Manchester City's search for their title-winning formula took a step backwards with another nightmare defeat at Tottenham.
It was City's slump in the reverse fixture back in January that prompted Pep Guardiola to go to extraordinarily lengths in demanding more from the whole club in his post-match interviews, and eight unanswered goals since that have brought three victories and renewed hope that whatever kinks had been causing the City machine to malfunction had been rectified. But while City's record at this stadium is so bad the fixtures can almost be written off as guaranteed defeats, there were enough concerns from previous games that mean this cannot be taken as a one-off.
Guardiola cut an unhappy figure throughout on the touchline as his team not only missed a chance to pressure Arsenal at the top of the table but, more importantly, failed to show what they are capable of on the pitch.
