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Ange Postecoglou and Tottenham sent out a real statement on Saturday evening with victory away at Manchester City. Not only did Spurs collect the three points on offer in Manchester, they hit their opponents for four in what was a convincing 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium.
Tottenham have endured a mixed start to the 2024/25 campaign in the Premier League but their latest victory highlighted just how dangerous and prolific they can be when everything clicks into place. Such an important game for the team after their dreadful 2-1 home defeat to Ipswich Town just prior to November’s international break, Spurs were coming up against a Manchester City side who had lost their last four games in all competitions.
Having a good couple of openings inside the first 10 minutes through Erling Haaland, City found themselves 2-0 down after 20 minutes courtesy of James Maddison’s double. The midfielder, upon his return to the starting XI, opened the scoring with a lovely volley from Dejan Kulusevski’s inch-perfect delivery, before doubling his tally with a cute dink over Ederson following Son Heung-min’s reverse ball.
Taking a 2-0 lead into half-time at the Etihad Stadium, it was to get even better for Spurs seven minutes after the restart with Pedro Porro finishing off a flowing move involving Kulusevski and Dominic Solanke. City had their opportunities to get back into the contest in the closing stages but Guglielmo Vicario and his defence stood firm and delivered heroic performances to totally nullify the reigning Premier League champions.
It was to get even better for Spurs in stoppage time as Brennan Johnson was once again in the right position to convert at the back post from Timo Werner’s cross. Werner had only been on the pitch for a matter of minutes after replacing Maddison seconds before the 90th minute.
It was the German at his very best as he seized upon Jack Grealish’s loose pass to breeze beyond Kyle Walker and cross the ball for his teammate to finish off. Former Tottenham right-back Walker is known for his blistering pace but Werner made light work of him by sprinting beyond him with ease to get into such an inviting position to tee up Johnson.
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