Clinical Sergio Aguero gives Man City rare away win at Spurs
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Updated 03/05/2015 at 17:49 GMT
Premier League, White Hart Lane - Tottenham Hotspur 0 Manchester City 1 (Aguero 29)
Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring the first goal for Manchester City
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Sergio Aguero scored the only goal of the game to give Manchester City a 1-0 win over Tottenham to end a run of poor away results.
A frenetic first half saw both sides have chances. Predictably, Harry Kane was at the heart of Spurs' efforts, with the frontman first setting up a Ryan Mason effort before going close with a shot of his own.
However, it was Manchester City who went ahead.
From a Spurs corner, City counter-attacked with David Silva down the right wing. He spotted Aguero's diagonal run into the box, with the Argentine firing in a shot past Hugo Lloris at the near post.
In the second half, Aguero almost turned in a shot after showing brilliant control to take a Fernandinho pass around Lloris, while Kane almost managed to score from a similar position before Joe Hart saved.
With five minutes left, Wilfried Bony drilled wide at the near post but it proved immaterial as City held on despite the presence of Roberto Soldado and Emmanuel Adebayor off the Tottenham bench.
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Manchester City's Joe Hart and Wilfried Bony celebrate with team mates
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KEY EVENTS
4' - KANE SHOT: Kane looks up, and drives a shot at goal from 25 yards, but just wide.
12' - AGUERO VOLLEY: Kolarov cross from the left for Aguero, who volleys first time, sending it a yard or so wide of the top corner.
29' - GOAL! Spurs 0-1 Man City. Silva jinks in from a run down the right, slips in Aguero making a diagonal run, and the Argentine smartly beats Lloris at the near post.
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Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring the first goal for Manchester City
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42' - FERNANDINHO MISS: Aguero does brilliantly to stay upright after being pushed from behind in the centre circle, he spreads play left to Silva in space. Silva lines up a pass for Fernandinho, who shoots just wide.
43' - MASON SHOT: Mason is found by Kane, free in the box, and he shoots straight at Hart.
61' - HART SAVE: Kane runs around Demichelis, failing to cover a curling ball inside. He faces down Hart, who had rushed out to cover, but the 'keeper blocks to concede a corner.
63' - AGUERO SHOT: The outstanding Aguero runs in behind the defence after a Fernandinho through ball, clips a ball past Lloris brilliantly, but can't squeeze in a shot on target.
71' - KOLAROV SHOT: Kolarov hits a swerving shot from 30 yards that brings Lloris into making a smart stop.
84' - PAULINHO SAVE: Paulinho drills a shot from the edge of the box at goal but Hart is able to get down to block. The shot was too close to Hart.
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Tottenham's Paulinho looks dejected after a missed chance
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85 ' - BONY MISS: Excellent work from Milner down the right, who holds off his marker to find Bony at the near post, but Bony slams a shot just wide.
KEY STATS
Tottenham have kept just one clean sheet in their last 12 Premier League outings.
Manchester City have won seven and lost just one of the last eight Barclays Premier League meetings with Spurs.
Sergio Aguero has netted 10 goals in seven Premier League appearances against Spurs..
When these two sides met back in October, four penalties were awarded in a Premier League game for only the second time (Bradford v Derby, April 2000).
Spurs have taken fewer points than any other team in the head to heads between the top six teams going into this weekend (8).
City had lost their last four Premier League away games in a row. They hadn’t lost five on the bounce since April 2006.
TALKING POINT
Is Sergio Aguero's future at Manchester City? He is the only consistently world class performer that they have. After years of being the best striker in the Premier League - when fit - he must surely be interested in going to a team where he can challenge for trophies on a consistent basis.
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Manchester City's Wilfried Bony in action with Tottenham's Erik Lamela and Paulinho
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MAN OF THE MATCH
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City): Joe Hart was excellent, and commanding in his area in a way that sometimes ends in embarrassing mistakes. However Aguero showed the inventiveness and intelligence that few of his team-mates ever do. He was the only man able to score on both sides - the decisive figure.
PLAYER RATINGS
Tottenham: Lloris 5, Dier 5, Fazio 5, Vertonghen 5, Rose 6, Bentaleb 5, Mason 6, Chadli 5, Eriksen 5, Lamela 6, Kane 6. Subs: Paulinho 6, Adebayor 6, Soldado 6.
Manchester City: Hart 7, Zabaleta 6, Demichelis 6, Mangala 6, Kolarov 6, Fernandinho 6, Fernando 6, Milner 7, Lampard 6, Silva 7, Aguero 7. Subs: Boyata 6, Nasri 6, Bony 6.
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