Continuation of the 2nd day of the Premier League this Saturday afternoon with a very beautiful poster between Manchester City and Tottenham, two teams in good shape. At home, Pep Guardiola's men wanted to chain after the broad victory against Wolverhampton (4-0). Same story for the Spurs, who came out of a 3-0 victory against Burnley on the first day. On paper, the Cityzens presented themselves with the typical team or almost. The Recruue Trafford was aligned in the cages for the benefit of Ederson. In the middle, the Dutch Reijnders began with Nico González. Above all, the attraction of this match was called Rayan Cherki, holder for the first time.
The Frenchman was logically expected in this match, especially after his entry noticed on the first day (goalscorer in just 8 minutes of play). But this time, he discovered the high level of the Premier League. Dominator, the eleven aligned by Pep Guardiola very quickly retreated the defense of the Spurs. Omar Marmoush, very active on his left corridor, hurt and was several times dangerous. Rayan Cherki was playing a little lower than number 10, too low even. He did not really manage to make the link with Erling Haaland, sometimes too lonely. The Norwegian still managed to get rid of the marking at times and even thought of turning into a decisive passer after a lot of work for Marmoush. But the Egyptian could not deceive Vicario.
Cherki is missing his first!
We thought that by dining, City was going to bend Tottenham. This was not the case. On a long clearance of Vicario in counterattack, Sarr managed to divert for Richarlison, who was overflowing on the right side. The Brazilian focused hard for Brennan Johnson, alone in the area. His first -line shot left Trafford no chance. Tottenham realized the perfect blow by surprising a Cityzenne formation which was, as usual, part of the approach (1-0, 35th). And that didn't stop there. A few minutes later, the unfortunate traffic was guilty of a gross recovery error.
His pass in the surface for Nico was intercepted by Tottenham, who pressed high. The ball returned to Richarlison, then to João Palhinha, who managed to place the ball at the bottom of the nets (2-0, 45th+2). On the return from the locker room, Pep Guardiola was trying to react by leaving Rayan Cherki, transparent on this match (52nd). But the entries of Jérémy Doku and Bernardo Silva brought nothing to a team of Manchester City unable to move Tottenham. Thomas Frank's formation, solid and applied, left City. The score will no longer move. Tottenham, a provisional leader, therefore surprises City and continues a second success. The men of Pep Guardiola concede their first defeat of the season and will have to be more creative in front to hope to recover their title.
