Manchester City 2 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur: VAR technology 'rescues the Roosters'
(Baonghean.vn) - The highlight match of the second round of the Premier League was between Man City and Tottenham. Both teams played a dramatic match. Man City was still the dominant team and created many opportunities to decide the match, but luck was not on the home team's side when VAR technology spoke up.
The last-minute goal was disallowed. Man City had to accept a draw in a match they deserved to win.
When referee Michael Oliver blew the whistle for the match between Man City and Tottenham, with home field advantage and a star-studded squad, defending champion Man City immediately launched an offensive game right after the opening whistle.
In the 7th minute of the match, it seemed like the home team at Etihad had opened the scoring when Zinchenko broke through on the right wing and crossed for Sterling to finish. However, Rose used his foot to block the ball and it went over the crossbar for a corner.
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| Sterling opened the scoring for Man City in the match against Tottenham. Photo: Getty |
Under the pressure created by the home team, the goal finally came to Man City. In the 20th minute of the match, De Bruyne had an assist for Sterling to escape very quickly and head the ball into the far corner of the goal to open the score 1 - 0 for Man City.
However, just over 2 minutes after Sterling's goal, the score was equalized. In the 23rd minute of the match, in an attack, Tottenham equalized after Lamela's classy shot from outside the penalty area, the score was 1-1.
Having been unexpectedly leveled, Pep Guardiola's team immediately responded with a series of fast-paced attacks. In the 35th minute of the match, the class of a top midfielder spoke up again, when for the second time in the match, De Bruyne made another great assist for Aguero and the Argentine striker tapped the ball into the net from close range to score a very simple 2-1 for Man City.
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| Lucas Moura leveled the score at 2-2 against Man City at the Etihad Stadium. Photo: Getty |
For the away team Tottenham, despite being behind and being overwhelmed in terms of the game, there was still an equalizer by substitute player Lucas Moura in the 56th minute of the match, after choosing an accurate header position in a cross from a teammate.
The match gradually passed into the final minutes, the two teams were still tied with a score of 2-2.
In the 90th +2 minute, the Etihad stadium exploded when Jesus dribbled into the penalty area and fired a decisive shot that burned goalkeeper Lloris' net.
However, after receiving notification from the VAR control team, the referee denied Man City's goal because he thought Laporte had let the ball touch his hand in the previous situation.
Too bad for Man City, they had a good match and dominated throughout the match but still had to accept a draw.
With only 1 point in this match, both Man City and Tottenham missed the opportunity to rise to the top of the table, when in the previous matches both Arsenal and Liverpool won and are temporarily occupying the top of the table after 2 matches.
Score:
Man City: Sterling (20'), Aguero (35')
Tottenham: Lamela (23') Moura (56')
Line-up
Man City:Ederson, Walker, Otamendi, Laporte, Zinchenko, Rodrigo, Gundogan, De Bruyne, Sterling, Bernardo, Aguero
Tottenham:Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Rose, Winks, Sissoko, Ndombele, Eriksen, Lamela, Kane
Results of some other matches:
Arsenal 2 - 1 Burnley
Aston Villa 1 - 2 Bournemouth
Brighton 1 - 1 West Ham
Everton 1 - 0 Watford
Norwich 3 - 1 Newcastle
Southampton 1 - 2 Liverpool.
