In the early morning of May 15, Beijing time, a make-up match in the 34th round of the English Premier League was played by Tottenham Hotspur at home against Manchester City. Throughout the first half, the two sides lacked offensive skills, goalkeepers Ederson and Vicario all contributed key saves, until the beginning of the second half, De Bruyne assisted Haaland to score, and in the final stoppage time, Haaland scored a penalty to complete the double, helping Manchester City overturn Tottenham 2-0 and win eight consecutive victories to the top of the table.
This is a key game related to the title and the four major suspense matches, and how its results will directly affect the four teams of Manchester City, Arsenal, Villa and Tottenham.
Before the game, Manchester City was one point behind Arsenal with one game in hand, and if they want to rise to first place before returning to play at home in the final round, they must win the replay against Tottenham, and a failure to win will lead to a passive title race. Of course, Tottenham also have to win, as they are five points behind fourth-placed Villa with a game in hand, and only a win will keep their hopes of qualifying for next season's Champions League alive.
In this game, both teams sent the strongest lineups, Manchester City played away from home to sacrifice the B seat, Foden, Haaland forward trident, De Bruyne led the midfield, and Tottenham sent Johnson and Son Xingmin to form a double forward combination.
After the opening, the two teams attacked and defended each other, and both created good scoring opportunities, but they did not take advantage of them, and Manchester City, who are good at passing and controlling play, had less than 50% of the unexpected possession.
In the 6th minute, Tottenham quickly counterattacked and transferred, Johnson broke through with the ball on the side and crossed, Bentancur stopped the ball and completed a long-range shot, the ball was held up by goalkeeper Ederson with one palm, and Tottenham almost got off to a dream start.
In the 16th minute, Tottenham played with fire at the back, Hojbjerg cleared the ball in the box, Foden followed up with a volley that was blocked by goalkeeper Vicario, and Manchester City also almost scored.
In the 33rd minute, Johnson's cross after escaping the defense changed the line, and goalkeeper Ederson blocked the ball.
At the end of the first half, the score was still 0-0.
According to the statistics, both teams had 3 shots on goal, with only 1 shot on target, Manchester City created 2 great chances but missed, and Tottenham did not create a single one, and the scene was in a stalemate as a whole.
For Manchester City, who have not scored a goal against Tottenham Hotspur in the past four seasons and lost all of them, and now they are playing away again, this first half was very poor, and did not continue the recent wave of seven consecutive wins and 28 goals.
Just six minutes into the second half, Manchester City broke the deadlock when Kevin De Bruyne cut into the box and crossed in front of goal, setting up Erling Haaland to push it into the net to make it 1-0 and put Tottenham in a desperate situation.
In the final stoppage time, Doku made a penalty and Haaland hit a penalty to help Manchester City seal the win 2-0 and win this very crucial victory.
According to the data, in the history of the Premier League, in the case of the last round of the championship, the previous 9 leading teams all won the championship, and now after Manchester City defeated Tottenham, it overtook Arsenal to become the leading team, closer to winning the championship, and the probability predicted by foreign media was as high as 90%, which means that the realization of the Premier League 4 consecutive championships is close at hand.