Manchester City might have played for 78 minutes of this Premier League drama with 10 men only for Raheem Sterling to get away with a horribly late tackle on Dele Alli. But when they did have a man sent off – Oleksandr Zinchenko for a second bookable offence in the 61st minute – it was the prompt for Tottenham to throw off the shackles and make Manchester City pay for their indiscipline.
Until then it was difficult to overstate City’s dominance. Sergio Agüero missed a clutch of chances and Ilkay Gündogan had a penalty saved by Hugo Lloris as Pep Guardiola’s team hogged the ball and took up residence in the Spurs half. Yet profligacy has been their enemy on numerous occasions this season and they were left once again to count its cost after Zinchenko’s dismissal.
Written by David Hytner at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/feb/02/tottenham-manchester-city-premier-league-match-report under the title “Bergwijn’s debut strike sets Spurs on road to victory over 10-man City”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
