Arsenal handed unlikely title boost from Tottenham star with Man City admission
Manchester City are no longer invincible, according to Tottenham star Dejan Kulusevski.
Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs side came from behind to earn a point in Sunday’s thrilling 3-3 draw at the Etihad Stadium. Kulusevski’s 90th-minute header saw Spurs claim a first point in four games after three successive defeats. City have now failed to win in their last three Premier League games and sit third in the Premier League, three points behind leads Arsenal.
Kulusevski has claimed that the Treble winners are vulnerable - as Spurs proved - and said: “I don't think they have dropped. They have very good players. They're missing one of the best in Kevin De Bruyne, but they are a very good as we saw in the first half.
“But you can hurt them. If you're good, you can hurt anybody. So they are a very good team, but we're also a good team.”
Tottenham ’s draw was even more impressive, given they were without eight first-team players including James Maddison, arguably their most creative player. Kulusevski said: “The players are going to come back and we're going to play them again.
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“It's important to just try to win as many games and recover as many players. (Cristian) Romero is back next game so I'm happy, he's going to make us better. And we've got to start winning now. We're proud (of this result), but we have two home games now and we have to get six points.”
Kulusevski hailed the impact made by Postecoglou and said: “I really really like him a lot. His tactics, his mentality, that's the guy you want to work with. 'No fear, just go!' So I'm really, really, really happy to work with him every day, every training, every game.”
Dejan Kulusevski scored the third goal in Tottenham's 3-3 draw with Manchester City (Offside via Getty Images)Meanwhile, Bernardo Silva feels Manchester City suffered a “very, very bad” decision against Tottenham but admits the team also need to do their own job better.
City’s players, and particularly Erling Haaland, reacted furiously when they were denied the chance to play advantage in the closing moments of the clash after the Norwegian striker had been fouled.
Haaland had shrugged off the challenge from Emerson Royal to play Jack Grealish through on goal, but referee Simon Hooper pulled play back to award the hosts at the Etihad Stadium a free-kick.
Haaland continued to voice his anger as he left the field after the final whistle and he later went even further by posting a remark criticising Hooper on social media. Team-mate Silva was less emotional in his verdict.
“It is a bad decision and everyone saw it,” said the Portuguese midfielder. “But at the end we are all humans. The referee probably is the first one to know it was a very, very bad decision because he (Grealish) was one on one with the keeper and it could have given us the three points.
“It is a tough one to take, but in the end it is what it is, it’s football, and sometimes people make mistakes.”
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