Manchester City vs. Tottenham score: Harry Kane inspires stunning Spurs win at Etihad Stadium
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Kane's injury time header earned Tottenham a 3-2 away win
MANCHESTER -- Here was a taste of what might have been, served up in devastating fashion by Harry Kane. Two goals, the second coming midway through injury time and moments after Manchester City's second equaliser, inflicted a first Premier League defeat on Pep Guardiola's side since mid-October. A 3-2 win for Tottenham has breathed new life into both the title race and the top four. Suddenly the reigning champions procession towards yet more silverware has hit a speed bump.
Even after Liverpool's win City hold a six point advantage at the top of the table albeit having played a game more. Their destiny is in their hands no less than it is in Jurgen Klopp's. Spurs still have ground to make up from seventh. But here was the moment where the clouds that had been gathering over Antonio Conte's side parted, and an outstanding Kane inspiring yet another thrilling victory for Tottenham, who are fast becoming the champions' bogey team.
Spurs' preparations might have been disrupted first by their manager's much-debated comments to Italian media and then by Storm Eunice (which forced them to change a brief flight into a lengthy bus journey), but a week on the training ground is manna from heaven for Conte. His side knew how they would beat City: packing the center of the pitch, inviting both full backs to advance into the space they had deliberately vacated. When they won the ball back they would blitz those spaces, now occupied by Heung-min Son and Dejan Kulusevski.
