Manchester City 2 Tottenham 1: Aguero and Dzeko
Dzeko struck three minutes from time to complete a defiant second-half comeback from the unbeaten Blues, who closed the gap on Barclays Premier League leaders Manchester United to two points.
It was the Bosnian's seventh goal of the season, six of which have come from the bench, after Sergio Aguero had cancelled out Steven Caulker's first-half header. It also extended City's unbeaten home Premier League record to an incredible 35, and their present unbeaten league run to 16, adding weight to manager Roberto Mancini's pre-match dismissal of any sense of crisis at the Etihad Stadium.
Edin in the right direction: Dzeko came off the bench to score the winner for City
Level terms: Aguero slotted home the equaliser in the 65th minute
This might not have been so bad if City had been awarded at least one of the two penalties they were adamant should have come their way before the break.
Howler: Hart allowed Caulker's header to slip through his grasp
For the visitors, Emmanuel Adebayor, starting his first game of the season against his old club, was an irritation more than anything, luring Zabaleta into a tackle he dived over to get his one-time colleague a booking.
The introduction of Maicon for his belated home debut offered an extra twist given it put him up against Gareth Bale, who famously terrorised the Brazilian during his Inter Milan days.
It also triggered a return to the much-derided three-man defence.
Yet Mancini's rejig worked.
Salvation: City were made to labour for their equaliser
On a day when little seemed to be going right for the hosts, they profited from a couple of fortunate bounces, allowing Yaya Toure to get on the end of Silva's pass, then Aguero to collect possession inside the Spurs box.
Caulker got a quick lesson in how swiftly the Argentinian can turn as he found himself heading in completely the wrong direction as Aguero dispatched his precise shot into the bottom corner.
From that moment on, there only seemed likely to be one winner.
With Aguero scheming, Andre Villas-Boas was forced into his own reshuffle.
Taking a tumble: Adebayor returned to his former club but failed to get on the scoresheet
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