TOTTENHAM STADIUM — Erling Haaland’s 20th goal of the season gave Manchester City a precious away win in the race for Champions League football next season as they beat Tottenham 1-0.
Spurs brought on the cavalry in the second half and Son Heung-Min came closest to an equaliser, while Pape Matar Sarr headed over from five yards with virtually the last touch of the game.
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The Spurs boss did at least bring Pedro Porro, who has played more than any Tottenham defender this season, back into his team to try and deal with the threat of Jeremy Doku.
And he needed no second invitation to run at Porro when Omar Marmoush injected pace into the counter-attack and Doku was able to pull it back to Haaland, whom Destiny Udogie had allowed to ghost into the box. The Norwegian had scored six in his last seven games but Udogie seemed happy to let him run freely towards the six-yard box and, even off-balance, turn the ball into the net in the 12th minute.
Haaland, who missed defeats to Liverpool and Real Madrid due to a knee problem, was animated figure as City were frustrated as much by their own profligacy against their bogey team: this side has lost nine times to Spurs during Guardiola’s time in charge, more than any other outfit.
But they were lifted and with good reason, as Spurs produced their best spell of the game, City completely losing control of a game they utterly dominated before the break.
On the touchline, Guardiola cut an increasingly frustrated figure, knowing victory would take his team back into fourth place in the Premier League, a point clear of Chelsea and three ahead of Newcastle.
It looked like a lengthy delay to rule out, correctly, Haaland’s second goal for his own handball had seen out stoppage time, but resurgent Spurs had one last chance. It was typical of their night that Porro’s cross came off Son’s back and as a result, all Sarr could do was head it over.
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