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Tottenham Fight Back To Hold Man City In Six-goal Thriller
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Manchester City were stunned by a depleted Tottenham as Dejan Kulusevski’s 90th minute equaliser earned Spurs a thrilling 3-3 draw at the Etihad on Sunday.
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.
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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.
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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.
Jeremy Doku smashed off the inside of the post before Alvarez also hit the woodwork from outside the box.
Haaland’s off day in front of goal went on as he blazed well over with another clear opening.
Yet, City did produce a move of clinical precision to go in front on 31 minutes.
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Doku fed Alvarez inside the box and the Argentine squared for Foden to slot home.
Guglielmo Vicario was forced to make a stunning save from Bernardo Silva seconds into the second period to keep Tottenham in the game.
But City were then guilty of resting on their laurels and allowing Spurs’ makeshift defence some respite.
Lo Celso has been handed a rare run in the starting line-up by an injury to James Maddison and fired in off the post for his second goal in as many games.
Tottenham’s determination to play out from the back looked to have cost them 10 minutes from time.
Rodri robbed Yves Bissouma and played in Haaland, who crossed for Grealish to tap home.
But the drama was far from over.
Kulusevski timed his run perfectly to head in Brennan Johnson’s cross.
And City were incensed in stoppage time when referee Simon Hooper inexplicably stopped the game to award the home side a free-kick when Grealish was clean through on goal.
City’s punishment did not end there as yellow cards for Rodri and Grealish mean they will be suspended on Wednesday for a trip to an Aston Villa side that have won 13 consecutive home Premier League games.
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Wrestling legend and movie star Hulk Hogan is dead.
Hulk Hogan was 71 years old.
TMZ Sports broke the news of his passing, saying he died in his home in Clearwater, Florida, early on Thursday..
The report said several police vehicles and EMTs were parked outside his home.
Hogan’s wife, Sky had a few weeks ago denied reports that he was in a coma.
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She claimed that his heart was “strong” in the aftermath of recent surgeries.
Hogan was known for many professions but the most popular was wrestling.
He also starred in movies like Rocky III, No Hold Barred and Gremlins 2: The New Batch.
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Pre-season: Why I Dropped Timber, Gabriel Magalhães From Arsenal Squad vs AC Milan – Arteta
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July 24, 2025By
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Arsenal manager, Mikel Arteta, has revealed why Gabriel Magalhães and Jurrien Timber were out of the squad for their 1-0 win over AC Milan on Wednesday night.
Bukoyo Saka’s lone strike was all the Gunners needed to beat the Italian side in Singapore on Wednesday.
Magalhães did not take part in the game due to a niggle, while Timber is yet to return to full training.
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After the game the former Manchester City assistant coach said he did not involve the two defenders in the game to minimise risk ahead of the new season.
The Spaniard would not want to use players who are not fully fit.
He said via Football London, “With Jurrien he is still not there. He is still not fully training yet with us. Gabby had a little niggle the other day in training.”
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He noted that Magalhães has been out so long hence the need to manage him.
Speaking about Saka, who had an injury layoff last season, Arteta said the winger is back to his best.
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Transfer: Real Madrid Agree To Alonso’s Two Requests
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July 24, 2025By
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Real Madrid have agreed to their manager Xabi Alonso’s two requests amid the ongoing summer transfer window.
As reported by Madrid Zone, via Cadena SER, Alonso has informed Real Madrid that he wants Dani Ceballos to stay at the club beyond this summer transfer window.
The report added that Alonso also told Real Madrid not to sell any midfielder this summer, adding that the Los Blancos agreed to his request.
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Recall that Ceballos has been linked with a move away from Santiago Bernabeu this summer.
The former Arsenal star has been linked with a move to Spanish La Liga side Real Betis this summer.
This comes after Luka Modric’s departure from the Los Blancos earlier this month.
Alonso is keen to strengthen his squad ahead of the new 2025/26 LaLiga campaign after their exit at the Club World Cup at the hands of Paris Saint-Germain some days ago.
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