03 October,2016 08:34 AM IST | | AFP
Tottenham Hotspur advanced their Premier League title credentials with a superb 2-0 victory yesterday as Pep Guardiola tasted defeat for the first time as Man City manager
Tottenham players celebrate a goal against Man City during the EPL match at White Hart Lane in London yesterday. Pic/AFP
Tottenham players celebrate a goal against Man City during the EPL match at White Hart Lane in London yesterday. Pic/AFP
London: Tottenham Hotspur advanced their Premier League title credentials with a superb 2-0 victory yesterday as Pep Guardiola tasted defeat for the first time as Man City manager. An Aleksandar Kolarov own goal and a Dele Alli strike gave Spurs a third successive league win over City bfore Erik Lamela squandered a second-half penalty.
The result lifted Spurs to second, a point below City, and means the north London club, third last term, have made their best start to a season since their fabled 1960-61 title-winning campaign. Pochettino was left to celebrate only a second league win over Guardiola in 10 matches, and the first since Espanyol beat Barcelona in their first such encounter in February 2009.
It was Guardiola's first defeat in 12 games as City manager and following their mid-week 3-3 draw at Celtic in the Champions League, his side have now gone successive games without victory. City had won their first six league matches, but the last unbeaten record in the division now belongs to Tottenham.
