“It happened again,” Pep Guardiola mourned after Manchester City’s 2-0 loss at Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday evening, the Citizens’ sixth Premier League loss of the campaign.
For anyone who missed Sunday’s game or didn’t pay attention to the details, the champions were defeated by Jose Mourinho’s side in what was a classic smash-and-grab result at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
"We played well but lost the game," Guardiola lamented on Sunday. “They had two shots and scored two goals. A few times this season it has happened.”
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In a sense, it’s hard to not share Pep’s point of view and sympathise with the manner of his side's latest defeat: the Citizens dominated possession at Spurs, created a horde of chances and conceded little, only to fall to a defeat.