Mon, 03 Oct 2016 15:00:58 +0000 Manchester City suffered their first loss under manager Pep Guardiola with a 2-0 defeat by Tottenham Hotspur that served notice of Spurs’ Premier League title credentials. Here are five things we learned this weekend. Slick Spurs are title contenders With Jose Mourinho arriving at Manchester United, Manchester City snaring Pep Guardiola, Antonio Conte joining Chelsea and big-money signings at Arsenal and Liverpool, there was little talk of the challenge Tottenham Hotspur might pose in the Premier League prior to the start of the season. Spurs were Leicester City’s main challengers last season, only to fade away and finish third, but there was a feeling that they, like Leicester, would end up as collateral damage in the arms race between the division’s traditional superpowers. Not so. Tottenham produced a sublime display to beat City 2-0 on Sunday, condemning Guardiola to his first defeat in the job. Guardiola’s men could not […]
