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The shot-stopper’s save to deny Heung-min Son an equaliser continued the German’s dependability for Pep Guardiola’s side.
Manchester City defeated Tottenham Hotspur at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time in the Premier League, and they were beneficiaries of Stefan Ortega’s heroics.
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22:11 - 14.05.2024
Erling Haaland scores twice as Man City beat Tottenham and move two clear of Arsenal
One more win needed to clinch a historic fourth consecutive Premier League title as they beat Tottenham to return top of the log.
Tottenham vs Manchester City
Pep Guardiola’s team secured a 2-0 win over the North London side to edge two points clear of Arsenal in the title race with the season’s culmination imminent.
Erling Haaland’s second-half brace at Tottenham ended the club’s drought at Spurs’ new ground, with the Norwegian the first player to score an away Premier League goal at the Lilywhites since Riyad Mahrez in October 2018.
However, City’s title dream could have gone up in smoke but for Ortega, who denied Heung-min Son with four minutes of the 90 remaining.
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23:57 - 14.05.2024
Fans remember 'Iheanacho moment' after Son's big miss in Tottenham vs Man City
Football fans drew parallels between Kelechi Iheanacho's miss for Leicester against Manchester City in the penultimate game of the 2018/19 season and Heung Min Son's miss tonight and how both moments influenced the title race of both campaigns.
The Tottenham captain bore down on goal after Manuel Akanji was dispossessed just inside the away side’s half, and the South Korean had only the 31-year-old to beat.
But the goalkeeper thwarted the hosts’ top scorer minutes before Haaland’s penalty ensured the points.
Stefan Ortega’s impressive impact as a substitute
Tuesday was the fourth time the German would replace Ederson in the 2023-24 season, with the Brazilian forced off with a seeming concussion in the game’s concluding 20 minutes.
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Ortega made three saves on the night, twice denying Dejan Kulusevski before preventing Son’s equaliser, thus taking him to 11 saves from 13 shots on target in Premier League matches in which he was introduced for Ederson.
The German has replaced City’s No. 1 against Newcastle United, Liverpool, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham, conceding only to Alexander Isak and Anthony Gordon in the table-topping side’s win at St James’ Park in January.
Of the 11 saves, the latest one to thwart Son possibly is Ortega’s favourite.
What comes next for Manchester City?
Guardiola’s men return to Premier League action in gameweek 38’s match against West Ham United, keen to secure maximum points and claim an unprecedented fourth top-flight title.
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