First bankruptcy in 16 weeks
England’s captain, who City reportedly wanted to pay €150m for ahead of the season, saw Manchester lose their first league game in 16 weeks. And for making the fight for the title in the English Football Premier League exciting again. City is only six points ahead of their pursuers Liverpool FC, who won 3-1 (0-0) against Norwich on Saturday. But the Klopp team played one game less than the champions – and both teams will meet in a direct duel on April 9th.
Guardiola: “Every game will be a big fight”
“I said weeks ago that we still have a lot of points to pick up and the opponents are so good. Every game will be a big fight.”said Guardiola. Ilkay Gündogan thought he had a point after the late 2:2. “We thought we saved it. But football is crazy sometimes”said the 31-year-old, who is looking forward to an exciting duel with the “Reds” sets: “We know they will do everything they can to make life as difficult as possible for us. The good thing is that they have yet to come to us, but there are still many games to go.”
City dominated the game, shooting 21 times at the goal of the guests. But Tottenham always took the lead. The early 1-0 by Dejan Kulusevski (4th minute) was equalized by German international Ilkay Gündogan (33rd). After the break, a spectacular game developed in which Kane (59th) brought the Londoners back in front, after which his 3-1 win was ruled out for offside after video evidence.
Penalty after video evidence
In injury time, Man City was again awarded a hand penalty after video evidence, which Riyad Mahrez (90 + 2) converted. City continued to press, but in the seven-minute stoppage time it was Kane again (90+5) who made Spurs celebrate. “A crazy game. It was painful to concede a penalty in the last minute. But we managed to get another chance in the end and luckily I scored.”said Kane, whose team is back in touch with an international starting spot in seventh.
Manchester United win at Leeds
On Sunday afternoon fetched himself Manchester United after a turbulent game at 4:2 (2:0) a threesome LeedsUnited. After a quick 2-0 lead, United conceded two goals within a minute to make it 2-2, but won in the end. Substitutes Fred (70′) and Elanga (88′) scored for coach Ralf Rangnick’s team to make it 4-2.
In the final game of the 26th match day Leicester City suffer a 2-1 defeat. A goal by ex-Leipziger Ademola Lookman (41st) was enough for the Wolverhampton Wanderers not. Ruben Neves (9th) and Daniel Podence (66th) scored for the hosts.
Source: dpa