After the suspense of the league championship in La Liga and Serie A was decided early, the suspense of the Premier League title still needs to wait until the final round to be revealed, and the Premier League ushered in the 34th round of make-up matches in midweek, one of the key battles, Manchester City away to Tottenham, Haaland scored twice, Son Heung-min missed a single knife, Manchester City won 2:0, regaining the initiative to compete for the title.
Manchester City have won seven league games in a row and have scored 15 goals and conceded just one, and they must win this game if they are to fully grasp the initiative in the title race. Tottenham ended a four-game losing streak in the last round and will have to win their final two games to have any hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League spot. The first leg was tied 3-3, but City have not beaten Tottenham in six years.
Considering the importance of this game, the two teams are naturally the main force, Manchester City is the lone arrow by Haaland, B seat, De Bruyne and Foden form the second offensive line, Rodri and Kovacic are the two backs; Gvardiol, Akanji, Dias and Walker form the backline, with goalkeeper Ederson in goal. On Tottenham's side, Son Heung-min, Maddison and Brennan Johnson formed an attacking line; Sarr, Hojbjerg and Bentancur combined in midfield; Van der Veen, Dragusin and Sergio Romero partnered in defence, with Vicario in goal.
After the start of the game, the two teams launched a direct attack on the field without reservation, and in the 6th minute, Tottenham Hotspur counterattacked with a long pass from the backfield, Brennan Johnson cut inside and crossed on the right, Bentancur received the ball and shot, and Ederson flew to hold the ball out with one palm; One minute later, Walker cut forward at high speed on the right side and knocked back, De Bruyne's volley in front of the goal hit Romero and bounced off the bottom line; In the 16th minute, Hojbjerg made a low-level mistake in the clearance box, and Foden's volley was saved by Vicario's brave attack.
In the 24th minute, Van der Ven made a long pass from the side of the backfield, and Bentancur swept the middle, but unfortunately Brennan Johnson was half a step slower to outflank; In the 33rd minute, Brennan Johnson entered the penalty area with his personal speed advantage on the right side and pushed the ball from a small angle, and Ederson blocked the ball in time to block the ball in the near corner; In the 44th minute, De Bruyne went straight in front of the penalty area, Foden crossed from the left side, Haaland grabbed the point and shot low was blocked, and the B seat followed up with a shot and was cleared by Dragusin on the goal line.
In the 48th minute, Sarr passed straight to the right, Brennan Johnson knocked the ball to the penalty area, and Son Heung-min grabbed the point and was saved by Ederson; The critical moment depends on the star's ability to seize the opportunity, in the 51st minute, Foden moved forward on the left side, B unloaded the ball and plugged it straight, De Bruyne started to sweep to the goal, Haaland pushed to break the deadlock, 1:0! Erling Haaland has scored 26 league goals this season and is likely to defend the Golden Boot, while Kevin De Bruyne has 112 assists in the Premier League, surpassing Cesc Fabregas and ranking second in the Premier League's all-time assists list, behind Ryan Giggs with 162.
In the 62nd minute, Ederson was injured by Romero during the attack, although he could continue to hold on after treatment, but in order to prevent accidents, Guardiola still replaced Ortega, and De Bruyne, who was injured by Sarr's tackle, was also removed by Doku; In the 70th minute, Kulusevski burst past Rodri and Akanji and fired a powerful shot from a tight angle, which was defused by Ortega's crotch.
In the 85th minute, Akanji unexpectedly made a mistake in protecting the ball in the backfield and was broken, Son Xingmin started to push the ball with a single knife, but fortunately, Ortega made a wonderful save to protect the goal, and the Asian brother who missed the goal regretted it, and Guardiola was also shocked into a cold sweat off the field; After withstanding Tottenham's crazy counterattack, Foden sent a long pass in the 90th minute, Doku broke through the penalty area and was put down by Polo, the referee blew the whistle to blow a penalty, and Haaland hit the penalty to seal the win, 2:0!
In the end, it was Haaland's two goals that Manchester City beat Tottenham Hotspur away in the league for the first time in six years, and Guardiola finally broke the curse; After winning this game, Manchester City overtook Arsenal by one point, and only a win in the final round will make it four consecutive Premier League titles. As for Tottenham, they withdrew from the Champions League place race one round early, and Villa locked up the top four ahead of schedule.