Man City and Spurs share points in six-goal thriller

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Kulusevski's header earned Tottenham a crucial draw at the Etihad. AFP

Manchester City were held to a 3-3 draw by Tottenham at the Etihad in a thrilling six-goal thriller that ended with a controversial Jack Grealish offside that could have given the Cityzens victory.

Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou insisted he would not relent from his philosophy of relentless attacking football despite facing the might of City with a mounting injury crisis and earned his reward. Spurs captain Son Heung-min scored at both ends inside the opening 10 minutes. Phil Foden put City in front before half-time, but Giovani Lo Celso levelled 20 minutes from time.

Jack Grealish restored the home side's lead once more, only for Kulusevski's header to ensure City have now dropped points in five of their last eight league games. The English and European champions drop to third in the table, three points behind leaders Arsenal. A point lifts Tottenham into fifth and snaps a run of three consecutive defeats.

The visitors' daring approach was met with an early reward. Son raced onto Kulusevski's ball over the top and Ederson failed to prevent the South Korean scoring his eighth goal against City. The lead only lasted three minutes as Son cancelled out his opener at the wrong end. Julian Alvarez's free-kick was flicked on by Erling Haaland and deflected off the unfortunate Son into his own net.

Spurs started for the second consecutive game without a recognised centre-back and they never looked capable of restricting City going forward. Haaland missed what should have been a simple tap when he skewed wide after Tottenham coughed up possession inside their own box. City should have had the game out of sight before half-time.

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