Man City

With a huge comeback over Tottenham, Man City statistically became the best team in Premier League history at coming back from multigoal deficits.

Then, they are on the road again for the FA Cup, where they will face Preston North End on Saturday, Jan. Then, they shift focus to the FA Cup when they host Arsenal on Friday, Jan. But while the City players clearly under-performed against Spurs in the first-half, the fans are also expected to play their part and they don't do that very often at the Etihad. Manchester City: The Citizens have a quick turnaround but get to stay home as they host Wolves on Sunday, Jan. Dejan Kulusevski hadn't scored a goal for Tottenham since their opening Premier League match of the season against Southampton. Entering this game, Tottenham had the third-longest active streak of avoiding defeat when leading by two in Premier League matches. Manchester City winger Jack Grealish on what Guardiola had to say at half-time: "Yeah, it weren't obviously the best dressing room at half-time. [Crystal Palace](/soccer/team?id=384) and [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) last year, and City did so again to inflict another dent in Tottenham's hopes of finishing in the top four all while underlining their own outstanding quality. [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) sent an emphatic warning to Premier League leaders [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) that they are ready to fight all the way for the title by bouncing back from two straight defeats to beat Spurs. But they have short memories if they think they can boo a team that has won so much in recent seasons. Greaves is on 266, with Kane taking his tally 265 with the winning in the FA Cup third round win against Portsmouth earlier this month. If City beat Wolves, they can move to within two points of Arsenal before Mikel Arteta's team take the field.

A pundit has predicted who will replace Pep Guardiola at Man City, in a move which will certainly be of interest to Manchester United and Liverpool.

“From the way he looks at the game, the way he is with the players. They will be hoping Guardiola’s replacement is not as successful, as this would give them a much better chance of winning the Premier League. So he’s 37 now, but there are people managing at 77 so he might manage City in the future. He added: “In the Championship, you’ve got some young managers. In November, the Spaniard extended his contract, with the fresh terms keeping him at City until 2025. The Citizens came within a whisker of the final again last season, beating Real Madrid in the first leg of their semi-final.

Manchester City beat Tottenham 4-2 to reduce gap against league leaders Arsenal to 5 points - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Two minutes later, Norwegian star Erling Haaland scored a close-range header to equalize the clash. Home team Man City scored four goals in the second half of the match to shock Spurs.

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City will be 'destroyed' by Arsenal in the Premier League title race if they do not improve despite a stirring second half ...

Mahrez then took his tally since the World Cup break to six goals in seven games as he anticipated a slack touch from Clement Lenglet and this time left Lloris with no chance with a dinked finish over the advancing goalkeeper. Alvarez started the fightback as the Argentine kept a cool head amid a goalmouth scramble to find the roof of the net. Tottenham have made a habit of having to come from behind after slow starts this season, but the roles were reversed as a third defeat in four league games leaves Antonio Conte's men still five points adrift of the top four. Moments later Rodri was dispossessed inside his own box again by a Harry Kane tackle and when Ederson parried his shot, Emerson headed in the rebound. But Julian Alvarez, Erling Haaland and Riyad Mahrez struck in a 12-minute period early in the second half before Mahrez added his second late on to move Guardiola's men to within five points of leaders Arsenal, who have a game in hand. "We cannot deny how happy we are but we are far away from the team that we were," said Guardiola.

Pep Guardiola has bitten back at what he considers to be “bullsh*t” criticism of Manchester City, but admits his side are a “happy flowers team”.

There are many things that we are far away, far away. But we are far away from the team that we were. We are a happy flowers team, I don't want this.

Manchester City fought back from two goals down to clinch a potentially vital 4-2 win over Tottenham in the Premier League on Thursday.

Riyad Mahrez in particular smelled blood and dragged City back onto the front foot against a Tottenham outfit that It's not often a Conte side lets a two-goal lead slip in the second half of a game. That nervousness came to a boil at the end of the half, erupting into two quickfire goals borne out of City's own defensive mishaps.

Manchester City fought back from 2-0 down to beat Tottenham Hotspur, but Pep Guardiola wasn't happy with what he saw from his team.

City can still catch Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table, but the comeback against Tottenham must be a catalyst for a more coherent second half of the season. The Norwegian has hit the ground running in the Premier League, but offers little in and out of possession. This is perhaps reflected in some of the statistics behind Manchester City’s 2022/23 campaign so far which show they are covering less ground per 90 minutes than they did last season and are also charting fewer out of possession actions per 90 minutes. Manchester City have been a dominant force under Guardiola, winning four Premier League titles in the last five years. He identified a lack of “passion and desire to run” as a problem and contrasted his own side to Arsenal who “have the fire” as the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss put it. Maybe it's the same with our team, maybe we are so comfortable with winning four Premier Leagues in five years.”

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must dig deep to match Arsenal's hunger as they battle to close the gap on the Premier League leaders.

[Arsenal](https://www.besoccer.com/team/arsenal) have not lifted the trophy since 2004 and the City boss believes that might have given Mikel Arteta's men an edge in their surge to the top of the table. "We were lucky (against Spurs). Aware his players need to fire on all cylinders as they hunt down Arsenal, Guardiola has called on City's fans to give his team a boost with their vocal support.

Here are our Tottenham Hotspur player ratings after their 4-2 defeat at Manchester City in the Premier League on Thursday night.

Set up Perisic for a big chance in the second half that ended up being deflected on to the post. At the other end he had a big chance to score but his low show was deflected on to the left-hand post. It was his pressing that led to the first goal and his composure and pass, while getting clattered, that set the visitors away for the second. Launched an excellent cross on the run to pick out Son in the first half. Made a superb sliding tackle on the half hour mark to deny Grealish as he ran through on goal. He couldn't do much about City's second but was then beaten far too easily at his near post by Mahrez for the third.

A Manchester City team criticised by Pep Guardiola hope to ramp up the pressure on Arsenal in Sunday's earlier Premier League kick-off.

City look stuck in a rut right now and it’s difficult to know what kind of mood they’ll show up in. Manchester City vs Wolves latest odds Manchester City vs Wolves prediction

Manchester City can ramp up the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal by closing the gap to just two points when they host Wolves on Sunday.Pep G.

- Wolves are the lowest scorers in the Premier League this season, netting just 12 goals in their 19 games so far. Nathan Collins was dismissed in the reverse fixture at Molineux this season. He’s scored in consecutive matches for the first time in the competition, with his last four goals being worth seven points to Wolves. They’re looking to win back-to-back league matches for the first time since March last season. After we scored a goal they react, but that is not the point.” - Wolves have won just four of their 17 Premier League games against reigning champions (D1 L12), losing the last five in a row. - Since losing both Premier League games against Wolves in 2019-20, Manchester City have won their last five in a row against them, scoring 16 goals and conceding just three. - Since their return to the Premier League in 2018, Wolves have received more red cards against Manchester City than they have against any other opponent in the competition (3), accounting for 33% of their total reds in that time (3/9). - Wolves have picked up just four points in eight Premier League visits to Manchester City (W1 D1 L6), with their one win there coming in October 2019. - Wolves have won two of their four Premier League games under Julen Lopetegui (D1 L1), as many as they had won in their previous 22 before his arrival (D6 L14). We played good. [HERE for the live stream](https://talksport.com/radioplayer/live/index.html?interstitial=true).