Manchester City fell to their second consecutive English Premier League defeat, losing 1-4 away at Tottenham in Saturday, September 26 tea time fixture.
Despite without captain Vincent Kompany and first choice goalkeeper Joe Hart, City started strongly with Yaya Toure at the centre of action.
The midfielder made the opener, stroking a ball to City record signing Kevin De Bruyne who was marginally offside.
He took advantage of the referee not being able to make the call to strike a first time, low and hard past Hugo Lloris.
City were comfortably in control and should have doubled their lead two minutes later when Raheem Sterling cut inside his man to shot a low forcing Lloris into a fine save.
Spurs slowly got themselves into the game as Harry Kane had two good strikes on goal, with City goalkeeper Caballeroacrobatically saving the second on the 41st minute.
They got their equalizer in the 44th minute thanks to an awful officiating.
Erik Lamela received the ball a good two yards offside and crossed Heung-Min Son, whose close range effort was well saved by Caballero.
De Bruyne, attempting to pass the ball clear, found only Eric Dier, a good 30 yards out and the defender fired through the forest of players and somehow found a way through to equalise.
The first half finished with the teams a goal apiece but Spurs took the lead in the 50th minute as Toby Alderweirweld rose impressively over the City defence to head home a Lamela corner.
Tottenham were simply by far the hungrier, more intense and better side in the second-half and got their third goal through Kane.
A Christian Eriksen wonderful free kick rebounded off the cross bar and fell kindly to the striker to scroe his first goal of the season and Spurs third of the day in the 61st minute.
By then Spurs were cruising before Lamela scored the fourth.
The Argentina received the ball in the box, waded off a challenge from his compatriot Martin Demichelis to find the net beyond a scrabbling Caballero.
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