Tottenham Hotspur pulled off an emphatic 3-1 victory against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium to hand the defending champions their first defeat in 16 games. Dejan Kulusevski opened the scoring in as early as the 4th minute to hand Spurs the lead. Ilkay Gundogan then equalized in the 33rd minute to make it 1-1 at half-time. Harry Kane made it 2-1 in the 59th minute to give Tottenham Hotspur the lead which was cancelled out by a late penalty from Riyad Mahrez. Harry Kane scored the winner in the 5th minute of extra-time to take all 3 points from the Etihad.
Let’s take a look at how each Tottenham player performed during the match against the Citizens.
GK: Hugo Lloris – 7.5/10
The French goalkeeper made a lot of great saves throughout the game after his mistake in the first half led to the equalizer.
CB: Eric Dier – 7.5/10
Dier made a lot of tackles and last-ditch clearances to keep the City attackers at bay.
CB: Cristian Romero – 6.5/10
The Argentine centre-back made 7 clearances and won a lot of aerial duels.
CB: Ben Davies – 6.5/10
Ben Davies was rock solid throughout the game. His passing accuracy was superb and was always at the right place at the right time.
RM: Emerson Royal – 7/10
The Brazilian talent defended exceptionally to deny any chance to Raheem Sterling in that left side.
CM: Rodrigo Bentancur – 7.5/10
The Uruguayan midfielder looked comfortable on the ball and didn’t shy away from closing down shooting spaces.
CM: Pierre-Emile Højbjerg – 8/10
Hojbjerg anchored the midfield and carried the ball high up the pitch to release pressure.
LM: Ryan Sessegnon– 6.5/10
Ryan Sessegnon was solid at the back and showed great desire to progress the ball.
RW: Dejan Kulusevski – 8.5/10
In his first Premier League start, Kulusevski finished brilliantly to give Spurs the lead. His 86% pass accuracy showed his quality as he hardly put a foot wrong. He also provided the assist for Harry Kane to score the winner.
ST: Harry Kane – 9/10
Kane was the best player on the pitch scoring 2 goals and also put Son through to set up the first goal.
LW: Heung-min Son – 8/10
The South Korean international assisted brilliantly for the first 2 goals as the City defenders found it difficult to cope with his pace.
Substitutes:
RW: Lucas Moura – 6/10
Moura could hardly impact the game.
RB: Matt Doherty– NA
He didn’t get enough minutes to warrant a rating.
CB: Davison Sanchez- NA
He didn’t get enough minutes to warrant a rating.
