At the end of a truly wild occasion, this the definition of the game of two halves, it was difficult to state the case for Manchester City’s Premier League title-winning aspirations.
The manner of their second-half capitulation saw to that. If they were impressive before the interval, they were so brittle thereafter, blown off course after Tottenham stirred. Pep Guardiola was beside himself with frustration on the touchline.
The City manager has now seen his team drop seven points since the turn of the year with goals they have conceded in the second-half of matches. After a fourth draw in six league games, a run that has included the defeat against Manchester United, City are six points behind the leaders, Arsenal.
And yet this told only a part of the story because it was Spurs’ day. Above all, it was one for Xavi Simons and Dominic Solanke. Maybe even the under-fire Thomas Frank, too. Simons was the driving force behind the Spurs comeback, Solanke the goalscoring hero.
Spurs had been booed off at half-time. Of course. And yet their injury-ravaged team refused to bow to what had felt like the inevitable. In the process, they would give Arsenal’s title challenge a boost. Is this allowed?
