibierski chips a ball into the box from the left

Second change from David Pleat as Dalmat comes on for Konchesky. Immediately stationed on the left in a straight swap

Lame effort from Tarnat rolls into Keller's hands after McManaman had cut in from the left side

Time up for poor Paulo as Robbie Fowler takes to the field in City's second substitution

Keane looking more purposeful at the other end as Jihai grabs ahold of his shirt to prevent him latching onto Kanoute's flick into the City box

Wanchope looking increasingly desperate, lashing a crude toe-poke well wide of goal

Good ball out wide to Ricketts, but he's wasteful as he looks for Keane in the box

First change from Keegan as Sibierski replaces the tiring Sinclair

No respite for Spurs as Keane fails to control Keller's long clearance

Koncheskey hooks clear after Carr heads Wright-Phillips' cross away under pressure from McManaman

Howls of derision from the home fans as Anelka is penalised for his challenge on Keller under the high ball

Carr offside as Ricketts breaks free of McManaman's challenge. Close call

Ricketts and Kanoute combine wide out. Somehow the Frenchman wins a corner when he seemed to have been driven out of play by by Distin. Not to worry - ref Barry ensures justice is done by penalising Kanoute at the near post as the ball comes in

McManaman calling the shots from deep - prodding passes here and there. Poyet can break it up though. Back to Jihai on the City right but Wanchope strays offside for the ball over the top

Seaman has to clear under pressure but Richards' hesitancy allows Anelka to continue the City onslaught. This time his reverse ball for Wright-Phillips is too strong though

Pleat has seen enough and makes a first change. On comes the youthful promise of Ricketts in place of the anonymous Bunjevcevic

Spurs stand off again as Wright-Phillips crosses for Wanchope. Carr does enough though and the ball drifts out for a goal kick.

City break at speed and Gardner is forced into dragging the marauding Anelka to ground. Yellow card

Koncheskey crosses looking for Kanoute - but just too strong. Totenham at last get some pressure with Anderton threading it through to Keane, but McManaman is back to clear

Anelka given acres to aim and fire after Tarnat and Sinclair combine down the City left. Keller saves low

Anelka gets a free header from the corner - but straight at the keeper. Tottenham hanging on grimly

Wanchope's having a shocker - for the second time he wastes a straightforward one-on-one, this time created by Anelka's brilliant backheel. Keller saves

Keane offside from Taricco's ball as Spurs make a rare venture into enemy territory

Now Wright-Phillips is given time to shoot from just outside the box. Good effort but curling wide. The home crowd sense a goal is inevitable though

Bunjevcevic closes down Wanchope but City press on. The Costa Rican takes aim from distance - but slices wide. Rather a waste of good pressure

Carr called into action again, clearing Jihai's low cross from the right

It's all City as Anelka surges onto a looping ball over the top, shruggiing off Gardner's challenge before rifling wide from a tight angle

Handball against Carr now. Tarnat curls the freekick in from outside but Keller can watch it drift out on the far side

Gardner and Richards called into cation as both Wanchope and then Jihai look to cross from the right. City threatening to build up a head of steam.

Carr brings Anelka down - to the left of the 'D' in Tarnat range. But the Frenchman takes and curls it straight into the Spurs wall

Dangerous delivery from Tarnat has Keller struggling inside his six-yard box, but Wanchope gets under the ball and heads onto the roof of the net

City continue though. Wright-Phillips winning a corner off Taricco

Wanchope finds Tarnat down City's left. The cross skims off at Tottenham and - just too high for Anelka at the far post

Here's hoping for something a little better in the second period... No changes on either side as Spurs, in purple, restart

And that's it - Neale Barry blows and it's goalless at half-time

Terrible miss from the Costa Rican - although Keller did well in standing tall and sticking a big right hand out to block a rather tame shot

Pity then that he wasn't on the end of McManaman's short pass into the box. Instead it's Wanchope who wastes a gilt-edged one-on-one with Keller

He's been the outstanding player of a pretty drab first half. Into injury time

Anelka bursts in from the left. Space in the Spurs rearguard and the Frenchman fires powerfully with his right foot, but slicing the ball wide

Kanoute fouled up field. Tottenham work the freekick for Richards to head at goal but Seaman is in position

Wright-Phillips crosses but Keller punches away strongly under pressure. City press on but Wanchope fouls Taricco under the high ball

Richards clears Sun Jihai's cross after Anelka shows his strength in holding the ball up for McManaman

Wright-Phillips looks to burst through but Taricco does enough to keep him at bay. Spurs win a throw

Comical handball from Kanoute as he tries to chest down Keller's long clearance. Not much happening at the moment, although Tarnat does his bit to spice things up by clattering Keane out wide. Yellow card

Sun Jihai hooks clear for City as Keane lurks following Kanoute's header forward

Poor delivery but City press on. Bosvelt hooks a cross in from the right, headed by Poyet straight to Sinclair but his shot is scuffed wide from outside the penalty box

City clear their lines from the corner and break up field to win a freekick of their own. Tarnat takes, Taricco heads away but City can force a corner.

Great save and scramble from Seaman as Anderton's defelected drive heads towards the bottom corner

Then Keller flaps horribly at the corner but Carr's on the line to block as Wanchope stabs the ball at goal. Spurs clear - breathlessly

Great save from Keller as McManaman strikes left-footed after Anelka had seized onto Bosvelt long ball

Distin starts City moving with a well-hit pass through the middle. Anelka finds Sinclair on the left but the move breaks down with McManaman mis-hitting

This time Seaman claims comfortably

Head tennis in the box as the ball almost drops for Gardner. Corner again as Tarnat clears behind

Seaman slices behind as Distin panics under pressure from Keane

A passage of sloppy play is broken by Anelka's delightful backheel. Wanchope is through on goal but scuffs his shot and keeper Keller can gather low to his right. Great chance again

Sinclair rises free as a bird to meet Tarnat's ball from deep - 12 yards out but the England man gets it all wrong and plants his header wide. No sign of any defending there and Sinclair should have done a lot better

City break forward though and Gardner's header back to Keller is poor. Anelka's onto it in a flash but the American stopper recovers well

Spurs break forward and Seaman is almost embarrassed as Kanoute is first onto Koncheskey's looped ball into the box

Richards, Poyet and co play it around the back as Anelka and Wanchope hustle

Keane ruled to have handled as he looks to speed away down the Tottenham right. Could have been off his shoulder but City were there in numbers

Great footwork from Anelka allows him to pull the trigger from outside the box. Left-footed and with power - but wide across the face of goal.

City can scramble the corner away though after a penalty box melee

Wright-Phillips' heads behind as Koncheskey threatens to get to Kanoute's cross. A timely intervention

A little bit stop-start at the moment. Distin's long freekick goes straight into Keller's hands

..straight into the wall though. City rebuild and Sinclair's cross from the left is just too strong for Wanchope at the far post

Anelka gets brought down, 30 yards out. Tarnat looking interested...

City asleep there as two crosses were allowed to drop. The corner goes deep to Gardner but he slices well wide

Kanoute miscontrols with the goal at his mercy from six yards. City can bundle it behind

Richards clears after Wright-Phillips latches onto Jihai's ball to cross from the byline. Neat stuff from City down the right

First threat from Keane - an ambitious drive from 30 yards which Seaman watches skid wide

Sommeil makes ground down the City left to hook a cross from wide out. Keller collects

Sun Jihai loses out on the right after McManaman's low ball into the box rebounds away. City rebuild though

City get us underway and Bosvelt belts it long for Wanchope. Tottenham win a throw though and Kanoute gets a first run at goal. Distin tidies up

Meanwhile, Robbie Fowler returns to the bench for City, who recall Wanchope, Sinclair, Wright-Phillips and Tarnat.

Paul Konchesky - one eye on events at The Valley today - makes his first start for Spurs as Robbie Keane partners Frederic Kanoute up front. It's David Pleat's first game in his latest stint as Tottenham boss...

All the Eastlands action as Spurs make their first Premiership outing after the sacking of Glenn Hoddle. Kicking off at 16.05 BST

Koncheskey hooks clear after Carr heads Wright-Phillips' cross away under pressure from McManaman

Howls of derision from the home fans as Anelka is penalised for his challenge on Keller under the high ball

Carr offside as Ricketts breaks free of McManaman's challenge. Close call

Ricketts and Kanoute combine wide out. Somehow the Frenchman wins a corner when he seemed to have been driven out of play by by Distin. Not to worry - ref Barry ensures justice is done by penalising Kanoute at the near post as the ball comes in

McManaman calling the shots from deep - prodding passes here and there. Poyet can break it up though. Back to Jihai on the City right but Wanchope strays offside for the ball over the top

Seaman has to clear under pressure but Richards' hesitancy allows Anelka to continue the City onslaught. This time his reverse ball for Wright-Phillips is too strong though

Pleat has seen enough and makes a first change. On comes the youthful promise of Ricketts in place of the anonymous Bunjevcevic

Spurs stand off again as Wright-Phillips crosses for Wanchope. Carr does enough though and the ball drifts out for a goal kick.

City break at speed and Gardner is forced into dragging the marauding Anelka to ground. Yellow card

Koncheskey crosses looking for Kanoute - but just too strong. Totenham at last get some pressure with Anderton threading it through to Keane, but McManaman is back to clear

Anelka given acres to aim and fire after Tarnat and Sinclair combine down the City left. Keller saves low

Anelka gets a free header from the corner - but straight at the keeper. Tottenham hanging on grimly

Wanchope's having a shocker - for the second time he wastes a straightforward one-on-one, this time created by Anelka's brilliant backheel. Keller saves

Keane offside from Taricco's ball as Spurs make a rare venture into enemy territory

Now Wright-Phillips is given time to shoot from just outside the box. Good effort but curling wide. The home crowd sense a goal is inevitable though

Bunjevcevic closes down Wanchope but City press on. The Costa Rican takes aim from distance - but slices wide. Rather a waste of good pressure

Carr called into action again, clearing Jihai's low cross from the right

It's all City as Anelka surges onto a looping ball over the top, shruggiing off Gardner's challenge before rifling wide from a tight angle

Handball against Carr now. Tarnat curls the freekick in from outside but Keller can watch it drift out on the far side

Gardner and Richards called into cation as both Wanchope and then Jihai look to cross from the right. City threatening to build up a head of steam.

Carr brings Anelka down - to the left of the 'D' in Tarnat range. But the Frenchman takes and curls it straight into the Spurs wall

Dangerous delivery from Tarnat has Keller struggling inside his six-yard box, but Wanchope gets under the ball and heads onto the roof of the net

City continue though. Wright-Phillips winning a corner off Taricco

Wanchope finds Tarnat down City's left. The cross skims off at Tottenham and - just too high for Anelka at the far post

Here's hoping for something a little better in the second period... No changes on either side as Spurs, in purple, restart

And that's it - Neale Barry blows and it's goalless at half-time

Terrible miss from the Costa Rican - although Keller did well in standing tall and sticking a big right hand out to block a rather tame shot

Pity then that he wasn't on the end of McManaman's short pass into the box. Instead it's Wanchope who wastes a gilt-edged one-on-one with Keller

He's been the outstanding player of a pretty drab first half. Into injury time

Anelka bursts in from the left. Space in the Spurs rearguard and the Frenchman fires powerfully with his right foot, but slicing the ball wide

Kanoute fouled up field. Tottenham work the freekick for Richards to head at goal but Seaman is in position

Wright-Phillips crosses but Keller punches away strongly under pressure. City press on but Wanchope fouls Taricco under the high ball

Richards clears Sun Jihai's cross after Anelka shows his strength in holding the ball up for McManaman

Wright-Phillips looks to burst through but Taricco does enough to keep him at bay. Spurs win a throw

Comical handball from Kanoute as he tries to chest down Keller's long clearance. Not much happening at the moment, although Tarnat does his bit to spice things up by clattering Keane out wide. Yellow card

Sun Jihai hooks clear for City as Keane lurks following Kanoute's header forward

Poor delivery but City press on. Bosvelt hooks a cross in from the right, headed by Poyet straight to Sinclair but his shot is scuffed wide from outside the penalty box

City clear their lines from the corner and break up field to win a freekick of their own. Tarnat takes, Taricco heads away but City can force a corner.

Great save and scramble from Seaman as Anderton's defelected drive heads towards the bottom corner

Then Keller flaps horribly at the corner but Carr's on the line to block as Wanchope stabs the ball at goal. Spurs clear - breathlessly

Great save from Keller as McManaman strikes left-footed after Anelka had seized onto Bosvelt long ball

Distin starts City moving with a well-hit pass through the middle. Anelka finds Sinclair on the left but the move breaks down with McManaman mis-hitting

This time Seaman claims comfortably

Head tennis in the box as the ball almost drops for Gardner. Corner again as Tarnat clears behind

Seaman slices behind as Distin panics under pressure from Keane

A passage of sloppy play is broken by Anelka's delightful backheel. Wanchope is through on goal but scuffs his shot and keeper Keller can gather low to his right. Great chance again

Sinclair rises free as a bird to meet Tarnat's ball from deep - 12 yards out but the England man gets it all wrong and plants his header wide. No sign of any defending there and Sinclair should have done a lot better

City break forward though and Gardner's header back to Keller is poor. Anelka's onto it in a flash but the American stopper recovers well

Spurs break forward and Seaman is almost embarrassed as Kanoute is first onto Koncheskey's looped ball into the box

Richards, Poyet and co play it around the back as Anelka and Wanchope hustle

Keane ruled to have handled as he looks to speed away down the Tottenham right. Could have been off his shoulder but City were there in numbers

Great footwork from Anelka allows him to pull the trigger from outside the box. Left-footed and with power - but wide across the face of goal.

City can scramble the corner away though after a penalty box melee

Wright-Phillips' heads behind as Koncheskey threatens to get to Kanoute's cross. A timely intervention

A little bit stop-start at the moment. Distin's long freekick goes straight into Keller's hands

..straight into the wall though. City rebuild and Sinclair's cross from the left is just too strong for Wanchope at the far post

Anelka gets brought down, 30 yards out. Tarnat looking interested...

City asleep there as two crosses were allowed to drop. The corner goes deep to Gardner but he slices well wide

Kanoute miscontrols with the goal at his mercy from six yards. City can bundle it behind

Richards clears after Wright-Phillips latches onto Jihai's ball to cross from the byline. Neat stuff from City down the right

First threat from Keane - an ambitious drive from 30 yards which Seaman watches skid wide

Sommeil makes ground down the City left to hook a cross from wide out. Keller collects

Sun Jihai loses out on the right after McManaman's low ball into the box rebounds away. City rebuild though

City get us underway and Bosvelt belts it long for Wanchope. Tottenham win a throw though and Kanoute gets a first run at goal. Distin tidies up

Meanwhile, Robbie Fowler returns to the bench for City, who recall Wanchope, Sinclair, Wright-Phillips and Tarnat.

Paul Konchesky - one eye on events at The Valley today - makes his first start for Spurs as Robbie Keane partners Frederic Kanoute up front. It's David Pleat's first game in his latest stint as Tottenham boss...

All the Eastlands action as Spurs make their first Premiership outing after the sacking of Glenn Hoddle. Kicking off at 16.05 BST