The Premier League season has come to a close, with City winning seven in a row after a 4-0 thrashing of Fulham last weekend to firmly hold the title in their own hands. On this matchday, Manchester City ushered in the 34th round of supplementary matches, going to face Tottenham Hotspur away, who are temporarily fifth in the table. In the eyes of the outside world, Tottenham is in a dilemma, if they go all out to stop Manchester City, they may help their rival Arsenal win the championship in disguise, and if they take the initiative to release the water, they will lose the Champions League qualification for next season in advance. De Bruyne provided an assist in this game, Haaland sealed his throat with a sword, Son Heung-min did not score, Manchester City had the last laugh 1-0, and once again reached the top of the standings, which was enough to make Arsenal desperate.
Since Tottenham moved into the new stadium, City have lost four consecutive league games here. Pep Guardiola set up a 4-2-3-1 formation, with Erling Haaland continuing to play as a lone arrow, Kevin De Bruyne, Foden and Bench B lined up behind him, Rodri and Mateo Kovacic formed a back two, and the defensive quartet consisted of Gvardiol, Dias, Akanji and Walker, with Ederson continuing to guard the goal.
Tottenham at home continued to play in a 4-3-3 formation, with Vicario playing as the starting goalkeeper without any suspense, with Porro, Romero, Dragusin and Van der Ven at the back, and the midfield three of Bentancur, Hojbjerg and Sarr, with Son Heung-min continuing to play as a central striker, and Maddison and Brennan Johnson on the wings.
After the start of the game, both teams were not conservative and opened up to form an offensive battle. Just five minutes into the game, Porro broke through on the right and crossed a low ball, Bentancur followed up with a blast, and Ederson responded with a world-class save to lift the ball over the crossbar, and City escaped.
In the 8th minute, Rodri's long pass instigated the attack, Walker inserted on the right, and the inverted triangle in the penalty area was knocked back, De Bruyne adjusted slightly, and hit Van der Ven with a volley, almost refracted into the net. In the 16th minute, Dragusin cleared a ball in front of goal and almost turned it into an own goal, but Vicario saved Foden's shot bravely and City missed a great chance.
In the 39th minute, Walker crossed from the edge of the penalty area, Gvardiol ignored Haaland's running position and volleyed away from a tight angle.
In the 45th minute, Foden crossed from the left side of the penalty area, Haaland's volley at the back point was blocked, and the B seat followed up and played again, but it was cleared by Dragusin on the goal line, and the two sides exchanged blanks and entered the locker room.
Back on the pitch, City came close to scoring with a lightning bolt. In the 46th minute, Foden cut off the ball, the front of the B penalty area took advantage of the situation, De Bruyne turned and swept away, Vicario responded with a save, and flew to keep the ball away. Looking back, Tottenham also played a quick counterattack, Porro crossed a low flat ball from the right, Son Heung-min grabbed the point and pushed it, but it was also bravely defused by Ederson.
In the 51st minute, the right side of seat B was diagonally just right, De Bruyne sent a low flat ball to the goal, Haaland easily ate cakes, and Manchester City finally broke the deadlock, 1-0!
Kevin De Bruyne scored his 10th Premier League assist and scored 24 goals in 24 games since his comeback! The Tottenham crowd grew impatient from a goal trail and in the 57th minute Sarr stepped on De Bruyne's ankle, who fell to the ground in pain. Five minutes later, Kulusevski crossed from the right, Romero grabbed the penalty and kicked Ederson at the same time, and the referee showed mercy and only showed a yellow card.
To be on the safe side, Pep Guardiola hurriedly substituted two men, and Ederson looked very frustrated.
In the 71st minute, there was chaos in front of Manchester City's goal, Kulusevski won the counter-attack, forced a shot from a small angle, and Ortega immediately responded with a key save.
In the 78th minute, Tottenham's tactical corner kick was linked, and Kulusevski cut into the far corner, and the ball went just over the crossbar.
In the 86th minute, Akanji made a mistake in the backfield to give a gift, and Son Xingmin volleyed a single knife, which was blocked by Ortega's outstretched leg! In the 90th minute, Foden's long volley was just right, Doku changed direction in the penalty area, was put to the ground by Polo, and the referee signaled a penalty.
In the 91st minute, Haaland scored a brace to seal the win 2-0. Haaland topped the scorer list with 27 goals, directly killing the suspense of the Golden Boot.
Winning 2-0 at Tottenham, Manchester City overcame the Devils away and won eight consecutive league wins. After this campaign, Manchester City overtook Arsenal by two points and regained the top spot, which means that a win over West Ham United in the final round will make it an unprecedented fourth consecutive league title.