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LONDON. Tottenham Hotspur defeats Manchester City 1-0 after H. Kane scored just 1 goal (15′). Manchester City was decisively better in terms of ball possession (64%).​

Tottenham Hotspur remained with 10 players after Cristian Romero received a double yellow card in the 87′.

The match was played at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium stadium in London. The referee was Andy Madley with the assistance of Harry Lennard and Nicholas Hopton. The 4th official was Graham Scott. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 5 degrees Celsius or 41.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 79%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City was in firm control of the ball 64% while Tottenham Hotspur was struggling with a 36% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more pushing with 69 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 5 were on target. Nonetheless, Tottenham Hotspur was able to find the solution to win this contest.​

Tottenham Hotspur shot 14 times, 3 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Manchester City shot 15 times, 5 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards (Rodrigo Bentancur , Cristian Romero and Ivan Perisic). On the other side, Manchester City received 2 yellow cards (Ederson and Kyle Walker).

Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (87′).

Standings

After this match, Tottenham Hotspur will have 39 points to sit in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Manchester City will stay with 45 points to remain in the 2nd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Tottenham Hotspur will play away with Leeds United on the 28th of May with a 5-2 head to head in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (1 draw).

Manchester City will play away agasint Brentford on the 28th of May with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (0 draws).

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

Tottenham Hotspur started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Antonio Conte decided to play with the following team: Hugo Lloris (7.1), Cristian Romero (7.4), Eric Dier (7.1), Ben Davies (6.7), Emerson Royal (6.9), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (7.3), Rodrigo Bentancur (7.0), Ivan Perišić (6.7), Dejan Kulusevski (5.9), Heung-min Son (7.0) and Harry Kane (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Arnaut Danjuma, Pedro Porro, Ryan Sessegnon (6.2), Richarlison, Fraser Forster, Davinson Sánchez, Oliver Skipp, Clément Lenglet and Yves Bissouma.

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 3 changes: Ivan Perisic for Ryan Sessegnon (79′), Heung-min Son for Yves Bissouma (84′) and Dejan Kulusevski for Davinson Sánchez (88′).

Best player: Cristian Romero​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was Cristian Romero even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is (7.4) with 35 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7.

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).

Josep Guardiola i Sala played with: Ederson (6.5), Kyle Walker (7.0), Manuel Akanji (7.2), Nathan Aké (7.0), Rico Lewis (7.3), Riyad Mahrez (6.2), Rodri (7.0), Bernardo Silva (6.8), Jack Grealish (7.3), Julián Álvarez (7.0) and Erling Haaland (6.9).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Maximo Perrone, Stefan Ortega, Cole Palmer, Kevin De Bruyne (7.1), Rúben Dias, İlkay Gündoğan, Aymeric Laporte, Sergio Gómez and Kalvin Phillips.

Substitutions

Manchester City made 2 changes: Riyad Mahrez for Kevin De Bruyne (59′) and Bernardo Silva for İlkay Gündoğan (84′).

Best player: Rico Lewis​

The player that probably impressed the most for Manchester City was Rico Lewis.

His rating is (7.3) with 58 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 9.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Premier League.​

• Tottenham Hotspur – Manchester City – 1-0
• Nottingham Forest – Leeds United – 1-0