Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham Hotspur: Phil Foden scores first Premier League goal as Citizens win 10th successive game
Phil Foden scored his first Premier League goal as Manchester City claimed a crucial 1-0 win over Tottenham to regain top spot in the table.
The 18-year-old became City's third-youngest Premier League goalscorer as he headed home after just five minutes of a tense clash with Spurs, three days after their Champions League classic.
The victory took City back above Liverpool, but the downside was another injury to playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, who limped off with what looked like another knee problem before half-time.
The game lacked the goals of the midweek clash, but there was still plenty of incident, with both sides having numerous chances and penalty appeals turned down.
In the end City were grateful to an impressive performance from goalkeeper Ederson, who made two particularly good saves to deny Son Heung-min.
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- Manchester City have won 25 home games in all competitions this season, the most they’ve ever won in a single campaign and the most by an English top-flight club since Man Utd in 2010-11 (26).
- Tottenham have lost five successive Premier League away games for the first time since May 2004, a run of six under manager David Pleat.
- Man City have won their last 10 Premier League games – their longest streak since a run of 18 between August and December 2017, which remains the all-time top-flight record.
- Tottenham have lost 11 Premier League games this season, as many as they had in their previous two campaigns combined (4 in 2016-17, 7 in 2017-18).
- Phil Foden scored his first Premier League goal for Man City, becoming the third youngest player to score in the competition for the club (after Micah Richards and Daniel Sturridge).
- Sergio Aguero has now failed to score in his last seven Premier League appearances against Spurs for Man City, having netted 10 goals in his first seven against them.
- Bernardo Silva was directly involved in seven of Manchester City’s 15 shots in this match, having three attempts and creating four.
- Tottenham have lost a Premier League game without Harry Kane taking part for the first time since October 2017 at Manchester United.