League Cup · Quarter Final

Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur

2–0

Tuesday 1st December 2009 · Old Trafford · Att: 57,212

Manchester United beat Tottenham Hotspur 2–0 at Old Trafford on Tuesday 1st December 2009 in the League Cup. Darron Gibson (16', 38') scored for United.

Timeline

Running score

Kick Off
16' Darron Gibson 1–0
38' Darron Gibson 2–0
Half Time
62' Federico Macheda for Berbatov
62' Michael Carrick for Obertan
78' Ritchie de Laet
80' Alan Hutton
82' Zoran Tosic for Anderson
83' Darron Gibson
Full Time 2–0

Match Facts

Darron Gibson's brace took him to 2 in 2009-2010 and 5 for United.

Starting XI

Player

28 Darron Gibson 16', 38'

Substitutes

62' for Berbatov

62' for Obertan

82' for Anderson

Tottenham Hotspur Lineup

Starting XI

1 Heurelho Gomes G

2 Alan Hutton D

3 Gareth Bale D

5 David Bentley M

7 Aaron Lennon M

8 Jermaine Jenas M

10 Robbie Keane F

12 Wilson Palacios M

18 Jermain Defoe F

19 Sébastien Bassong D

20 Michael Dawson D

Substitutes

6 Tom Huddlestone on

9 Roman Pavlyuchenko

13 James Walker

15 Peter Crouch on

16 Kyle Naughton

22 Vedran Corluka

25 Danny Rose

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Managers

MUFC

Alex Ferguson

Manchester United

OPP

Harry Redknapp

Tottenham Hotspur

Match Information

Man Utd Tottenham Hotspur

54%

Possession

46%

Shots

Shots on Target

Corners

Fouls

Offsides

Saves

United vs Tottenham Hotspur History

Meeting 171 of 207

207

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

326

Goals For

274

Goals Against

All-time record, from the first meeting on Saturday 28th January 1899. After this match United had played Tottenham Hotspur 171 times: 80W 45D 46L.

1 Mar 2009 D 0–0 LC 25 Apr 2009 W 5–2 PL 12 Sep 2009 W 3–1 PL

1 Dec 2009 W 2–0 This match

24 Apr 2010 W 3–1 PL 30 Oct 2010 W 2–0 PL 16 Jan 2011 D 0–0 PL

All-time	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%
Home	103	67	17	19	195	107	65.0
Away	100	28	35	37	128	162	28.0
Neutral	4	1	1	2	3	5	25.0

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Match results, lineups and goalscorers compiled from mufcinfo.com; advanced match statistics (xG, shots, possession) via ESPN where available. Last updated 29 September 2026. How we compile this data →