A crowd of just over 80,000 witnessed a scintillating City performance under the Wembley floodlights last night.
Blues were hoping to bounce back from a disappointing set of recent results and wow, we were not disappointed.
Let’s not forget, Tottenham had not lost a Premier League fixture since their 4-1 defeat at the Etihad last December.
Match report, courtesy of Esteemed Kompany.
Player ratings, out of 10.
Ederson – 7
A couple of stray passes were very un-Ederson like. Having said that, his general cool, calm and collective stance oozed machismo.
Will he win this seasons Young Player of the Year award? Well, he’s been nominated by his peers and has every chance of coming out on top.
Kyle Walker – 7.5
He received a rapturous applause from the home fans when he initially walk out onto the Wembley turf, and then for the whole 90 minutes, booed. Typical Spurs supporters -they can never make their mind up.
Always a threat on the right with some cracking crosses, especially the one for Sterling to latch onto, and score.
Vincent Kompany – 9
The best game of the season, in my opinion. You could see by his body language that nothing was going to get the better of him, and it didn’t. Ashford and Simpson once sang, “Solid as a Rock” and by god, he certainly was.
At the end of a draining fortnight we dug deep and got result and performance. Ever so proud of this group. One more win to lift the trophy. #ManCity #SharkTeam pic.twitter.com/QrsAlLRQLs
— Vincent Kompany (@VincentKompany) April 14, 2018
Aymeric Laporte – 6
I do worry, at times as to whether Aymeric has the ability to settle into the Premier League. He just seems a tad off the pace, and if any City is going to give possession away it’s generally him.
I am not saying he had a bad game. Far from it BUT, compared to the rest he seems a tad off the pace.
One step more! Great performance team!? #AL14 ?? pic.twitter.com/D6ay2uOOQv
— Aymeric Laporte (@Laporte) April 14, 2018
Fabian Delph – 8
He gave absolutely everything and was happy to give Pep his blood, sweat and tears – he certainly gave his boss plenty of sweat. Having said that, I get the feeling Fabian will drop down the pecking order once Mendy returns. And then there is the small matter of summer recruits. Enjoy the limelight while you can.
Kevin De Bruyne – 9
Kevin was back to his best. He was able to find and create space and in doing so made a mockery out of the Spurs midfield, and did it at a canter. This bloke is a bloody genius.
Ilkay Gundogan – 7
I don’t remember the German international putting a foot wrong. On the other hand I don’t remember him doing anything sensational. Is that the sign of someone who likes to keep out of the limelight? I don’t know, you tell me.
ONE! MORE! WIN! ?? pic.twitter.com/g4t7VO4PdV
— Ilkay Gündogan (@IlkayGuendogan) April 14, 2018
El öpenlerin bol olsun kardeşim! @sterling7 pic.twitter.com/RCSwDC1HOu
— Ilkay Gündogan (@IlkayGuendogan) April 14, 2018
David Silva – 6.5
I can’t exactly put my finger on why David failed to mesmerise me – he usually does. Yes, he did contribute but there was something missing, and I don’t know what it was.
Raheem Sterling – 8.5
The critics love putting him down, on occasion I do, when justified. But hey, the bloke has transformed and morphed, with the help of Pep into a stunning player. He is not perfect and can and does miss golden opportunities. Nevertheless he deserved his 8.5. Yes, he was lucky with the penalty decision but remember, he did score. Plenty of energy throughout.
Gabriel Jesus – 7.5
Gave the Spurs defenders a headache and run them ragged. Just a shame he ran out of steam.
Alô mãe ?? Grande vitória rapaziada / Big win guys⚽️??#alômãe#doperi#gratidão#comeoncity#maisuma pic.twitter.com/XQdKF9mRuj
— Gabriel Jesus (@gabrieljesus33) April 14, 2018
Leroy Sane – 7
Hit the post and involved in the majority of the City attacks. Pleasant performance.
Great reaction from the team tonight ?⚽? #inSané #LS19 #TOTMCI @ManCity @PremierLeague pic.twitter.com/162xAKPNRc
— Leroy Sané (@LeroySane19) April 14, 2018
Subs
Nicolas Otamendi – 7
Came on for Sane (64). Soon picked up the pace of the game. Did okay.
¿Detenerse? nunca ¿avanzar? SIEMPRE ¿rendirse? JAMAS ?? cada vez más cerca de nuestro objetivo ??? @premierleague @mancity Bien hecho chicos ?? pic.twitter.com/P0JH6dKNq8
— Nicolas Otamendi (@Notamendi30) April 14, 2018
Bernardo Silva – 5
Came on for Jesus (76). Didn’t see a lot of him.
We are closer and closer… #sharkteam is back! ?? pic.twitter.com/ruCBlwDYLY
— Brahim (@Brahim) April 14, 2018
Great to get that winning feeling again! Let’s try to celebrate the title next weekend together! @ManCity ??#mcfc #mancity #PL #team pic.twitter.com/QZVXnThH6l
— Bernardo Silva (@BernardoCSilva) April 14, 2018
Yaya Toure
Came on in the last minute for KDB. No time to mark.
Thanks for your amazing support tonight at Wembley…
We're almost there! ? #mancity pic.twitter.com/TE2gKpmmFc
— Manchester City (@ManCity) April 14, 2018
Wembley Stadium
Premier League
14/04/2018 7:45 pm
Attendance: 80881
Referee: Jon Moss
| Tottenham Hotspur | Manchester City | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C Eriksen (42) | G Jesus (22), I Gündogan (25 pen), R Sterling (72) | ||||||
| Hugo Lloris | Ederson | ||||||
| Kieran Trippier | Kyle Walker | ||||||
| Davinson Sánchez | Vincent Kompany | ||||||
| Jan Vertonghen | Aymeric Laporte | ||||||
| Ben Davies | Fabian Delph | ||||||
| Mousa Dembélé | 73 | Kevin De Bruyne | 89 | ||||
| Eric Dier | IIkay Gündogan | ||||||
| Erik Lamela | 64 | David Silva | |||||
| Christian Eriksen | Raheem Sterling | ||||||
| Dele Alli | 84 | Gabriel Jesus | 76 | ||||
| Harry Kane | Leroy Sané | 64 | |||||
Substitutes |
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| Michel Vorm | Claudio Bravo | ||||||
| Heung-Min Son | 64 | Bernardo Silva | 76 | ||||
| Victor Wanyama | Nicolás Otamendi | 64 | |||||
| Moussa Sissoko | 84 | Alexander Zinchenko | |||||
| Serge Aurier | Yaya Touré | 89 | |||||
| Lucas Moura | 73 | Phil Foden | |||||
| Kazaiah Sterling | Brahim Diaz | ||||||
Game Statistics |
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| 8 | Goal attempts | 17 |
| 3 | On Target | 6 |
| 5 | Corners | 7 |
| 11 | Fouls | 12 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 48 | % | 52 |