Tottenham staged a rousing fightback at Manchester City after uncharacteristic blunders by goalkeeper Hugo lloris on Saturday, recovering a 2-2 draw in an engrossing Premier league encounter.
Pep Guardiola, reeling from the heaviest defeat of his managerial career at Everton last weekend, was left infuriated with the referee for not awarding a penalty directly before Son Heung-min grabbed an equaliser for second-placed Tottenham.
City was then denied a late winner when Gabriel Jesus found the net after coming off the bench to make his debut but was adjudged to be offside.
City remained fifth and will be ruing the collapse after completely overwhelming the visitors with a high-tempo first-half performance.
Tottenham did help City in the opening 10 minutes of the second half when leroy Sane and Kevin De Bruyne were gifted goals by lloris, who is typically the most consistently reliable player in the Tottenham team. Instead, he resembled error-prone City counterpart Claudio Bravo
lloris raced off his line when De Bruyne ball sent a ball high over the Tottenham defense and went for a diving header to clear, rather than trying to make a save. The header went straight to Sane, who then had clear sight of goal to put City in front.
If that looked bad for lloris, the next goal was even more mortifying for the captain. lloris dived to gather Raheem Sterling's cross but he allowed the ball to slip through his fingers and De Bruyne was there to capitalize with a simple finish.
City's two-goal cushion only lasted until the 58th minute when Kyle Walker whipped in a cross from the right and Dele Alli headed in his 11th goal of the season — more than his entire haul last year.
Tottenham pulled level in the 77th when Harry Kane set up Son for the equalizer following a contentious decision at the other end by referee Andre Marriner.
foxes lose for 11th time
SOUTHAMPTON: Southampton condemned leicester to the 11th loss of its Premier league title defense with a 3-0 victory on Sunday, leaving the champions five points above the relegation zone.
James Ward-Prowse, Jay Rodriguez and Dusan Tadic scored as Southampton eased to victory, leaving Claudio Ranieri's leicester looking short of ideas in attack and worryingly frail at the back.
Southampton's joy was tempered by an ankle injury to captain Virgil van Dijk, leaving Claude Puel's team short of center backs after Jose Fonte's move to West Ham.