Leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne capitalised on awful mistakes from Lloris to give City a two-goal lead, but Dele Alli halved the deficit with his 11th league goal of the season and Son Heung-Min equalised moments after Kyle Walker had appeared to push a clean-through Raheem Sterling, leaving Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola incensed.
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The Spurs goalkeeper was at fault on both of the goals in City’s 2-1 win.
What set this apart is how valiantly Spurs defied City’s lead.
“Of course, I’m sad and upset because the players don’t deserve that but maybe in the future these kinds of things will make us stronger”.
“The gap was massive”.
Nicolas Otamendi of Manchester City attempts to volley the ball during the Premier League match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on January 21, 2017 in Manchester, England. Unfortunately, all the transfer fees spent by the Manchester City board have not improved an aging, slow-footed and injury prone back line. “It’s too hard to measure if there is a gap or not”.
The two-goal sprint seemed to wake the visitors up, and four minutes after De Bruyne’s strike, Spurs pulled a goal back.
Manchester City entered the weekend in fifth place in the Premier League, with a chance to move up to second with a win at home against second-place Tottenham in the match of the weekend.
But despite the fact City have already succumbed to defeat five times in the league this season, Pochettino believes Guardiola has lost none of his sheen. Guardiola’s team, on the other hand, were the favourites to lift the title at the start of the season. And still me, none! It’s not changed my opinion of him.
“That was Everton last week and could be Spurs this week, potentially posing another big problem for Manchester City”. It’s not changed my admiration or my thoughts about him. When he is pushed, I don’t understand.
No doubt, you’re still wondering how on earth City managed to come out of the game with anything less than a win… “Tactically, and the methodology of Pep Guardiola is methodology from Barcelona … he needs time”. Here’s all the info you need about the ground.
Substitute Son Hueng-min equalized for Tottenham in the 77th minute, finishing home Harry Kane’s assist. It is nearly a year to the day that he took his players to Barcelona for warm-weather training in 2016 ahead of their title push.
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Although only separated by three points after the draw, the whole atmosphere around the two teams is markedly different. You can not win titles after a few months.
