Premier League 2019/20: 3 reasons why Tottenham Hotspur drew with Manchester City

#3 Tottenham did take their chances

Lucas Moura's flying header caught City off guard and rescued a point for Tottenham

With all that said, some credit has to go to Mauricio Pochettino’s side for simply being able to capitalise on the chances they did get and steal two goals while soaking up a massive amount of pressure.

The floodgates could easily have opened when Raheem Sterling nodded Manchester City into the lead after 20 minutes, but instead the goal appeared to wake Tottenham Hotspur from their early slumber and they quickly equalised before enjoying probably their best period of the game.

Their second equaliser on 56 minutes was more of an outlier – it broke City’s dominance but only for a short moment and the tide quickly turned back in favour of the hosts, who had Spurs under the cosh for the remainder of the game – but it still represented a massive achievement considering Pochettino’s side only managed 3 shots on goal, one of which was a speculative long-range effort from Harry Kane when he spotted Ederson off his line.

The two goals were both caused by questionable defending from the hosts, too. Firstly Erik Lamela was uncharacteristically allowed a clear sight on goal following a break, and even more surprisingly, his shot caught Ederson – who seemed to be expecting a pass – off guard and flew into the net despite it not being all that powerful and also being close to the centre of the goal.

The equaliser was almost stranger; Lucas Moura was introduced to replace Harry Winks as Spurs readied for a corner, and somehow City’s defenders completely ignored the Brazilian inside the box. Sure, Lucas is only 5’8”, but judging by the header he scored today he’s got a hell of a leap – and the likelihood is that he won’t go unmarked at a corner again.

The bottom line? Against a side as powerful and dominant as Manchester City, if you want to come away with anything, you have to take your chances. And despite not creating all that much, Tottenham were able to do that today – rescuing a valuable point.

"A crazy game!"@LucasMoura7 on today's draw against Man City.#PL ⚪️ #COYS pic.twitter.com/mxa1u5gKoo

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) August 17, 2019