Manchester City brought misery to a rainy Wednesday in north London as they defeated Tottenham to knock rivals Arsenal off their perch at the top of the English Premier League.
A lacklustre Arsenal had dropped valuable points at Southamptonand Man City took advantage to move two points ahead of the Gunners with a free-flowing 5-1 victory against Tottenham.
But manager Manuel Pellegrini poured cold water on any talk of City now being title favorites despite the London rout.
“I think it’s too soon to be the favorites — there’s a lot of matches to play,” he was quoted on the club website.
“If we continue to play the way we are, we will have chances to win but it’s early.”
Agile Argentine Sergio Aguero pounced after 15 minutes to give City the lead only to hobble off the pitch with a right leg injury just before half time.
Even without Aguero, who has now scored 50 EPL goals, Manuel Pellegrini’s men found their scoring boots in the second half.
Yaya Toure stroked home the ball from the penalty spot after Danny Rose was shown a red card for a lunge on Edin Dzeko in the penalty area.
Dzeko got in on the act as he clipped in David Silva’s rebounded shot from close range before substitute Stevan Jovetic added to the scoreline with his first league goal. City captain Vincent Kompany polished off the victory over 10-man Spurs late on.
Culled from Punch News.
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