Man City vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction after last-gasp Harry Kane winner
Follow live score and goal updates as Pep Guardiola’s Premier League champions host Antonio Conte’s struggling Spurs at the Etihad
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Man City host Tottenham in the late kick-off on a busy Saturday in the Premier League.
There were boos last time out for Spurs after defeat to Wolves, and Antonio Conte has been furious at the coverage and reaction to his interview with the Italian media, where he bemoaned the transfer situation after January, despite spending big to sign Rodrigo Bentancur and Dejan Kulusevski, both from Juventus.
Spurs meet a City side in fine form after their demolition of Sporting in the Champions League this week, to all but secure their place in the quarter-finals following the one-sided first leg. Bernardo Silva, Phil Foden and Raheem Sterling all enter this game in fine form and pose a huge threat to Spurs as they bid to keep alive hopes of a top-four finish.
The task at hand has been simplified by City’s dominance in possession though, which could aid Conte’s ability to drill his side this week on the training ground in hope of at least a performance to promote confidence down the straight as Harry Kane considers his future this summer with just two years remaining on his contract.
Follow the build-up, live score and goal updates, analysis and reaction from the Etihad Stadium below:
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Man City vs Spurs
Just over 10 minutes to go before kick off at the Etihad Stadium. Manchester City need to win to restore their nine point lead over Liverpool. Three points for Tottenham would move them back into seventh place, four points off the top four with two games in hand.
Man City vs Spurs: Antonio Conte arrives at Man City juncture amid more Tottenham noise
When Tottenham Hotspur officials saw the actual transcription of what Antonio Conte said in interviews this week, they were less aggravated, but still perturbed. There is an anxiety about just how much noise the Italian is causing.
Those close to him would say he’s always like this, and was the same in his first season at an ailing Inter Milan. He then made them champions.
That was a different situation at a different club, though. At Spurs, he’s only making more problems.
Antonio Conte arrives at Man City juncture amid more Tottenham noise
The Spurs boss has vented his frustrations to the Italian media but now faces a pivotal match against the Premier League champions
Manchester City vs Tottenham: Head-to-head
Manchester City’s only loss in their last 12 home games against Tottenham in all competitions was a 2-1 league defeat in February 2016.
However, Spurs have won three of the last four league meetings, which is as many as they had in their previous 13 attempts. All of those victories have been at home though.
Manchester City vs Tottenham
There’s one more Premier League game to go today as Manchester City take on Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium. Here’s a reminder of the two teams:
Man City XI: Ederson, Cancelo, Laporte, Dias, Walker, De Bruyne, Rodri, Gundogan, Foden, Bernardo Silva, Sterling
Tottenham XI: Lloris, Romero, Dier, Davies, Emerson Royal, Bentancur, Sessegnon, Hojbjerg, Kulusevski, Son, Kane
Premier League standings
There isn’t much change at the top of the table as Liverpool and Chelsea remain second and third. Liverpool are now only six points behind Manchester City although the champions kick off against Tottenham in just under half an hours time. Arsenal have drawn level with West Ham on points but they remain sixth on goal difference.
At the bottom victories for Burnley and Watford have move both team ahead of Norwich although they still remain in the bottom three. Everton’s defeat to Southampto means they are only four points off the drop zone.
Brentford are 14th, Crystal Palace 13th, Aston Villa 12th, Southampton 10th and Brighton 9th.
Reguilon confirms Tottenham absence at Man City due to Covid
Premier League 3pm kick offs: Full-time scores
Here are the full results from the six 3pm Premier League games:
Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
Aston Villa 0-1 Watford
Brighton 0-3 Burnley
Crystal Palace 0-1 Chelsea
Liverpool 3-1 Norwich
Southampton 2-0 Everton
Full-time: Aston Villa 0-1 Watford
Watford hang on through a long period of added time to beat Aston Villa at Villa Park. Emmanuel Dennis’ strike the difference between the teams there.
Full-time: Arsenal 2-1 Brentford
There was no time for Brentford to complete a comeback as the full-time whistle goes shortly after the game was restarted. Arsenal pick up another victory at the Emirates stadium.
GOAL! Arsenal 2-1 Brentford (Norgaard, 90+3’)⚽️
90+3 mins: Christian Norgaard is awarded a consolation goal for Brentford after a lenghty VAR check. His effort was originally ruled out for offside before the replays show that wasn’t the case.
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