Timo Werner ignored, mixed Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg - 5 things spotted in Tottenham vs Man City
Tottenham exited the FA Cup on Friday evening following a 1-0 defeat against Man City at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. With the game looking on course to go to a replay at the Etihad Stadium, Nathan Ake bundled home a late winner to register City's first ever win at Spurs' new home.
The visitors started the game incredibly brightly and were extremely unlucky not to open the scoring after Oscar Bobb was adjudged to have been offside by a matter of millimetres when he tapped home on the line. Spurs just couldn't get going to begin with and struggled to even cross the halfway due to City's superiority.
Much better after the break, Brennan Johnson was the first Spurs player to test Stefan Ortega as he was played through and his dinked effort hit the goalkeeper in the chest. Tottenham unfortunately just failed to create any meaningful chances and that in the end allowed the visitors to secure a place in round five as Ake converted with two minutes left on the clock.
Here are five things football.london spotted in the FA Cup game between the sides in north London.
Making it clear in his pre-match press conference that James Maddison was in a position to start against Man City after returning from his two-month injury layoff, Ange Postecoglou, in the end, elected to go with Tottenham's No.10 on the substitutes' bench rather than rush him back into the team. Having previously named Rodrigo Bentancur and Cristian Romero in the Spurs side at the first opportunity after the duo had recovered from their respective injuries ahead of schedule, the 58-year-old was this time a bit more cautious with the England ace.
«He was as close as anyone else but obviously he hasn't played for quite a while and I am mindful of the fact that I reckon there
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