EPL: Again, Tottenham stun Man City at Etihad

Tottenham defeated Manchester City 2-0 in their Premier League encounter to register back-to-back wins at the Etihad stadium on Saturday.

Tottenham have developed a reputation as City’s bogey team in recent years, taking their tally of wins in the blue half of Manchester to three from their previous five meetings, which included a 4-0 thrashing last November amid City’s famous collapse.

Thomas Frank’s tactical approach, like predecessor Ange Postecoglou, highlighted all City’s most prominent weaknesses.

This is only the sixth time under Guardiola that they have trailed in a home league game by two or more goals at half-time, with Tottenham now responsible for half of those.

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Spurs struck clinically on the counter via a breakaway Brennan Johnson goal, needing VAR to overturn a wrongful offside decision, before James Trafford revealed himself to be far less composed on the ball than the absent Ederson – who has been the subject of intense transfer speculation this summer.

Trafford’s howler gifted Joao Palhinha his first goal in Tottenham colours in first-half stoppage time, and, despite the reintroduction of both Phil Foden and Rodri in the second period, City failed to muster any clear-cut chances.

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