With a double from Riyad Mahrez and goals from Julián Álvarez and Erling Haaland, Manchester City staged a spectacular comeback to beat Tottenham 4-2, this Thursday in a match pending on matchday 7 of the Premier League.
This triumph allows the Citizens, second in the table, to position themselves five points behind Arsenalalthough with one game more than the leader of the championship.
The Spurs remain fifth, five points behind Newcastlewhich has one game less and marks the border from the classification zone to the next Champions.
Tottenham went into the break with two goals almost given away. The first was given away between the Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson and the Spanish midfielder Rodri, at the start of the ball. Attentive, Dejan Kulusevsky made it 1-0 (44′). Then a ball stolen by Harry Kane in the area centered it and Ederson’s clearance took advantage of it emerson royal (45+1′).
? Double, assist and key in creating the first goal.
Performance for the memory of Riyad Mahrez. pic.twitter.com/icZlvt9oNY
—Manchester City (@ManCityES) January 19, 2023
With this unexpected disadvantage, City faced the second part. Mahrezunstoppable on the right wing, led the local revolution and participated in the four ‘sky blues’ goals.
The Algerian overflowed and his center took advantage of it Julian Alvarez (51′), who has gained weight at City after his leading role with Argentina in the world title.
Three minutes later, well served by Rodri, Mahrez deflected his head and Haaland the action culminated in his first goal of 2023 and ending his 334 minutes without scoring (54′).
After Spurs had the ball to make it 3-2 with a shot at the post by Croatian Ivan Perisic on the hour of play, Mahrez he crowned his great night with a double (64′ and 90′).
