Manchester City have two reasons to celebrate: they beat Tottenham in the end, advanced to the next round of the FA Cup and broke their bad streak at Spurs' stadium.
The game was far from the best versions that the Premier games offered and was flat, with practically no clear result on the part of the two institutions, which played an engagement with a strong leg, with many split games and where equality almost until the end the end of the obligation prevailed.
Guardiola's Citizens had the initiative through possession, but they lacked the end goal to trouble Vicario. Oscar Bobb was the person who came closest to breaking through zero, and he actually did it. In the 5th minute, the City player caught a rebound in the penalty area and scored a goal. However, a millimeter offside call drowned out the celebration in the Tottenham Stadium.
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Manchester had to wait until the last quarter of an hour to get back into a good position to do damage with deep passes. Contributions from Doku and De Bruyne helped improve the game and the Belgian's goal made it 1-0. A corner from the creative midfielder found the head of Rubén Días. The “1” missed the shot and the ball flew into the six-yard box. Ake took advantage of the action, shot the ball and went out to celebrate, while all of Tottenham claimed an alleged violation against the goalkeeper.
That was a milestone. It was the first goal the Citizens scored at Spurs Stadium, a venue they have visited six times and where they have suffered just one defeat.