TOTTENHAM jumped to the top of the Premier League with a brilliant 2-0 win over Manchester City thanks to goals from Heung-min Son and Giovani Lo Celso.
Jose Mourinho’s side defended resolutely and got their rewards up top and end the evening at the summit of the table, two points clear of Chelsea.
- Score: Tottenham 2-0 Man City
- TV/Live stream: Sky Sports Football
- Tottenham XI: Lloris (C), Aurier, Alderweireld, Dier, Reguilon, Hojbjerg, Sissoko, Ndombele, Bergwijn, Son, Kane.
- Man City XI : Ederson, Walker, Dias, Laporte, Cancelo, Rodrigo, De Bruyne (C), Mahrez, Bernardo, Torres, Jesus
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That’s all for tonight, after a Harry Kane inspired Spurs saw them professionally overcome Manchester City in North London.
Next up for Spurs is a Europa League tie at home to Ludogorets on Thursday, before a mouthwatering clash at Stamford Bridge against Chelsea next Sunday.
City meanwhile travel to Olympiacos in the Champions League on Wednesday before hosting Burnley at the Etihad a week today.
That’s all for now though.
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MATCH REPORT
Plenty to talk about from today’s game, after Jose Mourinho celebrated a year in charge of Spurs with a huge victory against Manchester City that sends his side to the top of the Premier League table.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE MATCH REPORT FROM TODAY’S GAME.
PEP’S REACTION
This is what Pep has to say to today’s defeat:
“The perfect scenario for them, to concede a goal after five or six minutes when we knew that Kane drops and Bergwijn and Son run in behind and we have to defend better and it was a perfect scenario for them and after that they defended so deep.”
JOSE’S ANALYSIS
Here are the full time thoughts of Jose Mourinho:
“It’s not me, I’d prefer the players to speak because they are the ones, they were fantastic.
“They gave everything, they followed a strategy and football sometimes, now more than ever, strategy plays an important part, and they were amazing.
“This guy Harry Kane represents the spirit of the other guys, the way he works for the team is the same way the others do it.
“It was very important to respect them, and not forget the team that they are.
“If we follow people speaking about them not being as good as before, if we follow the fake table because they have one match in hand then we would probably play in a different way.
“But against these guys we all know how Pep teams are and the quality of the players we defined the way to play and it was magnificent to see them do what they did, so super congratulations to the players.”
ACTION AREAS
Here’s a look at the full time action areas.
City dominated possession, and had 22 shots, compared to just 4 Tottenham shots, but in the end it is the home side that come away with the three points.
KEV’S REACTION
Kevin De Bruyne has this to say following the defeat:
“I think we played well but we missed that cutting edge.
“To keep Tottenham to about three or four chances that’s quite good, but yeah obviously if you’re not sharp enough in front of goal with what is happening lately then it’s tough.
“Obviously it’s been up and down with the players coming in and going out so it’s very difficult to come back from injuries and be sharp directly, so if there are a lot of changes, a lot of people coming in [and] coming out so it’s difficult to find the consistency.
“I think the first two thirds of the pitch we played really well, needs to be a little bit sharper but I guess that will come and hopefully sooner rather than later.”
LEADING FROM THE FRONT
Harry Kane already has nine assists this season for Spurs, after having just eight in his last three seasons combined.
HARRY’S THOUGHTS
Here are the thoughts from the man of the match Harry Kane:
“Fantastic performance, we knew it was obviously going to be a tough game, Man City are a great team who use the ball really well.
“But yeah we had a game plan to defend as a unit, in that kind of a mid block, obviously sometimes it went into a bit of a low block.
“I thought everyone worked their socks off today and yeah we took our chances.
“Obviously Sonny with a great finish early on and then we knew that in the second half that the chances would be available, thankfully we took one towards the end.”
SITTING PRETTY
Spurs fans will love the look of the Premier League table tonight!
FULL TIME CELEBRATIONS
Jose Mourinho and Son Heung-Min reacting at full time to the win.
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IMPACT SUB
Giovanni Lo Celso grabbed the crucial second goal for Spurs, just 35 seconds after coming off the bench.
LANDMARK WIN
That’s also the 1000th point for Spurs in the Premier League.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
A professional performance from Spurs sees them top the Premier League table for the first time in six years.
FULL TIME: SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
What a win for Mourinho and Spurs!
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
93. Foden picks out Cancelo with a cross-field ball.
Cancelo tries to play the ball across into the box on the volley, but slices his cross out for a goal kick.
That might be that.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
91. Cancelo goes for goal from distance, but it’s never troubling Lloris.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
91. Three minutes of added time have been signalled at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
90. GREAT SAVE!
Dias meets De Bruyne’s free kick but his effort is at a good height for Lloris to palm away from almost point blank range!
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
90. Harry Kane is into the book now.
He slides in late on Dias and goes into Mike Dean’s book.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
88. Another yellow card for City.
Torres hacks down Lo Celso and City look like they’re beaten.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
87. City yellow card.
This is a masterclass from Harry Kane.
He sprints away from Rodri, and then draws Dias into cynically fouling him.
The centre back picks up a yellow card for the challenge.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
85. We’re into the last five minutes of the game, and it will take something special from City to get something from this game at this point.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
83. De Bruyne crosses the ball in towards Sterling at the back post.
Sterling gets on the end of it, but can’t direct his effort on target.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
82. City free kick.
Reguilon goes through the back of Jesus, and Man City have a dangerous free kick that De Bruyne is standing over.
SPURS 2-0 MAN CITY
81. Alderweireld looks like he won’t be able to carry on, with Joe Rodon getting ready to come on in his place.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
