Gundogan admits Man City 'gave the ball away too easily' against Spurs

Ilkay Gundogan admits Manchester City ‘gave the ball away far too easily’ in defeat to Tottenham… while Son Heung-min says it is an ‘honour’ to play alongside matchwinner Harry Kane

  • Manchester City fell to a 3-2 defeat against Tottenham on Saturday – report
  • Ilkay Gundogan has admitted that City failed to keep hold of the ball well enough
  • Meanwhile, Son Heung-min was full of praise for Spurs matchwinner Harry Kane 

Ilkay Gundogan accused Manchester City of failing to practise what they preached as they crashed at home to Tottenham.

Gundogan, the scorer of City’s first goal in the five-goal thriller, said Pep Guardiola had drummed into the players before the game the importance of keeping the ball.

But instead they coughed up a handful of openings, three of which Tottenham took, with Harry Kane grabbing two to inflict City’s first league defeat since October.

Ilkay Gundogan scored Manchester City’s first goal in their 3-2 home defeat to Tottenham

‘I remember us being here before the match saying we need to be careful when we lose the ball,’ said the German midfielder.

‘It feels in all three goals we invited them to score. We gave the ball away far too easily.’

Son Heung-min, meanwhile, paid tribute to strike partner Kane as the deadly duo became the most prolific twosome in Premier League history.

Son Heung-min said it was an ‘honour’ to play with ‘unbelievable’ Spurs striker Harry Kane

Kane scored twice at the Etihad Stadium, including the winning goal in the 94th minute

Son’s cross for Kane’s opener was the 36th time the two have combined in the league — a joint record with Chelsea aces Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard — and Son said: ‘Working alongside Harry is a big honour. He is an unbelievable player and an unbelievable guy.’

Spurs went into the match on the back of a three-game losing streak, but Son added: 

‘People said it would be the worst time to face Manchester City but this was actually the best time. We still believed and worked really hard.’




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