Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City played out a 2-2 draw at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Early goals for City from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo were cancelled out by a brace from Dominic Solanke, resulting in the points being shared. The result dented Man City’s title hopes as they dropped crucial points.
Tactical analysis and match report by Gaurav Krishnan.
There’s been a lot said about Thomas Frank’s tenure at Tottenham. The former Brentford boss has seen mixed results further resulting in a divided fan base regarding his credentials for the job at the helm of Spurs. However, in this game Frank’s Spurs side came back from going 2-0 down at home to draw the game to dent City’s title hopes, giving Arsenal a sizeable lead over City in the title race.
For Manchester City, Pep Guardiola has turned to the transfer market once again to bolster his City side. Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guehi joined in the winter window & have been thrown straight into the mix. However, City have seen mixed results as well.
Two losses for City against Man United in the Manchester derby and a shock loss to Bodo/Glimt in the Champions League haven’t done Guardiola any favours. So coming into this game, it was perhaps imperative to get the job done away at Spurs. But it didn’t contrive to happen despite City starting the game strongly with a 2-0 lead.
For their part, Spurs have also recruited in the January window and started this game in 14th place in the league table. Former Chelsea midfielder . . .