Harry Kane ends Manchester City’s run in the Premier League

A brace by striker Harry Kane, who scored the decisive goal in minute 90+5, gave Tottenham the victory at the Etihad Stadium and ended Manchester City’s run (2-3) to revive the fight for the title of the Premier.

The set of the Spanish Pep Guardiola could not avoid his third setback in the English competition. He had fifteen games without losing. Fourteen wins and one draw. He hadn’t dropped since being beaten by Crystal Palace on October 30. But he lost to Italian Antonio Conte’s team in a clash full of alternatives, with a frenetic ending that fell on the London side.

The stumble of the Citizens encourages Liverpool. German Jurgen Klopp’s team, second, has six points and one game less than Pep Guardiola’s team. Everything is still open. The Reds, who beat Norwich before, are fully involved in the bidding.

City ran into a rival with clear ideas who executed the counterattack perfectly and took advantage of every one of their options. The domain was Guardiola’s box that crashed before the order of his rival and that he did not know how to cover the spaces that he left uncovered and that were used by Conte’s team.

The scoreboard was favorable to the visitors again and again. Tottenham took the lead after four minutes with a perfect counterattack led by South Korean Heung-Min Son until he reached the area. Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson stepped in and the Korean handed the ball to Swedish Dejan Kulusevski, who took it into the net.

City tied in the 34th minute, with a cross into the area by Raheem Sterling that Frenchman Hugo Lloris did not stop in his 400th game. The rebound fell to German Ilkay Gundogan, who did not fail.

At game time the London team took the lead again. Son sent the ball into the heart of the box on another transition play. Kane appeared, who started the play, and first beat Ederson again.

In added time the match became agitated. Manchester City found the tie thanks to a penalty for a handball by the Argentine Cristian Gabriel Romero who had to check the VAR and which was converted by the Algerian Riyad Mahrez.

With the clash doomed to draw, a pass from the baseline by Dejan Kulusevski was hit, headed by Kane, who beat Ederson again to the despair of Pep Guardiola and the joy of Conte, who was questioned after accumulating three consecutive defeats and now returns to the fight for Europe. (D)