Johnson opened the account of the goal by tapping in Richarlison's cross in the 35th minute. Fulham's former midfielder Palhinha, who came from Bayern Munich, scored the second goal after taking advantage of a mistake made by City's goalkeeper in the injury time of the first half.
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Tottenham shocked Manchester City 2-0 in the English Premier League on Saturday. Brennan Johnson and Jao Palhinha scored first-half goals for Europa League winners Tottenham at the Etihad Stadium.
Johnson opened the scoring account by tapping in Richarlison's cross in the 35th minute. Fulham's former midfielder Palhinha, who came from Bayern Munich, took advantage of a mistake made by City's goalkeeper in the injury time of the first half and scored the second goal.
The new manager of Spurs, Thomas Frank, has led the London team to the top by winning the first two games of the Premier League. City beat Burnley 3-0 in their first game of the season. Despite taking a 2-goal lead in the UEFA Super Cup, Tottenham lost to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in a penalty shootout. But Tottenham has not conceded any goals in two Premier League games.
"I'm very proud of the players, they put in an exceptional performance," said Frank, "Mentality is the key, we need this mentality to win games like this."
Johnson opened the scoring account by tapping in Richarlison's cross in the 35th minute. Former Fulham midfielder Palhinha, who came from Bayern Munich, took advantage of a mistake made by City goalkeeper James Trafford in injury time in the first half to score the second goal.
Although Brazilian goalkeeper Ederson returned fit, City manager Pep Guardiola kept Trafford in the number one goalkeeper role. Ederson is likely to move to Turkish club Galatasaray, which is expected to pave the way for PSG's Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma to join City.
City beat Wolves 4-0 in the first match. But after losing the first game at home, City's plan to return to the title has suffered a serious setback. City finished third last season behind champions Liverpool and second-placed Arsenal. An angry Guardiola said his team were forgetting simple things.
City have only won 4 times in 13 Premier League matches against Tottenham, while Spurs have had a number of managerial changes during this time. Tottenham won 4-0 at the Etihad last season too, but the team has only kept six clean sheets in the Premier League. Because of this, Tottenham ended the season in 17th place.
In other games on Saturday, Burnley beat Sunderland 2-0, Brentford beat Aston Villa and Bournemouth beat Wolves by the same margin 1-0. This is the first win for Burnley, Brentford and Bournemouth. Chelsea was able to beat West Ham 5-1 despite falling behind early on Friday night. Chelsea tasted victory after being stopped by Crystal Palace in the first match, while West Ham lost for the second match in a row.
Lucas Paquita gave West Ham the lead in the sixth minute with a superb goal. Cole Palmer was injured in the 'warm-up' and had to leave the field but it did not affect Chelsea. Jo Pedro scored the equalizer in the 15th minute. Pedro Netta scored in the 23rd and Enzo Fernandez scored in the 34th minute to give Chelsea a 3-1 lead at halftime. Moises Caicedo and Trevah Chalobah added goals after the break.
