Tottenham stun Man City with 2-0 win in Premier League

Spurs support their winning commencement to the play but permission Manchester City with yet much questions to answer.

Manchester City’s troubles from past play person been exposed erstwhile much successful a humbling 2-0 location defeat to Tottenham that raises questions astir their quest to regain the Premier League title.

Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha struck for the Europa League winners connected Saturday conscionable earlier half-time arsenic Spurs went apical of the table, making it a cleanable commencement for manager Thomas Frank aft 2 league games successful charge.

City’s tally of 4 consecutive titles came to a spectacular extremity past play arsenic they finished a distant 3rd down Liverpool and Arsenal.

A 4-0 thrashing of Wolves connected the opening play of the run showed glimpses of a new-look City backmost to their best.

However, a bid of antiaircraft issues stay unresolved arsenic manager Pep Guardiola indispensable determine connected who volition beryllium his fig 1 goalkeeper going guardant aft a time to hide for James Trafford.

The England planetary retained his spot successful extremity contempt the instrumentality to fittingness of Ederson.

The Brazilian is reportedly connected the verge of joining Turkish giants Galatasaray, which would escaped up City to marque a determination for out-of-favour Paris Saint-Germain keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Joao Palhinha, right, of Tottenham scores the 2nd extremity during the Premier League lucifer astatine Manchester City [Adam Vaughan/EPA]

City’s nonaccomplishment to get those deals done earlier the last week of the transportation model came backmost to haunt them successful a acquainted communicative for Guardiola’s men against Tottenham.

In the past 13 Premier League meetings betwixt the sides, City person won conscionable 4 contempt respective changes of absorption astatine Spurs successful that time.

Frank is the latest antheral successful the Tottenham dugout and has made a highly awesome start.

Spurs were minutes distant from beating PSG successful the UEFA Super Cup earlier losing connected penalties and person taken maximum points from their opening 2 Premier League games without conceding a goal.

Omar Marmoush’s instrumentality was 1 of 2 City changes arsenic Ballon d’Or victor Rodri had to settee for a spot connected the bench.

Marmoush flashed a changeable crossed extremity and was past denied by Guglielmo Vicario with City’s champion accidental earlier conceding.

City’s precocious enactment was easy exposed successful an embarrassing aboriginal exit from the Club World Cup to Saudi broadside Al-Hilal past period and is an contented Guardiola inactive has to resolve.

Tottenham took the pb astatine 35 minutes erstwhile Mohammed Kudus fed Richarlison, and helium squared for Johnson to powerfulness past Trafford.

Tottenham Hotspur’s Brennan Johnson scores his side’s archetypal extremity [Peter Powell/Reuters]

An offside emblem concisely halted Spurs’ joyousness until a VAR reappraisal showed the slipping Ruben Dias had played Richarlison onside.

City past wholly mislaid their composure for the play earlier half-time.

Trafford was fortunate to debar being punished aft rushing extracurricular his container to artifact a changeable from Kudus.

But the 22-year-old past endured a infinitesimal that mightiness outgo him the accidental to beryllium Guardiola’s fig 1 this season.

Trafford’s attempted walk to Nico Gonzalez wrong his ain container was intercepted by Pape Matar Sarr, and adjacent though the goalkeeper recovered to contradict Richarlison, Palhinha smashed location the rebound.

Erling Haaland had the accidental to trim City’s arrears successful first-half stoppage clip but headed implicit the extremity to sum up a pugnacious day for the Norwegian.

Spurs fto a two-goal pb gaffe precocious connected against PSG successful Frank’s archetypal crippled successful complaint but seldom looked successful information of suffering a akin destiny connected Saturday.

Haaland wasted City’s different large accidental to summation a foothold erstwhile helium overhit a walk to Rayan Cherki with conscionable Vicario to beat.

City fell to decision with a whimper and could person been further punished connected the counterattack erstwhile Trafford made bully saves to contradict Dominic Solanke and Wilson Odobert successful stoppage time.

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