Leaders City feeling the heat as Spurs look to dent title celebrations

For much of the Premier League season the name Manchester City was on everybody's lips as the Cityzens blazed a trail to the top of the log with impressive performances leaving their rivals and the rest of the league in their wake. And up until the turn of the year City not only looked to on their way to winning the title effortlessly but also looked set to immulate the exploits of Arsenal's Invincibles, going through entire league season undefeated, after setting the longest winning streak in the league's history.

However, that ended at Liverpool and just like then it was the Reds again who played a part in bringing City back down to earth as they inflicted defeats on the Manchester side in the Champions League either side of their league loss to Manchester United.

City now have three successive defeats in all competitions and having lost two of those games at home after taking the lead should have shaken their confidence as much as another demoralizing visit to Anfield had, or the fact that their biggest rivals came to their own turf came back from two goals down to rain on their parade.

Things could get worse with another loss meaning United could find their way back into the title picture.

Speaking at a news conference Man City manager Pep Guardiola was quoted saying that the title race wasn't done and dusted.

"When I saw the pundits and the people in November, they say it's already done, it's impossible that City -- if they don't lose in six months, three or four months -- it's impossible for them to drop points. But in one week we lost three games, that happened.

"What I say to the players is, and they show you every day, in every game that it's not done because if it was done they wouldn't play the way they play. So we have to play tomorrow and after that we see the result from United. But it doesn't depend on the United result, it's in our hands, it's up to us to win our games, and we are able to win two games."

Spurs on the other hand; are currently the league's form team in 2018 and have picked more points than any other side and have only lost just once since the turn of the year in all competitions.

Even more concerning for City should be how much Spurs have come into their own not only as a team, but also individually as they have been less reliant on the goals of Harry Kane with teammates Heung Son Min, Christian Erikson and Dele Alli contributing their fair share.

Alli, in particular, was a two goal hero as Spurs ended a nearly thirty year wait for a win at Stamford Bridge and according to ESPN the young Englishman relishes the opportunity to take on the current log leaders.


“Man City are an amazing team, they’ve been very good this year, but we want to win every game and we fancy ourselves against anyone,” he said.

"They’re an incredible team with incredible players all over the pitch, but we’re going to try to play our football as we always do.”