Tottenham Hold Man City In Controversial 6-Goal Thriller

English Premier League defending champions, Manchester City have slipped to third position on the table after they were held to a 3-3 draw by Tottenham Hotspurs at the Etihad Stadium.

Heung-Min Son opened the scoring for the visiting Tottenham barely six minutes into the game after he made a great solo run and pulled the trigger from inside the box, beating Ederson with a low strike into the middle of the goal.

Three minutes later, an unfortunate own goal was conceded by Heung-Min Son, who attempted to block the ball after a cross, but instead, he sent it inside the left post of his own goal to make it 1-1.

Midway into the first half, Julian Alvarez fed Phil Foden inside the box, who was unmarked and buried the ball in the bottom left corner to make it 2-1 for City.

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Tottenham equalised in the 69th minute. Giovani Lo Celso latched on to a precise pass on the edge of the box and fired a low shot towards the bottom left corner that went in off the post.

City retook the lead in the 81st from Jack Grealish. He took a short pass from Erling Haaland in his stride in the box, jinks inside his man and unleashed an unstoppable shot into the bottom left corner.

Tottenham went on to makee it 3-3 in the 90th minute. Dejan Kulusevski met a brilliant cross from Brennan Johnson and scored with a bullet header from close range into the top left corner off the post.

Africa Today News, New York reports that as soon as Tottenham equalised, City’s coach Pep Guardiola fell to the ground in bitter disappointment.

Africa Today News, New York reports that the result now means Arsenal is now three points clear at the top.

Africa Today News, New York

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