Sheffield United 1-3 Tottenham: Tanguy Ndombele and Harry Kane stunners see off Blades
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| IMAGE: Serge Aurier headed Spurs ahead inside five minutes |
Stunning goals from Tanguy Ndombele and Harry Kane fired Tottenham into the top four as Sheffield United's troubles continued with a 3-1 defeat at Bramall Lane on Super Sunday.
The Blades claimed their first league win of the season against Newcastle on Tuesday but were brought back down to earth when Serge Aurier headed Spurs ahead inside five minutes, before Kane added a second with a brilliant individual effort shortly before half-time.
David McGoldrick's sixth goal of the season gave United hope of staging a second-half comeback, but their challenge was extinguished by a goal-of-the-season contender from Ndombele, whose outrageous lob restored Spurs' two-goal cushion three minutes later.
Spurs climb up to fourth in the Premier League, three points off leaders Manchester United ahead of their trip to Liverpool, after returning to winning ways, while United remain rooted to the foot of the table, 11 points from safety.
Player ratings
Sheffield United: Ramsdale (6), Basham (6), Egan (5), Ampadu (6), Bogle (5), Lundstram (5), Norwood (4), Fleck (6), Stevens (6), Burke (6), McGoldrick (7).
Subs: Sharp (5), Brewster (5), Bryan (6).
Tottenham: Lloris (7), Aurier (7), Rodon (7), Dier (7), Davies (7), Bergwijn (6), Hojbjerg (7), Ndombele (8), Reguilon (7), Son (7), Kane (8).
Subs: Moura (n/a), Vinicius (n/a), Sanchez (n/a).
Man of the Match: Tanguy Ndombele.
MANCHESTER CITY
Man City 4-0 Crystal Palace: John Stones double as Kevin De Bruyne registers 100th Man City assist
John Stones scores his first Premier League goals for Man City; Ilkay Gundogan and Raheem Sterling also scored superb goals as Man City extended their unbeaten run to 15 games in all comps; Crystal Palace's five-match unbeaten run in Manchester ends
The resurgence of John Stones continued on Sunday as he scored twice in a 4-0 win against Crystal Palace, with Kevin De Bruyne registering his 100th Manchester City assist.
Crystal Palace were unbeaten in their last two visits to The Etihad, but Man City were in control throughout and took the lead with a milestone goal. De Bruyne nabbed his century of assists when Stones (26) nodded home his first Premier League goal for the club.
Man City added another shortly after the break with a sensational strike from Ilkay Gundogan (56), before Stones (68) slotted home his second of the evening after Vicente Guaita had initially saved Ruben Dias' header in his first-ever Premier League double.
Raheem Sterling (88) rounded off the victory late on with a sublime free-kick as Man City extended their winning run to five Premier League games.
It was the perfect way for Pep Guardiola to mark his 50th birthday on Monday as Man City leapfrog Tottenham, Liverpool - who drew 0-0 with Manchester United earlier in the day - and Leicester into second, two points behind United with a game in hand. Crystal Palace remain in 13th and failed to have a shot on target.
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