After the success of the Gunners on Saturday, Manchester City was obliged to win this Sunday in order to catch up with the Premier League leader. But for that, we had to win against an interesting Spurs team this season, but in a bad patch with three consecutive defeats, in addition to an avalanche of injuries. The Cityzens remained in two draws in the Premier League, but had the field open to win this shock.
Overall Premier League standings
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#
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Team
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Pts
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J
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DIF
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G
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NOT
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D
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BP
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B.C.
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1 |
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33 |
14 |
18 |
10 |
3 |
1 |
29 |
11 |
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2 |
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31 |
14 |
18 |
9 |
4 |
1 |
32 |
14 |
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3 |
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29 |
13 |
20 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
33 |
13 |
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4 |
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29 |
14 |
13 |
9 |
2 |
3 |
33 |
20 |
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5 |
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26 |
14 |
18 |
8 |
2 |
4 |
32 |
14 |
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6 |
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26 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
25 |
17 |
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At the Etihad Stadium, Pep Guardiola’s men were quickly surprised after a counter-attack quickly led by Spurs and a very nice deflection from Kulusevski for Son, who could deceive Ederson after a nice breakthrough (1-0, 6th ). But the South Korean did not even have time to digest his goal as he unfortunately blocked a free kick from Alvarez in his own goal (1-1, 9th). An express equalizer, which allowed Mancunian to wake up, like a beautiful strike from Doku on the crossbar (30th). But Tottenham did not last very long since a sublime collective movement was concluded by Foden to give his team the advantage (2-1, 32nd).
Erling Haaland had a lot of trouble
But the Cityzens could not kill the match. Haaland particularly struggled and missed two big chances (13th and 37th), before a sublime save from Vicario in front of Silva (46th). Then the intensity of the match subsided and, at the best of times, Son could give Lo Celso a nice goal ball, which he finished off the post (2-2, 69th). The end of the match then got busy with chances on both sides, but the result didn’t help anyone.
And on a regrettable error from Bissouma, Manchester City carried out a lightning counterattack. In the area, Haaland served Grealish perfectly at the penalty spot for the winning goal (3-2, 82nd). Tottenham then seemed stunned, but a final decisive cross on Kulusevski allowed Spurs to snatch a draw (3-3, 90th). On the wire, Spurs end their losing streak and climb back to 5th place before facing West Ham this week. For their part, the Skyblues remain third and three points behind Arsenal, before going to Aston Villa. A bad result at home.
