Swansea Swansea City
1-2
Spurs Tottenham Hotspur

Michu (71')

FT(HT: 0-2)

Vertonghen (7'), Bale (21')

Build-up

Half-Time Report: Tottenham Hotspur dominating Swansea City

By Subhankar Mondal, Reporter | 30 March 2013

Goals from Jan Vertonghen and Gareth Bale put Tottenham Hotspur 2-0 up at the break against Swansea City.

Tottenham Hotspur are 2-0 up against Swansea City at half time in their Premier League game at the Liberty Stadium.

Jan Vertonghen is congratulated by team mates after scoring the opening goal against Swansea on March 30, 2013 © PA Photos

Andre Villas-Boas's side surged ahead as early as the seventh minute through Jan Vertonghen, who played a one-two with Gareth Bale before tucking it past Michel Vorm.

Tottenham could have doubled their advantage five minutes later when Emmanuel Adebayor found himself in a one-on-one with Vorm, but the Togolese striker's shot was kept out by the Swansea goalkeeper.

Michu had a good chance to restore parity when he found himself at the end of a Jonathan de Guzman delivery, but the Spanish striker headed wide from just eight yards.

That miss came to haunt Swansea as Spurs went 2-0 up on 21 minutes, Bale firing home from 20 yards after being teed up by Vertonghen.

Gareth Bale is congratulated by team mate Jan Vertonghen after scoring his team's second against Swansea on March 30, 2013 © PA Photos

The Welsh winger almost added his second goal of the evening just before the half-hour mark with another left-footed effort, but this time his shot went narrowly wide.

However, Tottenham had their luck to thank for not conceding eight minutes from the half-time interval when Nathan Dyer headed Dwight Tiendalli's cross against the bar.