Manchester City’s bid to cut Arsenal’s Premier League result in two issues used to be scuppered as Harry Kane’s record-breaking function earned Tottenham Hotspur a 1-0 win over the champions on Sunday.
Kane’s Fifteenth-minute effort punished some sloppy City passing and made him the north London membership’s all-time best goalscorer with 267, taking him previous former nice Jimmy Greaves whose checklist had stood since 1970.
It used to be a strike even lovers of Tottenham’s arch-rivals Arsenal would have celebrated down the Seven Sisters Road because it helped Mikel Arteta’s facet keep 5 issues transparent of champions City regardless of Saturday’s surprise loss at Everton.
Tottenham had led by way of two objectives at halftime at City a couple of weeks in the past simplest to capitulate and lose 4-2 however this time they held company regardless of a overdue purple card for Cristian Romero to spice up their very own hopes of completing within the best 4.
With Erling Haaland subdued the nearest City got here to scoring used to be a Riyad Mahrez effort that smashed in opposition to the bottom of the crossbar in first-half stoppage time.
Tottenham then withstood a overdue City siege with some tenacious protecting to clinch a 3rd win in 4 league video games over Pep Guardiola’s facet.
City stay in 2nd position with 45 issues from 21 video games with Arsenal on 50 having performed a recreation much less with the 2 aspects assembly in north London on Feb. 15.
Tottenham, whose supervisor Antonio Conte used to be absent after having surgical operation to take away his gallbladder, are 5th on 39 issues from 22 video games, one in the back of Newcastle United.
Kane’s second arrived when City made a large number of looking to play out from the again and Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg stole the ball off Rico Lewis at the fringe of the realm sooner than preserving off a problem and flicking the ball to Kane.
The England striker’s right-foot shot used to be no longer his sweetest connection but it surely discovered its method into the nook previous Ederson as Kane turned into simplest the 3rd participant to attain 200 Premier League objectives.
After the general whistle Kane used to be interviewed at the pitch as lovers serenaded him with “Harry you’re one of your own..” — a connection with the reality he joined the membership as an 11-year-old.
“It’s quite surreal, a magical feeling to do it in front of the home fans and to win the game, I wanted to do it at this special place and in front of these amazing fans.”
City despatched on Kevin De Bruyne for Mahrez at the hour and the Belgian fired a shot large whilst Julian Alvarez had a ferocious effort deflected over the crossbar.
Romero used to be proven a 2nd yellow card for a nasty on Jack Grealish however City may to find no method via as they neglected an enormous alternative to place force on Arsenal they usually to find themselves simplest 3 issues above in-form Manchester United.
“Sooner or later it is going to change, but it is strange we haven’t scored a goal,” Guardiola mentioned of City’s troubles with Tottenham. “To find an explanation is not easy.
“We don’t seem to be able to consider being champions, simply the following recreation, Aston Villa, we will be able to get ready smartly and play our recreation as easiest as conceivable.”