Man City 0-4 Tottenham LIVE RESULT: Spurs THRASH champions with counter-attacking masterclass as City lose FIVE in a row
MANCHESTER CITY have been THRASHED 4-0 by Tottenham in the Premier League.
Earlier on today, Chelsea kicked off the action with a 2-1 at Leicester to leap up to third place before Arsenal thrashed Nottingham Forest 3-0.
Unai Emery's Aston Villa drew 2-2 with Crystal Palace, Wolves beat Fulham 4-1 away from home and Brighton held on to overcome Bournemouth.
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Pep needing rebuild of squad
A lot of the key players in this Guardiola squad are getting to the twilight years of their careers.
The likes of De Bruyne, Walker, Gundogan and Silva have been pivotal over recent years.
Much like Klopp had to do with Liverpool's ageing midfield, you feel now is the time that the Spaniard needs to rebuild.
Tottenham tear down Etihad Stadium
Nobody would have been placing this bet with the bookies today.
People hoped that Spurs could take points off Man City but never really believed they could.
Postecoglou's side put in a performance to show just what his side are capable of when they are on their game.
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Credit: AFP Things go from bad to worse
X (formerly Twitter) has exploded since Man City suffered their fifth defeat in a row.
The reactions are that of disbelief and anger.
Some people are even calling out the defending champions.
Guardiola setting unwanted records
Two weeks ago Pep Guardiola lost four consecutive games for the first time in his managerial career.
Today he broke that record again as he suffered a fifth defeat.
It does not get any easier as their next game in the league is a tricky trip to Anfield on the weekend.
They will be hoping they can build some confidence against Feyenoord in the Champions League first.
Credit: PA Heads drop as City hit new low
Having dominated the Premier League for so long, Pep Guardiola sides are not used to that losing feeling.
They now find themselves in a rut with heads down and confidence nose-diving.
Winners are not judged by how well they win but how they react when they are knocked down and beaten, we will see what this side have in that respect over the next few weeks.
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Credit: AFP Champions needing change of luck
Man City need to try and turn things around to get them back into this title race.
Going to Anfield and beating Liverpool is their only answer right now.
As big of an ask as it is, these are the levels required to win Premier League titles.
Pep's side leave him feeling Madd
James Maddison controlled the game for Tottenham today.
Scoring the opening two goals, he then made a big impact in the second-half with his defensive play.
Nobody has earned a man of the match trophy more this season.
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It is a massive win for Spurs on the road today.
Nobody gave them a chance of beating the champions.
They are proving to be Pep Guardiola's bogey side this season.
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The referee brings the game to a close.
Tottenham have humbled the champions at The Etihad.
Man City have now lost five times in a row.
Man City 0-4 Tottenham
90+4. This is a joy to behold, as long as you are not a Man City fan.
What a performance from Tottenham.
Werner breaks down the left and squares it to the back post where Johnson slides in to add icing to the cake.
Goal - Brennan Johnson (Tottenham)
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90+2. De Bruyne puts a teasing cross in towards Haaland.
Dragusin gets there first and puts it over his own crossbar.
Sums up the day for the big Norwegian.
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90. Bergvall, Werner and Spence all come on for the visitors.
They replace Maddison, Udogie and Sarr.
We are going to have four added minutes.
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88. Kulusevski does brilliantly to turn aaway from Foden and go on the attack.
He slides the ball into Johnson, who rounds Ederson, but his shot strikes the post and comes back out.
The linesman raises his flag so it would not have counted anyway.
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86. This has been a stellar performance from Tottenham.
Many wondered if they could keep up these levels for the entire game and they certainly have.
Udogie goes down with an injury but gets straight to his feet as the home fans start booing.
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84. Akanji tries to bend one in the far corner but Maddison charges out and gets a block in.
The Tottenham midfielder is certainly a big contender for man of the match today.
What a way to celebrate your birthday.
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82. Tottenham fans start singing 'you're getting sacked in the morning' to Pep Guardiola.
Top banter.
A goal for the hosts now would test the nerves of every Spurs fan in this ground you would think.
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80. Sarr cleared the ball and was wiped out by De Bruyne.
The Belgian tries to drag him up off the floor and it all kicks off.
Both players are shown yellow cards for their troubles.
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78. This could be a massive result in the title race.
If Liverpool beat Southampton tomorrow, they could be eight points clear of Guardiola's side.
De Bruyne plays in Haaland but Vicario makes an important stop.
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76. Gundogan has a sight of goal but his shot strikes Vicario in the chest.
Big chance wasted.
Silva kicks out at Maddison and is shown a yellow card.
Dreadful challenge.
View from SunSport's Martin Blackburn at The Etihad
Pedro Porro was on City’s books for three years – but never played a game.
In fact he once said Pep Guardiola never even spoke to him.
Yet it was his goal which surely put this game beyond the reach of City – and condemned his old ‘boss’ to a fifth straight defeat.
The home side had plenty of chances to get back in it but it was one of those night when nothing worked out for them.
But Spurs looked dangerous every time they attack - and fancy more than the three they had.
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74. Savinho and Lewis are replaced by De Bruyne and Grealish.
Guardiola is in desperate need of a goal to give them a glimmer of hope in this match.
Silva beats his man and looks to pick out Haaland but Porro beats him to it and heads clear.
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72. It looks like Kevin De Bruyne is about to join the action.
Anything but a win will be seen as dropped points today.
You cannot see them scoring four goals right now.
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70. It was a bit like this in the second-half against Arsenal.
Man City are getting a lot of possession but seem lacking ideas in the final third.
Tottenham are continuing to graft and keep them out of their penalty area.
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68. Since Oasis announced their reunion, Man City have rolled back the years to their form from the 1990s.
Rodri is sat in the stands watching, wondering what is going on with his team.
The hosts are running out of ideas of how to find a goal.
