Antonio Conte first dreams, then gets swept away

Manchester City – Tottenham 4-2 in the recovery of the seventh day of the Premier League

Uncharacteristically taking the field on a Thursday to recover their seventh-day Premier League match, Manchester City and Tottenham produced a game with two faces. If in the first half the Antonio Conte-coached lineup had harnessed Guardiola’s by even placing a deadly one-two at the end of the first half (signed by Dejan Kulsevski and Emerson Royal), in the second half the hosts went wild.

In fact, in the space of 2 minutes, between 51′ and 53′, Juliàn Alvarez and Erling Haaland put the match back on even terms. In the 63′ Riyad Mahrez signed the resounding overtake, also putting the final stamp on the match in the 90′, making the final 4-2.

It was a big disappointment for the Salento coach, who had cherished, at least for 50 minutes, the idea of a coup at home to Guardiola. Spurs once again confirmed their allergy to direct clashes: against the top four in the class, in fact, the north London club has always lost this year, showing obvious limits of competitiveness at the highest level. Now fourth place, occupied by surprising Newcastle, is five points away, with the Magpies, however, having played one match less.