Tottenham star James Maddison mimicked Manchester city star ERLING HAALAND yoga pose celebration after Maddison scored twice against Manchester City.<\/p>\n
ERLING HAALAND had the perfect response to James Maddison trolling him with his own celebration<\/p>\n
Tottenham took the lead at etihad stadium when Maddison goal bounded shot<\/p>\n
Manchester City were condemned to an unprecedented fifth consecutive defeat as a brilliant Tottenham Hotspur romped to a deserved 4-0 victory on Saturday evening.
\nJames Maddison fired the visitors in front completely against the run of play, exposing the widening cracks in City\u2019s fragile confidence. Tottenham\u2019s divisive playmaker doubled his tally in the 20th minute as the reigning champions wobbled uncontrollably. Pedro Porro added a third at the start of the second half before Brennan Johnson made it 4-0.
\nPep Guardiola, fresh from penning a two-year contract extension, has never suffered such a sustained run of defeats. Beyond the result, the criminally inept performance will be of even greater concern.
\nHow the game unfolded
\nStill wounded by four successive defeats heading into the international break, City started in a blur of channelled rage. Erling Haaland lined up at the tip of a reshaped setup and was presented with two clear openings inside the first ten minutes, only to squander them both.
\nJames Maddison was far more clinical. The reinvigorated midfielder celebrated his 28th birthday with a quick-fire brace. Maddison\u2019s first surge into the box to volley in Dejan Kulusevski\u2019s wonderfully arced cross was Tottenham\u2019s first touch in City\u2019s penalty area. Within seven minutes, Maddison was back at the sharp end of the pitch, exchanging passes with Son Heung-min before dinking Ederson.
\nCity regained some sense of control after a ten-minute blackout, but Maddison\u2019s opener seemed to remind the visitors \u2013 and an increasingly nervous Etihad crowd \u2013 of the hosts\u2019 recent struggles. City\u2019s high line looked increasingly vulnerable, the press didn\u2019t have the same snap and that signature composure in possession was conspicuous by its absence.
\nGuardiola reshuffled his frontline and brought on Nathan Ake at half-time, but it was Tottenham who struck once again within ten minutes of the restart. Kulusevski slalomed between a gaggle of sky blue shirts, knocking the ball between the legs of a particularly problematic Ilkay Gundogan before setting Dominic Solanke away. Tottenham\u2019s front man rolled the ball back for an onrushing Pedro Porro to blast Spurs into a 3-0 lead.
\nMost of the game was played in Tottenham\u2019s half and on their terms. Content to surrender possession, the visitors held their position, and afforded the luxury of launching swift raids in transition thanks to such an early lead.
\nTimo Werner came off the bench to spearhead one final surge forward. Skipping beyond an ageing Kyle Walker, the substitute squared for Brennan Johnson to slide in Tottenham\u2019s fourth of a scarcely believable afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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