
Jose Mourinho’s Tottenham Hotspur outclassed Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City 2-0 in the Premier League on Sunday to climb to fifth spot on the points table and leave City a staggering 22 points behind league leaders Liverpool.
Mourinho notched up his sixth win against Guardiola as a manager on Sunday. Only Jurgen Klopp has been able to outdo Guardiola more times than that – eight.
One of the most talked-about moments from the match was Mourinho’s priceless reaction when he realised that there was an opportunity to demand a red card for City’s Raheem Sterling.
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Sterling was already on a yellow card when he went down under a challenge of Hugo Lloris in the penalty area while trying to get to a saved penalty. VAR had awarded City a penalty for Serge Aurier’s foul on Sergio Aguero. Sterling went down when Lloris rushed out to collect the rebound and was lucky to escape a second booking for simulation.
Mourinho was initially seen laughing and celebrating the save pulled off by Lloris. He then sat down to have a drink of water. It was at this point that his assistant told him that Sterling was on a card and that he should have been sent off for simulation.
Mourinho’s reaction changed within milliseconds and he rushed to fourth official to remonstrate with him.
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Tottenham managed to beat Manchester City in a league game for the first time since 2016.