Man City beat Tottenham to inch closer to Premier league title
- Published By Jedida Barasa For The Statesman Digital
- 4 months ago
Manchester City moved within one win of a historic fourth successive Premier League title with victory at Tottenham.
Erling Haaland's second-half double settled a tight encounter in which Spurs' hopes of a top-four finish ended, and sent Aston Villa into the Champions League for the first time next season.
Pep Guardiola's reigning champions will lift the trophy again if they beat West Ham United at Etihad Stadium on Sunday (16:00 BST).
Spurs performed with great credit, despite knowing bitter rivals Arsenal would be the beneficiaries of a good result, and it took a superb display from City's deputy goalkeeper Stefan Ortega to keep them at bay after he replaced Ederson, who took a heavy knock in a collision with Cristian Romero.
Haaland broke the deadlock when he tapped in Kevin de Bruyne's cross six minutes after the break, Ortega's heroics then keeping City in front as he saved twice from Dejan Kulusevski before denying Son Heung-min when he was clean through.
City then broke clear in stoppage time to put themselves on the brink of glory, Haaland scoring his 38th goal of the season from the penalty spot after Jeremy Doku was fouled by Pedro Porro.
It sets the stage for Sunday's season finale, with City now two points ahead of Arsenal and on a seemingly unstoppable surge to become the first club to win the Premier League four consecutive times.
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