Towards the end of last season, Pep Guardiola was asked what might be left for him to achieve in the game if his Manchester City team completed the Treble. “Score a goal against Spurs away,” he replied. He was joking, right?
City duly beat Internazionale in the Champions League final to touch immortality but here, at last, was the crowning glory. City not only scored their first goal at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium at the sixth time of asking, they also got their first result.
