Premier League: Tottenham Hold Man. City To Dramatic Draw In Six-Goal Thriller

 

Manchester City were held to a dramatic 3-3 draw at Etihad Stadium as Tottenham forced a stalemate with an injury time goal from Dejan Kulusevski.

The six-goal thriller saw Son Heung-min opening the scoresheet from an early strike following an individual effort. He later ruined the side's lead by deflecting home Julian Alvarez's free-kick. Then, City took the lead as Phil Foden finished off Alvarez's cross after half hour of play. 

Spurs returned from halftime break to level the scores from Govani Lo Celso's curly shot from the edge of the box after Son set him off with a pass. Once again, City regained the lead after Erling Haaland's cross found Jack Grealish for the finish inside the six-yard box. While in injury time, Spurs leveled up again as Dejan Kulusevski's header from Brennan Johnson's cross beat Ederson to the goal. 

Having to draw is a setback to City's tilte race as they are now in third position on 30 points, trailing the table leaders, Arsenal by three points while Tottenham remain in fifth position on 27 points. 

Quick Overview

Exciting, exhausting and highly energetic game from the start that witnessed the unfortunate scene of an own goal from Heung-min shortly after his magnificient finish from a break. Apparently, Spurs appeared frustrated after the unlucky comeback from City and their tgame empo gradually stemmed leading up to Foden's strike. 

Spurs were untidy in the defense as Doku wrench the side from the left wing to create space for scoring chances. A couple of those chances were wasted by the goal post amongst which was Doku's. Meanwhile, City have remained on top attack wise. 

Coming into the second half, it was a different game from Spurs. They considerably slowed down their pace, doing a lot of short passes to keep the ball. Eventually, it paid off with a clever break into the box for Govani's strike. 

Spurs having to keep the ball with passes against desperate hosts soon led to Yves Bissouma losing the ball for  an offensive that sent City back in the lead. Moments after Ange Postecoglou brought on Richarlison, Spurs built up pressure from the left before Johnson's cross offloaded the ball on Kulusevski for an eventful strike.

The ending piece of the game turned controversial and left City distraughted over the referee's decision to award a free-kick while Grealish was on a counter that would have sent City back in the lead. Nevertheless, both sides well-deserved their goals despite the controversial decison.