Manchester City 0–2 Tottenham
2025-08-23 · Matchweek 2
· Referee: Peter Bankes · VAR: Andrew Madley
Tottenham were booked 4 times — 1.7× their usual 2.3 — to Manchester City's 1.
How Peter Bankes refereed it
Bankes showed 5 yellow cards against a career average of 4.0, and awarded 19 fouls against an average of 21.5.
Match statistics
| Manchester City | Tottenham | |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow cards | 1 | 4 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Fouls | 7 | 12 |
| Penalties | 0 | 0 |
The card
The same card posted after the match. A style read, not a verdict.
Key moments
| Min | Event | Team | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34' | Yellow Card | Tottenham | Brennan Johnson | 0-0 |
| 35' | Normal Goal | Tottenham | B. Johnson | 0-1 |
| 37' | Goal confirmed | Tottenham | Brennan Johnson | 0-1 |
| 45' | Normal Goal | Tottenham | J. Palhinha | 0-2 |
| 68' | Yellow Card | Tottenham | Cristian Romero | 0-2 |
| 71' | Yellow Card | Manchester City | Nico González | 0-2 |
| 71' | Yellow Card | Tottenham | Richarlison | 0-2 |
| 81' | Yellow Card | Tottenham | Pedro Porro | 0-2 |