Tottenham Hotspur fought again from two targets down to assert some extent in opposition to Manchester City within the Premier League.
Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo fired Metropolis in entrance earlier than half-time on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and appeared to be cruising to victory earlier than a second-half Dominic Solanke brace introduced Spurs again into the sport.
The consequence will give Spurs followers one thing to shout about after a dismal league marketing campaign to this point, however it’s going to do little to ease the mounting strain on boss Thomas Frank.
For Pep Guardiola’s facet, who had been trying to reinstate the four-point hole between them and league leaders Arsenal, they continue to be in second however are actually six factors behind their title rivals
Early distress for Spurs
Metropolis had been forward after simply 11 minutes. After Yves Bissouma was dispossessed on the half-way line, Erling Haaland discovered Cherki who took a few touches earlier than sweeping residence from simply contained in the field.
5 minutes later, Haaland squandered an excellent probability when, surrounded by a few Spurs defenders whereas bearing down on objective, the Norwegian lifted the ball over Vicario however the ball looped onto the roof of the online.
With Frank once more slicing an more and more annoyed determine on the touchline, Metropolis doubled their benefit on the stroke of half-time when an under-hit Tottenham clearance culminated within the ball dropping to Bernardo Silva.
The Metropolis captain fed Semenyo and, with time and house to choose his spot, the Ghana worldwide arrowed an effort into the nook to provide Guardiola’s males a commanding lead going into the break.
A valiant comeback
After boos rang out because the half-time whistle sounded on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Future Udogie got here near giving the house followers one thing to cheer early within the second-half, however his fierce strike was impressively tipped over by Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Moments later, they did have a objective to rejoice when Solanke bundled residence to halve the deficit with effectively over 35 minutes left to play.
It sparked Spurs into life. On 70 minutes, they levelled when Conor Gallagher’s cross was flicked in ingeniously by Solanke.
The England striker was forward of the ball when the cross got here in, however one way or the other managed to hook the ball up and over Donnarumma with the heel of his boot.
Tottenham had been now firmly within the ascendency. Substitute Wilson Odobert drew a cease from the Metropolis keeper earlier than the towering Italian once more needed to be available to palm away Xavi Simons’ goal-bound effort.
Metropolis regained management of the sport going into the latter levels however there have been no additional targets and the factors had been shared.
