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Manchester City moved top of the Premier League table with just one game to play thanks to a 2-0 win over Tottenham.
Pep Guardiola's side knew they had to win to ensure the title was in their hands, while Arsenal hoped their bitter rivals would do a job.
But an Erling Haaland doubled ensured City are now on the cusp of a fourth consecutive top-flight title.
The first half passed by without much incident before things exploded in the second 45 minutes.
Kevin De Bruyne set up Erling Haaland for a tap-in before Ederson had to be replaced by Stefan Ortega after a collision with Cristian Romero.
Ortega then denied Heung-min Son one-on-one while the game was at 1-0.
It was a massive moment, and just minutes later, Pedro Porro fouled Jermey Doku in the box, and Haaland stepped up to slam home the penalty and spark wild scenes on the pitch and in the away end.
14th May 2024, 22:58By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-2 Man City - REACTION
Right, that is it from us tonight as Man City took a massive step towards another Premier League title.
Pep Guardiola's men are now two points clear at the top of the table with just one game to go.
If they beat West Ham, they will be champions.
Meanwhile, Tottenham missed out on Champions League football and will need a big summer.
We hope you enjoyed the coverage, and we will see you all again soon.
But if you want to know more, read our match report.
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14th May 2024, 22:54By Jack Cunningham
Guardiola overjoyed
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola knows his team weren't at their best, but they got the win, and he's been speaking to Sky Sports about it.
He said: "We knew it was going to be difficult, but in the key moments, we were there.
"Our keeper did a job, and at the end, at the right moment, we punished them.
"We knew we had to suffers, and we are alive going into the last day.
"We know we have a lot still to do."
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14th May 2024, 22:42By Jack Cunningham
Postecoglou reacts
Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou has been speaking to beIN SPORTS about his team's 2-0 defeat to Man City.
He said: "Disappointing result. I thought it was a tight game.
"Some big moments for both teams. They took theirs, we didn't take ours.
"We lack a little bit of discipline at times, and we gte punished against the good teams.
"After that, we had a great chance to make it 1-1, which keeps them in the game.
"It wasn't the usual home atmosphere, but we just had to deal with that."
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14th May 2024, 22:35By Jack Cunningham
It wasn't to be for Tottenham
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14th May 2024, 22:30By Jack Cunningham
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14th May 2024, 22:24By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-2 Man City - REACTION
- Manchester City will sit top of the Premier League table heading into the final day of the season for the sixth time in the last seven seasons (exception 2019-20), going on to win the title in each of those previous campaigns.
- Manchester City are now unbeaten in 22 consecutive Premier League games (W18 D4), including all 18 in 2024 (W15 D3); however, the last two teams to make as long an unbeaten start to a calendar year have failed to go on to win the title in that same year (Liverpool in 2022 – 2nd and Chelsea in 2008 – 2nd).
- None of Tottenham’s 19 home league games finished as a draw this season (W13 L6), the first team to go a full home Premier League campaign without any of their matches finishing level since Manchester City in 2018-19 (W18 L1). It is the first time in Spurs’ history that they’ve not drawn at home once in a single league campaign.
- Tottenham are now guaranteed to finish outside of the top four positions in the Premier League for the fourth time in the last five seasons, after finishing in the Champions League spots in each of Mauricio Pochettino’s final four full campaigns in charge (2015-16 - 2018-19).
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14th May 2024, 22:19By Jack Cunningham
Haaland wraps up Golden Boot
You would expect that, barring a miracle, Erling Haaland has now sealed the Premier League Golden Boot for a second consecutive year.
He is now six goals clear of Cole Palmer and seven of Alexander Isak.
However, both have two more games and Haaland has one.
Again, he was barely involved, but he delivered when it mattered.
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14th May 2024, 22:16By Jack Cunningham
Huge
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14th May 2024, 22:12By Jack Cunningham
Rodri reacts
Manchester City midfielder Rodri has been speaking to Sky Sports about his side's huge win over Tottenham.
He said: "It's unbelievable.
"We know there is still one more game, but today was incredible.
"It wasn't our best performance, but we came here to win, and we did.
"I want to talk about the substitutions. Stefan [Ortega], he saved us, and the other players were also exceptional."
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14th May 2024, 22:08By Jack Cunningham
City top
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14th May 2024, 22:02By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-2 Man City - FULL TIME
There goes the final whistle, and the Citizens are now one win away from being crowned Premier League champions again.
They weren't at their best by any stretch of the imagination, but they got the job done.
Erling Haaland scored two, including a late penalty, but the big moment was when Stefan Ortega denied Heung-min Son when he went through on goal.
That save might just have denied Arsenal the title.
Stay with us for all the reaction!
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14th May 2024, 21:54By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-2 Man City
90+' - Bobb replaces Haaland for the closing stages.
This has been a far from vintage performance from the Citizens, but it doesn't matter, they are top of the league with one game to go.
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14th May 2024, 21:53By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-2 Man City
90+' - Ten minutes of added time.
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14th May 2024, 21:52By Jack Cunningham
Bosh
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14th May 2024, 21:48By Jack Cunningham
GOAL! Tottenham 0-2 Man City - Erling Haaland
90+' - THREE POINTS IN THE BAG!
Haaland steps up and slams his spot kick into the top corner.
They know just how important that is!
Mills: "What a strike from Haaland."
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14th May 2024, 21:47By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City - PENALTY
90+' - Foden volleys a pass into Doku's path.
He dribbles into the box and Porro brings him down.
Haaland to take...
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14th May 2024, 21:45By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City - Chance
87' - WOW, HOW HAS HE MISSED THIS!
Akanji gets caught high up the pitch by Johnson.
Son is through one-on-one with Ortega, but he's there to make a huge block, but Son has to score.
And every Arsenal fan in the world has just collapsed to the floor, a bit like Guardiola.
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14th May 2024, 21:42By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
84' - Sarr is replaced by Lo Celso and Skipp comes on for Hojbjerg.
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14th May 2024, 21:41By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
83' - Gvardiol advances forward and has Doku in loads of space on the left.
He takes too long to play the pass, and when he does, it's useless and Porro clears.
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14th May 2024, 21:40By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
82' - Now City are starting to control and knock the ball around.
They know if they keep possession, they win.
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14th May 2024, 21:38By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
80' - A long ball over the top causes problems for City.
Kulusevski appears at the byline and tries to score from a narrow angle, but sees the effort blocked when he had two players screaming for the pass.
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14th May 2024, 21:36By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
78' - Spurs take it short and Kulusevski finds space on the edge of the box.
He takes aim and smashes a left-footed effort a couple of yards over the bar.
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14th May 2024, 21:35By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
77' - Porro finds some space down the right and curls in a cross that hits Doku and drops out for a corner.
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14th May 2024, 21:33By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
75' - Sarr wins a free-kick off Foden just inside the Tottenham half, giving the hosts the chance to build an attack.
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14th May 2024, 21:30By Jack Cunningham
Tottenham 0-1 Man City
73' - It's a strange ball from Foden to the far post that is headed back across goal and out to Kovacic, who hooks it out for a goal kick.
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- Ange Postecoglou
- Pep Guardiola
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