{"id":1177280,"date":"2020-11-21T19:59:14","date_gmt":"2020-11-21T19:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1177280"},"modified":"2021-03-30T09:35:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T08:35:35","slug":"tottenham-spurs-2-0-manchester-city-match-analysis-five-things-learned-kane-dier-son-guardiola-mourinho","status":"publish","type":"features","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/features\/tottenham-spurs-2-0-manchester-city-match-analysis-five-things-learned-kane-dier-son-guardiola-mourinho\/","title":{"rendered":"“It’s deja vu all over again” – Five things learned as Son and Spurs stun Man City with superb defensive display"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an incredibly by-the-book night of football, Spurs beat Manchester City to go top of the Premier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The win was truly by the numbers in that all of it has happened more than once before as City were undone by the same old flaws. What did we learn?<\/p>\n

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1. It’s deja vu all over again
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Spurs upset Manchester City thanks to a Heung-min Son goal exposing a poor bit of defending by Aymeric Laporte and there was a questionable VAR decision that went against City in a controversial yet somewhat humorous way.<\/p>\n

Are we talking about Spurs’ 1-0 win against City in the Champions League? Or the 2-2 draw at the Etihad that knocked them out? Or last season’s 2-0 league win at Tottenham Stadium? Or are we talking about tonight?<\/p>\n

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Pep Guardiola has collected just 12 points from his first eight games of the 2020-21 PL season, his lowest ever return from his first eight matches across his managerial career.<\/p>\n

They will finish this gameweek in the bottom half of the table, again. pic.twitter.com\/EI5GKe0xpT<\/a><\/p>\n

— Squawka (@Squawka) November 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n