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Hello and welcome to live coverage of Tottenham's Premier League clash against Man City. Antonio Conte was in front of the media on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the showdown against Man City. Hello and welcome to live coverage of Tottenham's Premier League encounter against Man City.
Manchester City came from two goals down to see off Tottenham 4-2 and close the gap on leaders Arsenal in a Premier League classic at the Etihad.
Mahrez leaves Perisic in his wake as he bursts into the penalty area and arrows a shot past Lloris at his near post! Mahrez is at the heart of it again, playing a one-two with Rodri as he nods it across the face of goal to set up Haaland who heads home from point-blank range. MAN CITY 3-2 TOTTENHAM (RIYAD MAHREZ): Unbelievable scenes at the Etihad! MAN CITY 2-2 TOTTENHAM (ERLING HAALAND): Haaland brings an end to his mini-drought with the equaliser! Mahrez drives to the by-line and gets the ball in the box. The City goalkeeper tries to roll the ball into the feet of Rodri, but he's quickly closed down and Kulusevski is left with a simple finish!
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.
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.