The City brag had ne'er antecedently mislaid 4 games successful a enactment and the dense decision astatine location sent his broadside further into crisis.
It is the archetypal clip the nine person fallen to 5 consecutive losses since 2006, portion they besides mislaid their 52-game unbeaten streak astatine the Etihad Stadium.
Spurs ran rampant implicit a City broadside who faded aft a promising opening 10 minutes oregon so, successful which Erling Haaland missed immoderate presentable chances.
Maddison, who was celebrating his 28th birthday, bagged a brace portion Kulusevski pulled the strings from a wide presumption having been reverted determination by manager Ange Postecoglou pursuing what had been a productive spell successful the mediate of the park.
At the double: James Maddison bagged a brace connected his birthday
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After the game, Guardiola admitted the brace had punished his side.
“We are a small spot fragile now,” helium said.
“We started truly good and we couldn’t score. And the archetypal clip they get [in our box] they score.
“Of course, the prime of Kulusevski and Maddison was good.”