Erling Haaland returned from the Manchester City team to mark its 2oth League of the season while the Pep Guardiola team emerged with a 1-0 victory against Tottenham.
The Norwegian only took 12 minutes to seize what turned out to be the only goal of a match that saw a dominant performance in the first half of City, followed by a very improved spur, showing after the break.
The result brings the Guardiola team to return to the top four of the Premier League, while Ange Postcoglou’s men remain in 13th place.
Back with a bang 💥
Erling Haaland returns to the Manchester City team to sweep home to put his team forward 1-0 in the capital ⚽️
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How the action took place
Tottenham pursued a fourth successive victory in the Premier League. City, meanwhile, hoped to bounce back after a 2-0 defeat against the leaders of the Liverpool League on Sunday.
He promised to be an interesting meeting between two teams that were among the most unpredictable in the most unpredictable league in the league.
Even the team selections offered an early intrigue: the son Heung-Min, Djed Spence and Dejan Kulusevski all warmed the Spurs bench while there was a return to the city which started eleven for Haaland after being absent for the last two games.
And it took less than a quarter of an hour for the Norwegian back to find the back of the net, pulling in a 20th goal of this mandate after the threaded pass of Jeremy Doku to give Guardiola’s advance.
The arrival of Haaland was clinical, but the back line of the Spurs offered the striker imposing far too much space and he explained with confidence.
Back with a bang 💥
Erling Haaland returns to the Manchester City team to sweep home to put his team forward 1-0 in the capital ⚽️
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– Football on TNT SPORTS (@footballontnt) February 26, 2025
The city looked smooth. But they would have struck for not having increased their advance before the break after Savinho and Haaland wasted in good chance.
Tottenham had the goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario to thank for keeping the respectable scoring, the Italian performing a series of important backups while the Spurs seemed trembling.
The second half started in the same way, City benefiting from the majority of possession and their hosts who find it difficult to contain them.
The Spurs, however, finally started to be promising. Shortly before the hour, the hosts dug a great chance to level, but Wilson Odobert failed to convert the teasing ball of Pedro Porro.
It was a spark that seemed to ignite the London team. Rodrigo Bentancur saw his head saved before Mathys like was wasted a glorious opportunity while the Spurs looked like those who could be kicked.
Haaland excluded a second goal for the offside in the time of stopping before, just to death, replacing him from the Spurs Pope Sarr went to the bar with the gaping goal, aggravating a night of “ what ” for the Spurs.
City held the three points in what was a classic game of two halves.
