Tottenham vs Man City LIVE: FA Cup result and reaction as Nathan Ake scores late winning goal
Tottenham 0-1 Man City: Nathan Ake’s late winner sent City into the fifth round
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Your support makes all the difference.Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester City in a barnstorming clash for the FA Cup fourth round with the north London outfit hoping to knock the current holders out of the competition.
Spurs defeated Burnley 1-0 in the previous round, thanks to a 78th minute goal from Pedro Porro, to set up the clash with Pep Guardiola’s men. Though Postecoglou will be without the services of Son Heung-Min who is off playing in the Asia Cup, Tottenham could be boosted by the returns of James Maddison, who has been missing since November with an ankle injury, and defenders Micky van de Ven and Cristian Romero.
Another benefit for Spurs is that Guardiola still cannot call on Erling Haaland who is recovering from injury. Not that his absence is slowing down the FA Cup holders. They are on a nine-game unbeaten run with eight wins and one draw during that time. City have scored eight goals in their last two outings and have Kevin De Bruyne back fit and firing.
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Full-time! Tottenham 0-1 Man City
90+5 mins: There goes the final whistle. Nathan Ake’s late goal was the deciding factor in the game but City deserved to win the game.
They were the dominant side despite some bright moments for Spurs.
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
90 mins: The goal stands after a VAR check. Nathan Ake has probably secured this game for Manchester City. Five minutes of added time to play.
GOAL! Tottenham 0-1 Man City (Ake, 88’)
88 mins: Kevin De Bruyne swings a corner into the penalty area. Guglielmo Vicario fumbles the ball under pressure from Ruben Dias and the ball drops to Nathan Ake.
He pokes it into the back of the net and City take the lead.
Was the goalkeeper fouled though? VAR are looking at it.
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
85 mins: Save! Jeremy Doku nips in behind after a decent pass from Foden. He touches the ball into the box, gets forced slightly wide but still manages to get the shot away.
Vicario drops low and manages to keep the ball out!
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
81 mins: Miss! Hojbjerg gives the ball away to Phil Foden who feeds it across to Kevin De Bruyne inside the box. He’s got time and space to shoot but City’s talisman pulls his effort wide of the near post as Cristian Romero comes across to distract him.
Huge moment. Tottenham survive.
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
78 mins: Bernardo Silva lifts a cross into the box that Timo Werner deals with after Rodri was the target. City are the ones pushing to score here but they need to be aware of Tottenham’s threat on the counter-attack.
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
75 mins: 15 minutes to play at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium. James Maddison and Oliver Skipp have been introduced for Spurs and the crowd are loving that decision.
Can they influence this game positively?
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
72 mins: Man City are trying to step it up with De Bruyne adding a different dimension to their game.
He’s got a willing runner in Phil Foden who gets into the box but he’s not got the angle to shoot. Instead he sends the ball back to Doku who looks for Walker on the opposite side of the area.
Udogie intercepts and Spurs clear.
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
69 mins: Kovacic dinsk the ball round the corner to Doku who threads a pass down the left wing for Kevin De Bruyne. He touches the ball into the box but takes it too far and knocks the ball out for a goal kick.
Tottenham 0-0 Man City
66 mins: Close! Doku flicks the ball over the top and plays Phil Foden in behind the Tottenham defence. He fizzes a low pass into the area but a big deflection takes the ball over the goalkeeper and it bounces wide of the far post.
That could have gone anywhere.
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