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Manchester City 1-2 Tottenham Hotspur: Controversy and drama at the Etihad

Harry Kane and Christian Eriksen scored goals in a big 2-1 away win over Manchester City on Sunday that kept Tottenham Hotspur in the thick of Premier League title race.

Kelechi Iheanacho scored Man City’s goal, briefly tying the match up before Eriksen decided things in the 83rd minute.

The win pulls Spurs into a mass of three teams within two points of the Premier League lead, above derby rivals Arsenal on goal differential and two points behind first-place Leicester City.

For Man City, it’s fourth place: four points out of second and six ahead of Manchester United.

Kane’s goal opened the scoring, and came off a controversial penalty call. Raheem Sterling leapt to block Danny Rose‘s cross and took the ball off his elbow, and Mark Clattenberg thought the elbow wasn’t tucked close enough to the body.

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The first half featured plenty of cautious play and feeling out from both sides, as well as some testy tackles.

Danny Rose paid for making a great shot block on Raheem Sterling in the 24th minute. The Spurs defender slid hard to get in Sterling’s blast radius and took the shot off his chest.

Rose also pushed forward plenty in giving City’s left side fits.

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Sterling then conceded a controversial penalty at the whistle of Mark Clattenberg. Rose’s cross hit the leaping City man’s back or elbow inside the 18, and Kane buried his shot up the middle and past Joe Hart.

The goal forced an offensive sub, as Manuel Pellegrini took Fernando off for Kelechi Iheanacho in the 66th minute.

Then David Silva found Gael Clichy‘s overlapping run, and the latter’s cross was buried by Iheanacho from around the penalty spot.

It was a day for impact subs, though, as Erik Lamela played a perfectly-weighted ball through for Eriksen, who slid the ball past a splayed Hart.

A late sliding chance for Silva popped over the frame, and Spurs went back to London with all three points.