Man City vs Tottenham, the highlight of round 2 of the Premier League , is also the first match of Pep Guardiola's team at home.

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Pep and Man City suffered a bitter defeat against Tottenham in their first home match of the new season. Photo: ESPN UK

However, there was no joy for them similar to last week's opening - a 4-0 away win against Wolves, instead there were losses (new signing Rayan Ait-Nouri was injured and had to leave the field in the 23rd minute), another new signing, goalkeeper James Trafford, made a fatal mistake leading to the second goal and then could not recover against Tottenham, receiving a 0-2 defeat right at Etihad.

Pep Guardiola admitted the mistakes that cost Man City against Tottenham , while criticizing his players' lack of accuracy with simple passes.

“ We missed a lot of simple passes. Man City made it difficult for themselves with the second goal. We had chances but didn’t take them.

Man City still maintains the fighting spirit, running and trying like every year. Last season, although they did not achieve anything, the team still did very well in training.

The problem is that when we are under pressure (on the pitch), we miss simple things, then we create chances but they don't change the game. That's football.

This is only the second game of the season and Man City need to improve. We will adjust step by step and create better connections .”

Before this match, Pep Guardiola expressed that if he did not have the support of the club's leadership, he would have been fired soon after Man City's poor results last season.

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The image says a lot about Man City today. Photo: ESPN UK

“ If I didn't have a Man City chairman and sporting director like that, I would have been fired for sure because the results were really bad.

This new season, we have six new players from the summer transfer window and a new staff. This is the next chapter. No one knows what will happen but I believe that Man City have the ambition to do well .

Man City's home-field momentum in the new season was clearly doused with cold water by Tottenham. The London Roosters have also prevented Pep Guardiola from escaping his 'downward' fortune since last year.

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