Darren Bent continued his recent run of goals with two more against Manchester City on Sunday to help Tottenham secure a 2-1 win at The City of Manchester Stadium.
But that was only half the story as City ended the game with nine men and the visitors finished the game with ten as referee Mike Dean went card crazy.
Both sides started the game brightly with play switching from end to end and it was City who took the lead on 16 minutes.
The lively Robinho found Shaun Wright-Phillips on the edge of the area and the England winger turned and fed the ball through Benoit Assou-Ekotto's legs to find the on rushing Darius Vassell.
Vassell's shot across goal was parried by Gomes and Robinho who had continued his run into the area was on hand to slot home his sixth goal in six games.
The game was then changed when the first of the three sending offs occurred after 26 minutes when Gelson Fernandes tripped David Bentley and subsequently received a second yellow minutes after receiving his first for a trip on Luca Modric.
Spurs responded and Darren Bent capitalised on Richard Dunne's error and fired under Joe Hart to level the scores.
City held out until the 64th minute when Jermaine Jenas laid the ball off to Bent and the striker fired hard and low to Hart's left and saw his strike go in off the far post for his second of the game.
Dunne's misery was compounded in the 83rd minute when he was sent off for bringing down Bent when the striker was through on goal.
Referee Mike Dean even had time to send Spurs full-back Assou-Ekotto off for a second bookable offence two minutes from time for a trip on Pablo Zabaleta.
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