Erling Haaland scored twice to give Manchester City a 2-0 win at Tottenham to reclaim top spot in the Premier League heading into the last day of the season
doing what they need to do – in other words, win and keep winning – when they have the Premier League title within their grasp?
Stefan Ortega was the unexpected City hero. On as a substitute for the injured Ederson, the goalkeeper made a massive block to deny the Spurs replacement, Dejan Kulusevski. But that was trumped in the 86th minute when Brennan Johnson robbed Manuel Akanji and sent Son Heung-min clean through. Again, with north London holding its breath for so many reasons, Ortega saved. Guardiola toppled over onto the ground in his technical area.
Guardiola needed time to work things out because Postecoglou sprang surprises with his tactics, even if the emphasis on attack endured, on leaving gaps at the back; taking risks. The atmosphere in the first half was best described as subdued. Perhaps the home fans were simply trying to process what Postecoglou was doing. It was impossible to say that it did not work up to the interval.
City made errors on the ball, uncharacteristic ones that added to the weird vibe and Spurs had a few flickers, the biggest one coming early on when Johnson fed Bentancur after a lovely Højbjerg diagonal. Bentancur’s shot was touched over by Ederson. There were times when Spurs had men over but could not connect the dots.
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