James Maddison scored twice inside the first 20 minutes to put Tottenham 2-0 up at a stunned Manchester City.
And City never recovered as Tottenham went on to win 4-0, inflicting City’s first home defeat in 53 games in all competitions.
Speaking after the game to our partners in the UK at Sky Sports, Maddison was delighted to play his part in a famous Tottenham win.
“These are rare, especially City and to come to the champions and because of how much they’ve actually dominated over the last few years, in Europe as well, to come and win 4-0 is special.
“These are the days you remember. I think it’s important that we enjoy it. Sometimes as a player, especially when you’re in Europe, you’re always looking to the next game and focus is always ok the next game. Which it should be. But like you should these days are rare so we are certainly going to enjoy that one.”
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Maddison’s magic means Pep Guardiola has now lost five games in a row in all competitions for the first time in his managerial career.
After a poor run of defeats which started with a League Cup loss at Tottenham in late October, Guardiola will have expected a reaction from his side after the international break.
But a good one. Not this.
City did start the game well but then two defensive lapses were punished ruthlessly by Spurs and Maddison, then Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson scored in the second half to put extra gloss on the scoreline.
James Maddison scores two wonderfully worked goals as Tottenham stun Manchester City
First they allowed Dejan Kulusevski to cut in from the right and gave him the time to send in a perfect cross for Maddison, who was left with way too much space, to tap home.
Then Josko Gvardiol’s loose pass was pounced on by Spurs as Maddison played a lovely one-two with Son before dinking home.
Cue stunned silence at the Etihad Stadium.
BULLSEYE. 🎯
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James Maddison puts Tottenham in front against Man City!
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JAMES MADDISON STRIKES AGAIN. 2-0 TO TOTTENHAM.
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