Premier League: Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: 5 Talking Points and Tactical Analysis

#1 The title is still City’s to lose

Manchester City still hold the aces in the title race

The game-week started with City trailing Liverpool by a couple of points, albeit having played a game less. Hence, the onus was on Guardiola’s charges to win on Saturday and amp up the pressure on the Merseysiders.

Though the hosts didn’t play the best game of their season, they certainly had enough in reserve to get across the line.

After going a goal up, the Cityzens controlled the tempo and didn’t allow Spurs to make any inroads. Moreover, the kept the pace of the game slow and disabled the visitors’ all-action style from coming to the fore.

Thus, highlighting that they had firmly put their mid-week disappointment behind them.

Before the game against Tottenham, City had two potential banana skins in their path. However, having negotiated past the first obstacle, the hosts would be fancying themselves to come up trumps against Manchester United on Wednesday.

With Liverpool and City having played 34 games each, the latter enjoys the upper hand courtesy a one-point lead at the perch.

Though there is a general consensus that Jurgen Klopp’s men are destined to lift the Premier League this term, the title, after the victory over Spurs, is still City’s to lose.