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Tottenham's James Maddison has scored five Premier League goals this season James Maddison scored twice as Tottenham romped to victory over a Manchester City side that has now lost five games in a row for the first time since 2006. Pedro Porro drove home a third before Brennan Johnson added a last minute fourth on an incredible night that saw the end of City's 52-match unbeaten record at Etihad Stadium, stretching back to just before the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It is City's worst home defeat since a 5-1 loss to Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal in 2003. It was also the first time they have lost three successive Premier League games under Pep Guardiola, who signed a two-year contract extension 48 hours earlier. Guardiola had never previously lost a home game by four goals in his managerial career. The Tottenham fans lapped it up, cheekily singing "you'll be sacked in the morning" at Guardiola as they celebrated Porro's goal. It was an amazing transformation for Tottenham, who travelled north without both first-choice central defenders, had five teenagers on the bench and had lost their last game 2-1 at home to Ipswich a fortnight ago. But Ange Postecoglou's side made light of their problems in a way City could not. It was their heaviest home defeat since a 5-2 reverse to Leicester in September 2020, when Maddison was among the scorers for the Foxes. The manner of the defeat merely highlighted the absence of injured midfielder Rodri, who was the subject of an elaborate pre-match celebration on his first visit back to the stadium since winning the Ballon d'Or. City remain in second but Liverpool will stretch their lead at the top to eight points if they win at Southampton on Sunday. Tottenham move up to sixth, four points behind City. This video can not be played Man City have to 'stand up and face' problems - Guardiola These are unchartered times in Guardiola's career. He has never lost so many games in a row. He has lost by margins of three and four goals in two of his past three games, following the Champions League hammering by Sporting earlier this month, While the Tottenham fans' baiting was also something he has probably not heard before, the 53-year-old is clearly going nowhere. However, the answers he is seeking to his side's poor form are not easy to come by. The absence of Rodri is clearly a significant factor. City are a shadow of the team they have been when the midfielder has been available. With Mateo Kovacic also ruled out, there was no effective screen for a back four that looked vulnerable, even without self-inflicted wounds. At one point, Ilkay Gundogan looked like he was running in treacle as he chased back fruitlessly in an effort to stop another lightning Tottenham counter attack. If there was a consolation for the hosts, it was that their visitors were equally flaky. But whereas Tottenham took their chances, City failed to do the same. Haaland should have put the home side ahead but, for some reason, he tried and failed to control Josko Gvardiol’s cross and ended up having his shot blocked rather than taking aim first time. Savinho failed to find the Norwegian with a straightforward pass that should have put Haaland clean through. Earlier Haaland had tried to sweep home a low cross from the Brazilian but his effort was turned away by Guglielmo Vicario. The Tottenham keeper also blocked a second-half effort from substitute Kevin de Bruyne and as the blue seats emptied in significant numbers, Spurs centre-back Radu Dragusin epitomised the tenacity within the visitors ranks as he slid in to deny Haaland a late tap-in. This video can not be played Manchester City 0-4 Tottenham Hotspur: Postecoglou 'proud' of Spurs performance The huge pre-match embrace between Guardiola and Postecoglou had both men beaming at each other. But it was only the Australian who was smiling at the final whistle as Tottenham celebrated their biggest away win against City. Quite how a side can go from being beaten at home by struggling Ipswich to inflicting this kind of shattering blow to the four-time champions on their own patch is open to debate but this game will go down in Spurs folklore. From appearing to be a danger going forward, City full-back Josko Gvardiol turned into a man to target. Dejan Kulusevski shrugged him off the ball before crossing superbly for Maddison to apply the first-time finish after 13 minutes. Seven minutes later, Croatia defender Gvardiol played a blind pass inside from the touchline. It went straight to Maddison, who continued his run after playing a pass to skipper Son Hueng-min, then kept going to apply a deft finish to the return ball. Dominic Solanke's superb pass that offered Porro the chance to drive home an unstoppable shot to effectively kill the game seven minutes after the restart. After that, Tottenham played with tenacity to keep City at bay as their supporters' trepidation turned to triumphalism as the final whistle drew near. Johnson's tap-in completed an historic night for Tottenham. Premier League: Arsenal, Brighton & Wolves ahead as Palace lead after Villa miss penalty After the opportunity to rate players has closed, the score displayed represents the average from all the submissions by BBC Sport users. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 23rd November 2024 at 19: 25 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Pep Guardiola Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Pep Guardiola Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Manager: Ange Postecoglou Formation: 4 - 3 - 3 Premier League All competitions All competitions All competitions Manchester City have won just three of their last 10 Premier League games against Tottenham (D2 L5) and are looking to win consecutive meetings with them for the first time since April 2019. Tottenham have scored at least twice in each of their last three Premier League away games against Man City, winning 3-2 in 2021-22, losing 4-2 in 2022-23 and drawing 3-3 last season. No team has ever scored multiple goals in four consecutive Premier League visits to the Citizens. Manchester City have lost each of their last four matches in all competitions. It’s Pep Guardiola’s longest losing run in his entire managerial career, while the Citizens last lost more consecutively between March and April 2006 under Stuart Pearce (6 – the fifth game of which was against Tottenham). Though they’re the only team to have scored in every Premier League game so far this season, Manchester City have lost their last two (1-2 vs Bournemouth and Brighton). They last lost three in a row in the competition in February/March 2016, a run which included a home defeat to Tottenham. Tottenham have won just two of their last 11 Premier League away games (D2 L7), winning just once in five on the road this term. Since the start of this spell in March, no side have lost more Premier League away games than Spurs (7). As a team, Tottenham have made more off the ball runs into the box than any other side in the Premier League this season (612), with Dominic Solanke having the most among players (138). Spurs have also had the most shots inside the box of any Premier League side this term (134). Tottenham have played more passes/crosses into the opposition box than any other side in the Premier League this season (429). There are 10 players in the division to have made 70+, with Spurs having three of those (Pedro Porro 96, James Maddison 77, Dejan Kulusevski 72). Under Pep Guardiola (since 2016-17), Manchester City have lost more Premier League games (6) and conceded more Premier League goals (22) against Tottenham Hotspur than they have vs any other opponent. No player has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Man City’s Bernardo Silva (17), while teammate Savinho has accumulated the highest x G of any player without a goal so far (1. 7). No player has created more chances either overall (30) or from open play (25) in the Premier League this season than Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski. Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by James Maddison. Attempt blocked. Manuel Akanji (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Grealish. Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) is shown the yellow card. Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card. Foul by Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City). Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt saved. Erling Haaland (Manchester City) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne with a through ball. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul. Foul by Bernardo Silva (Manchester City). James Maddison (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Manuel Akanji (Manchester City). Brennan Johnson (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick in the defensive half. Attempt blocked. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva with a headed pass. Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Destiny Udogie. Attempt saved. Ilkay Gündogan (Manchester City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kevin De Bruyne. Substitution, Manchester City. Jack Grealish replaces Rico Lewis. Substitution, Manchester City. Kevin De Bruyne replaces Savinho. Attempt saved. Phil Foden (Manchester City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilkay Gündogan. Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half. Foul by Yves Bissouma (Tottenham Hotspur). © 2024 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.