The “Citizens” lost their invincibility at home in the championship, which lasted for two years and 52 matchesi.e. since November 2022 and the arrival of Brentford.
Manchester City’s misfortune (2e, 23 points) brings joy to Liverpool (28 pts), reinforced in his leadership chair even before going to the bottom of Southampton on Sunday.
The “Citizens”, now closely followed by Chelsea (3rd, 22 pts), Arsenal (4th) and Brighton (5th), are going through an unprecedented results crisis under Pep Guardiola, the coach since 2016, just extended until 2027.
The Spanish suffered a fifth defeat in a rowall competitions combined, which had never happened to him in his prolific career.
His team is certainly weakened by absencesnotably those of Ruben Dias, Mateo Kovacic and Rodri, his totem midfielder, who came to present his Golden Ball to his supporters before kick-off.
But that doesn’t explain all his setbacks.
The Croatian defender Josko Gvardiol was guilty of too loose marking then a missed restart during the first two goals, scored by James Maddison (13th, 20th) on his 28th birthday.
The entire defense seemed overwhelmed and without reaction to the counterattacks concluded by Pedro Porro (53rd, 3-0) and Brennan Johnson (90th + 3, 4-0).
Tottenham were extremely efficient and held their ground despite the siege carried out by Erling Haaland’s partners, frustrated by the crossbar (60th) and Guglielmo Vicario (11th, 79th) in particular.
The “Spurs” move up to sixth place with 19 points, like Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa.
It’s a nice bounce back for the team led by Ange Postecoglou, beaten twice in their previous three matches, against low-ranked Crystal Palace and Ipswich.
