Ange Postecoglou praises Tottenham's "conviction" after Manchester City draw
The injury-hit Lilywhites crop travelled north as firm underdogs against the treble winners, having suffered three straight defeats to Chelsea, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Aston Villa during a dismal decline.
Not since 2004 had Spurs been beaten in four successive Premier League fixtures, but they got off to the perfect start at the Etihad Stadium, where Son Heung-min took just six minutes to break the deadlock.
However, the Lilywhites captain went from hero to zero with an own goal just three minutes later, and Phil Foden's strike saw the Citizens enter the half-time interval with a slender lead.
That advantage was soon wiped out by Giovani Lo Celso's second goal in as many gameweeks, and Spurs came from behind for a second time to salvage a dramatic point, as Jack Grealish's finish preceded a 90th-minute Dejan Kulusevski header.
Spurs benefitted from a bizarre call from Simon Hooper right at the death, though, as the referee initially waved play on after Emerson Royal had tripped Erling Haaland, only to blow his whistle with Grealish one-on-one with Guglielmo Vicario.
Enraged Man City players crowded Hooper, who was also lambasted by Haaland at the full-time whistle, but amid the furore, Tottenham travelled back to North London with an unexpected point in the bag.
Speaking to the media after the game, as quoted by football.london, Postecoglou conceded that his side were fortunate not to have been blown to smithereens by Man City in the first half, but he was delighted with the belief that his side demonstrated in the
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