Man City

With a huge comeback over Tottenham, Man City statistically became the best team in Premier League history at coming back from multigoal deficits.

Then, they are on the road again for the FA Cup, where they will face Preston North End on Saturday, Jan. Then, they shift focus to the FA Cup when they host Arsenal on Friday, Jan. But while the City players clearly under-performed against Spurs in the first-half, the fans are also expected to play their part and they don't do that very often at the Etihad. Manchester City: The Citizens have a quick turnaround but get to stay home as they host Wolves on Sunday, Jan. Dejan Kulusevski hadn't scored a goal for Tottenham since their opening Premier League match of the season against Southampton. Entering this game, Tottenham had the third-longest active streak of avoiding defeat when leading by two in Premier League matches. Manchester City winger Jack Grealish on what Guardiola had to say at half-time: "Yeah, it weren't obviously the best dressing room at half-time. [Crystal Palace](/soccer/team?id=384) and [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) last year, and City did so again to inflict another dent in Tottenham's hopes of finishing in the top four all while underlining their own outstanding quality. [Manchester City](/soccer/team?id=382) sent an emphatic warning to Premier League leaders [Arsenal](/soccer/team?id=359) that they are ready to fight all the way for the title by bouncing back from two straight defeats to beat Spurs. But they have short memories if they think they can boo a team that has won so much in recent seasons. Greaves is on 266, with Kane taking his tally 265 with the winning in the FA Cup third round win against Portsmouth earlier this month. If City beat Wolves, they can move to within two points of Arsenal before Mikel Arteta's team take the field.

Pep Guardiola has bitten back at what he considers to be “bullsh*t” criticism of Manchester City, but admits his side are a “happy flowers team”.

There are many things that we are far away, far away. But we are far away from the team that we were. We are a happy flowers team, I don't want this.

Manchester City fought back from two goals down to clinch a potentially vital 4-2 win over Tottenham in the Premier League on Thursday.

Riyad Mahrez in particular smelled blood and dragged City back onto the front foot against a Tottenham outfit that It's not often a Conte side lets a two-goal lead slip in the second half of a game. That nervousness came to a boil at the end of the half, erupting into two quickfire goals borne out of City's own defensive mishaps.

City come from two goals down to beat Tottenham 4-2 and close gap on Premier League leaders to five points.

"This type of game with more experience you never lose," said Spurs manager Conte. I don't want to be, I want to beat Arsenal. If we play that way, Arsenal will destroy us." We are a happy flowers organisation. [Arsenal](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/arsenal/) to five points, though the Gunners have a game in hand. [Erling Haaland](https://www.thenationalnews.com/tags/erling-haaland) and Riyad Mahrez after the interval with Mahrez sealing a rousing comeback with his second goal in injury time.

A pundit has predicted who will replace Pep Guardiola at Man City, in a move which will certainly be of interest to Manchester United and Liverpool.

“From the way he looks at the game, the way he is with the players. They will be hoping Guardiola’s replacement is not as successful, as this would give them a much better chance of winning the Premier League. So he’s 37 now, but there are people managing at 77 so he might manage City in the future. He added: “In the Championship, you’ve got some young managers. In November, the Spaniard extended his contract, with the fresh terms keeping him at City until 2025. The Citizens came within a whisker of the final again last season, beating Real Madrid in the first leg of their semi-final.

Manchester City came from two goals down to see off Tottenham 4-2 and close the gap on leaders Arsenal in a Premier League classic at the Etihad.

Mahrez leaves Perisic in his wake as he bursts into the penalty area and arrows a shot past Lloris at his near post! Mahrez is at the heart of it again, playing a one-two with Rodri as he nods it across the face of goal to set up Haaland who heads home from point-blank range. MAN CITY 3-2 TOTTENHAM (RIYAD MAHREZ): Unbelievable scenes at the Etihad! MAN CITY 2-2 TOTTENHAM (ERLING HAALAND): Haaland brings an end to his mini-drought with the equaliser! Mahrez drives to the by-line and gets the ball in the box. The City goalkeeper tries to roll the ball into the feet of Rodri, but he's quickly closed down and Kulusevski is left with a simple finish!

Manchester City beat Tottenham 4-2 to reduce gap against league leaders Arsenal to 5 points - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Two minutes later, Norwegian star Erling Haaland scored a close-range header to equalize the clash. Home team Man City scored four goals in the second half of the match to shock Spurs.

Manchester City fought back from 2-0 down to beat Tottenham Hotspur, but Pep Guardiola wasn't happy with what he saw from his team.

City can still catch Arsenal at the top of the Premier League table, but the comeback against Tottenham must be a catalyst for a more coherent second half of the season. The Norwegian has hit the ground running in the Premier League, but offers little in and out of possession. This is perhaps reflected in some of the statistics behind Manchester City’s 2022/23 campaign so far which show they are covering less ground per 90 minutes than they did last season and are also charting fewer out of possession actions per 90 minutes. Manchester City have been a dominant force under Guardiola, winning four Premier League titles in the last five years. He identified a lack of “passion and desire to run” as a problem and contrasted his own side to Arsenal who “have the fire” as the former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss put it. Maybe it's the same with our team, maybe we are so comfortable with winning four Premier Leagues in five years.”

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City must dig deep to match Arsenal's hunger as they battle to close the gap on the Premier League leaders.

[Arsenal](https://www.besoccer.com/team/arsenal) have not lifted the trophy since 2004 and the City boss believes that might have given Mikel Arteta's men an edge in their surge to the top of the table. "We were lucky (against Spurs). Aware his players need to fire on all cylinders as they hunt down Arsenal, Guardiola has called on City's fans to give his team a boost with their vocal support.

A Manchester City team criticised by Pep Guardiola hope to ramp up the pressure on Arsenal in Sunday's earlier Premier League kick-off.

City look stuck in a rut right now and it’s difficult to know what kind of mood they’ll show up in. Manchester City vs Wolves latest odds Manchester City vs Wolves prediction

Manchester City can ramp up the pressure on Premier League leaders Arsenal by closing the gap to just two points when they host Wolves on Sunday.Pep G.

- Wolves are the lowest scorers in the Premier League this season, netting just 12 goals in their 19 games so far. Nathan Collins was dismissed in the reverse fixture at Molineux this season. He’s scored in consecutive matches for the first time in the competition, with his last four goals being worth seven points to Wolves. They’re looking to win back-to-back league matches for the first time since March last season. After we scored a goal they react, but that is not the point.” - Wolves have won just four of their 17 Premier League games against reigning champions (D1 L12), losing the last five in a row. - Since losing both Premier League games against Wolves in 2019-20, Manchester City have won their last five in a row against them, scoring 16 goals and conceding just three. - Since their return to the Premier League in 2018, Wolves have received more red cards against Manchester City than they have against any other opponent in the competition (3), accounting for 33% of their total reds in that time (3/9). - Wolves have picked up just four points in eight Premier League visits to Manchester City (W1 D1 L6), with their one win there coming in October 2019. - Wolves have won two of their four Premier League games under Julen Lopetegui (D1 L1), as many as they had won in their previous 22 before his arrival (D6 L14). We played good. [HERE for the live stream](https://talksport.com/radioplayer/live/index.html?interstitial=true).