Manchester City lose more ground in the Premier League title race as **Arsenal**won their game and they let a two goal lead slip at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Goals from Rayan Cherki and another for Antoine Semenyo had put City in a comfortable position. At that stage, it looked as though they would score more and go on to win by a significant margin.
Tottenham Hotspur deserve credit for their showing in the second half as the goals from Dominic Solanke turned it around.
In the end, Spurs had chances to go on and win the game themselves but it ended 2-2.
Here are four takeaways from the match:
A game of two halves
It is often said that football is a game of two halves but that stereotype was clear in London.
In the first half, City were dominant and had got themselves into a very strong position. Spurs looked poor and the pressure on manager Thomas Frank would have increased further. Boos echoed around the stadium at half time from the home supporters.
City's second half showing was inevitably not at the level of the first forty five minutes and it could be argued that they lacked that killer instinct to really put the game to bed.
The longer the game went on, an element of complacency may have crept in but once Spurs got it back to 2-1 early in the half, they could not find the strike to restore the two-goal advantage.
Is the form of Erling Haaland a concern?
The Norwegian striker has always scored goals for City but he now has just one goal in his last seven Premier League games. The one goal came from the penalty spot against Brighton.
That may not be a bad run for most strikers but earlier in the season Haaland scored in six consecutive league games, netting two goals in three of those fixtures.
At times, Haaland has looked a bit isolated up front and has not received the service that he needs. In some of the games, the build up play has been slow and he has not been able to create scoring opportunities.
However, in the first half against Spurs, there was space in behind and Spurs were not a team defensively in good form so more may have been expected from the striker.
The form of Antoine Semenyo will help but Guardiola will want to see his star striker scoring again soon.
The physical threat of Dominic Solanke
The main threat for Spurs came from Solanke who scored both goals and he provided a challenge that the City defenders may not have come across too often in the league this season.
Haaland can offer the physical threat to opposition defenders but Solanke posed a similar danger.
There may have been talks of a foul between **Marc Guehi**and Solanke in the build up to one of the goals but, from a defensive viewpoint, City will feel disappointed.
There were several occasions where they made mistakes at the back and did not look as confident as they have done in previous years.
They were also playing a high line at times and tried to catch the Spurs attackers offside but got caught out and this led to problems.
What does this mean now?
Ultimately, City are six points behind leaders Arsenal with fourteen games to play. It is not over yet but City will view this as a missed opportunity after being 2-0 in front.
It also means that last week's win against Wolverhampton Wanderers is their only league win in their last six matches.
In the last month, City went on a run of three consecutive draws and another point in this game will disappoint them. It does not provide the momentum required to mount a title challenge.
**Pep Guardiola's**side have come from second place to lift the trophy before and they are capable of doing it this time too but they need to turn draws into wins.