Man City vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction after last-gasp Harry Kane winner
Follow live score and goal updates as Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions host Antonio Conte’s struggling Spurs at the Etihad
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Man City host Tottenham in the late kick-off on a busy Saturday in the Premier League.
There were boos last time out for Spurs after defeat to Wolves, and Antonio Conte has been furious at the coverage and reaction to his interview with the Italian media, where he bemoaned the transfer situation after January, despite spending big to sign Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski, both from Juventus.
Spurs meet a City side in fine form after their demolition of Sporting in the Champions League this week, to all but secure their place in the quarter-finals following the one-sided first leg. Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling all enter this game in fine form and pose a huge threat to Spurs as they bid to keep alive hopes of a top-four finish.
The task at hand has been simplified by City’s dominance in possession though, which could aid Conte’s ability to drill his side this week on the training ground in hope of at least a performance to promote confidence down the straight as Harry Kane considers his future this summer with just two years remaining on his contract.
Follow the build-up, live score and goal updates, analysis and reaction from the Etihad Stadium below:
Man City 0 - 1 Spurs
Man City 0 - 1 Spurs
10 mins: Joao Cancelo switches the play with a cross field pass over to Raheem Sterling on the right side. Sterling attempts to take on Ryan Sessegnon but is dispossessed by the defender. Sessegnon attempts to drive forward on the counterattack but Sterling shows his strength to shoulder in front of him and recover the ball.
Man City 0 - 1 Spurs
7 mins: What a start for Tottenham. Antonio Conte will be delighted with that. Spurs are setting up with a back five when Man City have the ball so they’re expecting to do a lot of defending. Now they have something to defend.
Kevin De Bruyne flicks the ball into the box and Phil Foden heads it on into the six-yard box. Ilkay Gundogan is hovering around but Hugo Lloris beats him to the ball and scoops it up.
GOAL! Man City 0 - 1 Spurs (Kulusevski, 4’)⚽️
4 mins: Great goal from Tottenham! Harry Kane drops deep to receive the ball and then flicks a first time pass in behind Ruben Dias. He pushes up to play the offside trap on Son Heung-min but the Spurs forward times his run brilliantly and sprints away from the centre-back. He chases down the ball brings it into the box before squaring a pass over to Dejan Kulusevski who guides it home!
Man City 0 - 0 Spurs
3 mins: Spurs try to play their way out from the back but Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg is caught by Ilkay Gundogan who puts the ball out of play with his tackle.
It doesn’t take long for City to recover the ball. Aymeric Laporte passes it out to Joao Cancelo on the left and he whips a cross into the box that doesn’t quite drop for Raheem Sterling.
Man City 0 - 0 Spurs
Kick off: Tottenham get the ball rolling at the Etihad Stadium. They work the ball down the right wing but lose possession to City. Ruben Dias flicks the ball down the left side for Raheem Sterling but the pass it overhit and Sterling can’t bring it under control.
Man City vs Spurs
This should hopefully be a good game. Spurs have lost their last three Premier League fixtures and now have to take on the league leaders away from home.
Manchester City are in incredible form. They haven’t lost since October and are heading towards another Premier League title. Can Tottenham halt their progress this evening?
Here come the teams.
Man City vs Spurs: Pep Guardiola says Man City’s failure to sign Harry Kane left him unsure how team would perform
Pep Guardiola has stressed he did not know how Manchester City’s season would pan out after their failure to sign Harry Kane from Tottenham last summer.
The City boss says a deal for Kane was “far away” with Spurs “clear this is not going to happen”, adding: “When that happens two or three or four times, it’s over.”
With no high-profile striker arriving as Sergio Aguero departed for Barcelona, City started 2021-22 with back-to-back defeats, being beaten 1-0 at Tottenham – then managed by Nuno Espirito Santo – in their Premier League opener a week after losing to Leicester by the same score in the Community Shield.
Pep Guardiola: City’s failure to sign Harry Kane left him unsure how team would play
Manchester City are nine points clear at the top of the Premier League.
Man City vs Spurs
Tottenham are looking to avoid losing four successive Premier League games for the first time since a run of six defeats between October and November 2004.
They have conceded seven goals in their last three top-flight matches, one more than they did in their first nine under Antonio Conte.
Spurs are also trying to secure their first league double over the reigning top-flight champions since 1986-87, when they beat Liverpool 1-0 home and away.
Man City vs Spurs
Manchester City have earned 43 points from 45 available in the Premier League since losing to Crystal Palace in October. The aggregate score in those matches is 41-8.
They have won all 19 league games this season in which they scored the opening goal and City have scored 98 goals in 37 competitive fixtures in 2021-22. It took them until their 45th game of last season to reach a century of goals.
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