City Hit Tottenham With 5-1 Thrashing.

Edin Dzeko's four goals helped hand Tottenham a 5-1 thrashing at the hands of Manchester City at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

After both sides traded chances for the opening 20 minutes City were able to break the deadlock thanks to some beautiful link up play from Samir Nasri, Sergio Aguero and Dezeko on 34 minutes.

Gail Clichy on the City left flank played the ball back to a waiting Nasri who, after a quick one-two with Aguero, clipped the ball across the six yard box where Dzeko pounced poking the ball past Spurs keepers Brad Friedel.

The Manchester side then doubled their lead before the break. David Silva lead the City attack across the half way line before feeding the ball out to Nasri, who again, was able to clip the ball across goal to find Dezko at the back post, beating Younes Kaboul in the air and, heading past the American keeper into the far side of the net.

Tottenham could have been ahead early on and were unlucky to be down by two at the interval. Rafael Van der Vaart twice tested City keeper Joe Hart, first with an effort on goal after turning Joleon Lescott in the City penalty area, before wipping in a free kick that the England International tipped wide of his near post.

Peter Crouch too should have levelled things before City scored their second but he was unable to convert a free header after Gareth Bale's exquisit volleyed cross seemed give the England striker an easy finish.

City didn't have to wait long to grab their third goal of the game as Dzeko completed his hat-rick ten minutes after the interval. Aguero and Yaya Toure passed their way around a helpless Benoit Assou-Ekotto before Toure drilled in a low cross that Dzeko tucked into the empty net.

Aguero added to the visitors lead on the hour, combining with Nasri at the half way line, before breaking away down the City left. The Argentinian was able to hold off Michael Dawson's challenge and smash his strike into the far post.

Spurs did try to get back in the tie, two long range efforts from Jermain Defoe forcing Hart into saves, but very little came towards City's defence that they couldn't handle.

A Younes Kaboul header from Van der Vaart's corner provided Spurs fans with a conciliation goal but Dzeko had the final say, linking a one-two with Gareth Barry, curling his strike from the edge of the box past Friedel and into the top corner.

A 5-1 defeat and a abrupt exit from the game for Van der Vaart, the dutch man walking off down the tunnel after 75 minutes with what appears to be another hamstring pull, see Spurs sat on the bottom of the Premier League with very little to sing about.