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Manchester City forward Erling Haaland speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "It was a bit horrible. A lot of emotions, we were nervous, which is normal for these types of games, but we won. That was the goal, I don't care how we won. We won. Now on to the next one."

On worrying about the first goal being offside: "Yeah a little bit. I saw Kev was on the line and was a bit scared it was offside. You never know. But that is why we have VAR, they checked it and it was a goal so it was fantastic."

On the pressure penalty at the end: "I was really nervous, scared of course, but also a bit excited. It was all about getting the ball into the back of the net. That's what I did, so happy, relaxed, focus on the next one."

On the routine ahead of Sunday: "Relax. Don't think too much. Relax with our families and train together. Keep on doing what we have been doing now for 37 games straight, try not to think too much, focus and have fun."

Is this year's title race more exciting?: "I don't think about this. I don't think about last season now. Relax, don't think and just focus on the next game."

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Paul Robinson, former Tottenham and England goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live:

"Man City were professional tonight. They weren't at their glittering best. They didn't create as many chances as you'd have expected them to create. They got a job done in a stadium where they had never won before in the Premier League, nor had they scored a league goal here. A great performance by them.

"Stefan Ortega who came on midway through the second half was nothing short of exceptional.

"As a second-choice goalkeeper you are on the bench and you don't want to come on, it is so hard to get up to speed with the game. What Ortega has done coming on when he did and producing those two moments, he has been excellent."

Former Australia goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer:

"City have just upped the gears, made the chances and taken them. They have looked pretty comfortable for the majority of the time. Yes, Stefan Ortega made two huge saves but you always felt like they had something extra up their sleeve.

"After he came on Ortega has made two huge blocks. Big, big blocks. They are potentially title winning saves for Man City."

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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola to BBC Match of the Day: "It was so difficult a game. We knew it. They play with a lot of pride and intensity and it's so difficult to play against them.

"Spurs will in the future be unbelievable if they stick with the manager. We gave the chance in our hands for the last game. The tennis players say 'the serve to win Wimbledon', the last game, is the most difficult one.

"It happened in our period against Aston Villa. And many many years ago it happened with Sergio Aguero [scoring] in 93 minutes 20 seconds against QPR. So there will be the typical game.

"Now calm, thinking [about Michail] Antonio, [Jarrod] Bowen, [James] Ward-Prowse.

"Kevin [De Bruyne] had a kick to the ankle and couldn't run properly. Ederson did not have concussion, he had a problem with his eye. He could not see properly so the doctor said I should change. He [Stefan Ortega] is a world-class keeper. He's an exceptional, exceptional keeper.

"We know what we're playing for. The tension is there, the rival is so good. It's why it is difficult, we know that. Everyone come to the stadium and make noise. These games are more difficult but you have to do it. We'll have one day off, two days to prepare, and then we will do our best."

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Manchester City defender Kyle Walker, talking to Sky Sports after moving to within a win of the Premier League title: "It was very difficult with the emotions riding on it but the lads did the job they needed to do. It is one step closer. You have to take every game as it comes. We had a job to do tonight but we know how things can swing.

"We prepare, we recover and West Ham is another final and hopefully we can go and make history for this great club. It is not job done by a million miles. Hopefully we can get the win. If I didn't enjoy the pressure, I would be in the wrong job and the wrong team.

"Last night, I couldn't sleep. They tried to set fireworks off but we weren't there, they missed us. I can't describe the feeling when we went 2-0 up.

"It was an unusual game but we are competitors. Spurs could have gone and got the Champions League. You could see they were putting everything on the line to win the game."

• Manchester City will sit top of the Premier League table heading into the final day of the season for the sixth time in the last seven seasons (exception 2019-20), going on to win the title in each of those previous campaigns.

• City are now unbeaten in 22 consecutive Premier League games (W18 D4), including all 18 in 2024 (W15 D3). The last two teams to make as long an unbeaten start to a calendar year failed to go on to win the title in that same year (Liverpool in 2022 – 2nd and Chelsea in 2008 – 2nd).

• None of Tottenham’s 19 home league games finished as a draw this season (W13 L6) - It is the first time in their history that they have not drawn at home in a league campaign.

• Tottenham are now guaranteed to finish outside of the top four positions in the Premier League for the fourth time in the last five seasons, after finishing in the Champions League spots in each of Mauricio Pochettino’s final four full campaigns in charge (2015-16 - 2018-19).

• Erling Haaland’s opener was the first goal Manchester City have scored in the Premier League at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, with what was their 79th shot at the venue. It was the Citizens’ first away league goal against Spurs since Riyad Mahrez netted at Wembley Stadium in October 2018.

• Kevin De Bruyne has assisted Erling Haaland 12 times in the Premier League since the beginning of last season - at least four more times than any other player has for a teammate in the competition.

• De Bruyne has now recorded 10+ assists in six different Premier League seasons, the joint-most times alongside Cesc Fabregas; the Belgian (112) also moved ahead of the Spaniard into outright second for most assists in the competition’s history, behind only Ryan Giggs (162).

Manchester City moved to within one win of a historic fourth successive Premier League title with victory at Tottenham.

Erling Haaland's second-half double settled a tight encounter in which Spurs' hopes of a top-four finish ended, and sent Aston Villa into the Champions League for the first time next season.

Pep Guardiola's reigning champions will now lift the crown again if they beat West Ham United at Etihad Stadium on Sunday (16:00 BST).

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BBC pundit Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League matches again this season, against a variety of guests.

For Tuesday's crucial game in the title race between Tottenham and defending champions Manchester City, which was postponed from week 34 because of the FA Cup semi-finals, he takes on singer-songwriter and Arsenal fan Sam Tompkins.

Sutton's prediction: 1-3

City fans will point out that they have a poor record at Tottenham's new stadium, where they won in the FA Cup in January but have not scored in any of their four visits in the Premier League, despite having a total of 74 shots.

But I don't see any jeopardy for City here. They are too good for everyone, and they are just a machine when it comes to getting results when it matters.

If Arsenal were in their situation, going into the games City have this week, I'd be a lot less confident. You'd think 'well, you never know', but because City have been there and done it so many times before, I just don't see them slipping up. That's why I don't think anyone other than City fans are that excited about this game, or the title race.

I've seen enough of Ange Postecoglou's teams to know what Tottenham could do if they click, but they have been inconsistent recently and I don't sense they will be at their best here.

With what's at stake for City, and they way they have put their foot down in the past few weeks, I feel like they will always be in control of this game. I fancy them strongly to win, and it should be pretty comfortable.

Sam's prediction: 0-5

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After scoring his fourth goal in five Premier League games, presenter Natalie Pike has been discussing in-form Josko Gvardiol on the We're Not Really Here podcast: "Everyone was so unbelievably excited when we signed Josko Gvardiol because you remembered him from the World Cup.

"He came with a big price tag and a lot of expectation and I think it probably took him about six months to settle in. He is well and truly settled in now."

BBC Radio Manchester commentator Mike Minay said: "You forget the price tag and that shows how good a player is.

"When Jack Grealish came to Manchester City that first season wasn't the Jack Grealish that we know now so everyone brings up the £100m in that first season. No one talks about that now because he has proved himself over the past two years.

"Josko Gvardiol is the second most expensive defender in Premier League history and no one is sat there saying he is a £72m Premier League defender. He is so good at defending, he reads the game really well and can do that central defender role, but it is his ability on the wing that makes him stand out."

Pike added: "We often say it and it is the repetitive thing of, it takes time under Pep Guardiola for a player to settle in. It wasn't that way for Haaland, but it was for so many of the key players that we have had like Rodri.

"But Gvardiol has had six months with Pep and his coaching team now and he has changed position as well. He was brought in as a centre-back but we have put him out really wide and really high at times.

"So I can't wait to see what he is going to be like. Can you imagine what he is going to be like in a year when he has had more time to work with Pep?"

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"I'm wearing all Tottenham white right now," proclaimed former Arsenal winger Theo Walcott on BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

"I expect Manchester City to win but also expect Tottenham to go out there and perform. Being at their home ground, they'll want to perform. You want to be in good habits and I think Postecoglou will get them in good habits for next year."

There is much talk about how Tottenham will approach Tuesday's game against the champions, knowing were they to lose, they'd severely dent the title hopes of their great rivals Arsenal.

Monday Night Club's Chris Sutton famously went to Anfield when playing for Blackburn on the final day of the 1994-95 season, when talk was rife that Liverpool would slacken off in order for Sutton's team to beat Manchester United to the title.

Liverpool won the game 2-1 but Blackburn still clinched the title as Manchester United were unable to win at West Ham.

Sutton said: "Everybody thought because of the rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester United, that Liverpool were going to chuck it basically. That was never going to be the case. We were really hoping they were going to chuck it, of course we were. But nobody wants to lose a game. You go out with the intention of winning. That will be the same for these Tottenham players.

"I get it as a Spurs supporter that they don't want Arsenal to win the league. It's a great game for a Tottenham fan as they go to the stadium and they can't lose in many respects - they end up beating City which is a feather in the cap and if they end up losing, Arsenal won't win the league."

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Here are the key facts and figures before Tuesday's game between Tottenham and Manchester City in the Premier League.

• Tottenham have won their past four Premier League home games against Manchester City without conceding a goal.

• Under Pep Guardiola, City have lost more Premier League games against Spurs than against any other opponent (six).

• Tottenham have lost their final home league game in two of the past three seasons, as many times as they had in their previous 17 campaigns (W13 D2).

• Having won their final away league game in nine of the 10 seasons between 2010-11 and 2019-20, Manchester City have not done so for the past three campaigns (D1 L2). However, they had already won the title at the time of those two defeats - by Brighton in 2020-21 and Brentford last season.

• Manchester City have won their past four Premier League away games, including the past three by an aggregate score of 10-0. Only once in their league history have they won four in a row on the road without conceding - in March/April 1903 in the second tier.

• Tottenham's Dejan Kulusevski has been directly involved in five goals in his four Premier League games against Manchester City, more than he has versus any other opponent in the competition (three goals, two assists).

• City goalkeeper Ederson could make his 250th Premier League appearance in this match. He has kept 112 clean sheets in his 249 games so far, with Petr Cech (127) and Pepe Reina (119) the only goalkeepers to record more in their first 250.

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To absolutely no one’s surprise, the Manchester City juggernaut ploughed through London unchallenged. It was high octane stuff and not for the first time Josko Gvardiol was grabbing the limelight. The whole day seemed like a glorious parade heading towards the title.

Each week it could be any player making the difference for City. Your free scoring striker has an off day, no problem, the part-time left-back-come-winger will do the business.

The 22-year-old Croatian Gvardiol is at the start of what should be an epic career. Effortlessly brilliant at centre-back as a youngster, this move to left back/left winger could lead to anything.

Maybe Guardiola has him lined up as Rodri’s long-term replacement, that wouldn’t surprise me. Pep is like a chess player playing in multiple dimensions, including the future.

Most coaches would be happy with concentrating on winning a closely fought title race and maybe another FA Cup, the City boss takes it to other levels.

Pat Nevin was writing for the BBC Football Extra newsletter

I have attended every single Manchester City fixture at the new Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, apart from this season’s FA Cup tie at the end of January when Nathan Ake squeezed in an 88th minute winner.

So, not only am I yet to see City win a game there, I’ve not been able to celebrate a single goal.

I did consider not attending Tuesday's fixture but that’s simply not an option for me. With two games to play and two victories needed to achieve a historic fourth league title in a row - I need to be there.

This week I received an email from the club asking for my nomination for City’s player of the year. Would my vote go to the already crowned Football Writers' player of the year Phil Foden or maybe last year’s winner, Erling Haaland, who’s top of the Premier League scoring charts again this season?

Both these players, of course, have been nominated for the prestigious Premier League Player of the Season Award too.

I had absolutely no hesitation in voting for Rodri; one of the most underrated Premier League players ever. It’s a disgrace that he has not been nominated.

He has had another brilliant season and he has so much influence in how City play. When he plays, City don’t lose.

Let's hope he plays on Tuesday and Sunday.

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With Manchester City needing to win their game in hand against Tottenham on Tuesday to leapfrog Arsenal and head into the final game of the season at the top of the Premier League table, the We're Not Really Here podcast have been discussing the crucial trip to north London and whether they can keep their title destiny in their own hands.

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With the Premier League title race now guaranteed to go down to the final day of the season, BBC Radio Manchester's We're Not Really Here podcast has been reflecting on the big win over Fulham that took Manchester City (temporarily) to the top of the table.

The team are also joined by Arsenal fan Tom Canton from Football.London as they look ahead to the defining week of the 2023-24 campaign.

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