MANCHESTER. Tottenham Hotspur bested Manchester City. Manchester City was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (72%).​

The match was played at the Etihad Stadium stadium in Manchester on Saturday and it started at 5:30 pm local time. The referee was Anthony Taylor who had the assistance of Gary Beswick and Adam Nunn. The 4th official was Craig Pawson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 3.1 degrees Celsius or 37.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 90%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Manchester City had a superior ball possession 72% while Tottenham Hotspur was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Manchester City was more pushing with 149 dangerous attacks and 21 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyhow, Tottenham Hotspur succeeded in find the solution to win this match.​

Manchester City shot 21 times, 4 on target, 17 off target. On the other side, Tottenham Hotspur shot 6 times, 5 on target, 1 off target.

Cards

Manchester City didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur received 3 yellow cards (P. Hojbjerg, C. Romero and H. Lloris).

Standings

After this encounter, Manchester City will stay with 63 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Tottenham Hotspur will have 39 points to remain in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Premier League, Manchester City will play away with Everton on the 26th of February with a 18-12 head to head statistic in favor of Manchester City (6 draws).

Tottenham Hotspur will play away agasint Leeds United on the 26th of February with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Tottenham Hotspur (1 draw).

Manchester City – Formation

Manchester City started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Josep Guardiola i Sala decided to play with the following team: Ederson (5.8), Kyle Walker (6.2), Rúben Dias (6.8), Aymeric Laporte (6.7), João Cancelo (7.6), Kevin De Bruyne (7.1), Rodri (7.2), İlkay Gündoğan (7.3), Raheem Sterling (6.4), Bernardo Silva (7.5) and Phil Foden (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Liam Delap, Scott Carson, John Stones, Roméo Lavia, Riyad Mahrez (7.1), Nathan Aké, Oleksandr Zinchenko, Fernandinho and James McAtee.

Substitutions

Manchester City made only 1 change substituting R. Sterling for R. Mahrez (68′)​.

Best player: João Cancelo​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Manchester City was João Cancelo.

His rating is (7.6) with 101 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 8 duels out of 14. He performed 7 crosses.

Tottenham Hotspur – Formation

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

Antonio Conte played with: Hugo Lloris (6.0), Cristian Romero (6.3), Eric Dier (6.4), Ben Davies (6.5), Emerson Royal (7.0), Rodrigo Bentancur (6.6), Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (6.8), Ryan Sessegnon (6.1), Dejan Kulusevski (8.0), Heung-Min Son (8.2) and Harry Kane (8.3).

They had on the bench: Steven Bergwijn, Joe Rodon, Matt Doherty (6.8), Harvey White, Lucas Moura (6.4), Dane Scarlett, Harry Winks, Pierluigi Gollini and Davinson Sánchez.

Tottenham Hotspur could not rely on the presence of M. Doherty (injured).

Substitutions

Tottenham Hotspur made 3 changes: Son Heung-Min for Lucas Moura (80′), Emerson Royal for M. Doherty (83′) and R. Sessegnon for D. Sanchez (90′).

Best player: Harry Kane​

The most impressive player for Tottenham Hotspur was Harry Kane.

His rating is (8.3) with 2 goals, 29 passes (68% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 4 duels out of 11.

Results of the day

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

• Arsenal – Brentford – 2-1
• Aston Villa – Watford – 0-1
• Brighton & Hove Albion – Burnley – 0-3
• Crystal Palace – Chelsea – 0-1
• Liverpool – Norwich City – 3-1
• Manchester City – Tottenham Hotspur – 2-3
• Southampton – Everton – 2-0
• West Ham United – Newcastle United – 1-1