Audio By Carbonatix
Tottenham Hotspur produced the best Premier League performance of the season so far as they inflicted Manchester City’s first defeat of the campaign – and a first loss under new manager Pep Guardiola in 12 games – to show that they are genuine title contenders.
Spurs took the points through an Aleksandar Kolarov own goal, a strike from the superb Dele Alli and could even afford to miss a second-half penalty as they profited from their extraordinary work-rate and pressed City relentlessly even more successfully than Celtic had done in the midweek Champions League draw. Guardiola has to find a way to deal with this.
The defeat brings to an end City’s run of six successive league victories and although they still remain top other teams have now bunched up behind them. It also leaves Spurs as the only unbeaten team in the Premier League.
They deserved this win.
---
Latest Stories
-
Oil back above $100 as US to blockade Iranian ports after peace talks fail
16 minutes -
Viktor Orbán’s Hungarian experiment runs out of steam
24 minutes -
US to blockade Iran after talks fail to yield a deal
35 minutes -
Trump attacks Pope Leo, calling him ‘weak’ on crime and ‘terrible’
54 minutes -
UK will not join Trump’s blockade of Iran’s ports in the Strait of Hormuz
1 hour -
Pope prioritises world’s fastest-growing Catholic region in major Africa tour
1 hour -
UK shelves Chagos deal after Trump opposition
4 hours -
McIlroy proves he really is free by defending Masters title
5 hours -
Orbán era swept away by PĂ©ter Magyar’s Hungary election landslide
5 hours -
Trump’s blockade threat raises risks and leaves predicaments unchanged
5 hours -
At least 30 feared dead in crush at Haitian tourist site
5 hours -
Four arrested over murder of Scottish businessman in Kenya
5 hours -
New Mainoo deal closer, says Man Utd boss Carrick
5 hours -
Sinner beats Alcaraz to return to world top spot
6 hours -
An inappropriate joke nearly ended his career. Now he’s back with more humour
6 hours