Manchester City slumped to a disappointing 2-0 defeat to a tremendous Tottenham Hotspur side in their first home match of the 2025-26 Premier league season on Saturday afternoon.

After a humbling experience for the Citizens in this fixture last season, losing 4-0 in November 2024, Pep Guardiola ’s side found themselves two goals down at half time, with Brennan Johnson ’s opener followed by Joao Palhinha ’s first Spurs strike on his full debut, courtesy of a howler from City’s new goalkeeper James Trafford who endured an Etihad debut to forget.

The Etihad faithful were hoping that Guardiola’s half-time team talk would have the desired effect, but City found it difficult to break down a resolute Spurs backline and they rarely posed a threat in the final third, with

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