{"id":298303,"date":"2023-12-03T19:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=298303"},"modified":"2023-12-03T19:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:24:57","slug":"roy-keane-slams-tottenhams-shocking-defending-against-man-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/roy-keane-slams-tottenhams-shocking-defending-against-man-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane slams Tottenham&apos;s &apos;shocking&apos; defending against Man City"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> Roy Keane slams Tottenham&#8217;s &#8216;shocking&#8217; defending and claims they were &#8216;all over the place&#8217; for Man City&#8217;s second goal at the Etihad<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Roy Keane was unimpressed with Tottenham&#8217;s defending against Man City<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Spurs took an early lead before conceding twice in the first half against City<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Big Ange has lost three in a row, but no chance he changes his style: IAKO<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recap\u00a0Mail Sport&#8217;s live coverage of Manchester City versus Tottenham Hotspur\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Roy Keane slammed Tottenham for being &#8216;all over the shop&#8217; against Manchester City on Sunday after conceding twice in the first half at the Etihad on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs took an early lead against the reigning Premier League champions after Son Heung-min rounded off a well-worked counter-attack with a strong finish.<\/p>\n<p>He then scored again just two minutes later after turning the ball into his own net, before Phil Foden added a second goal 31st-minute to haul the hosts into a deserved lead.<\/p>\n<p>Much had been made pre-match of Ange Postecoglou&#8217;s high-pressing attack and how it could leave Tottenham&#8217;s defence vulnerable against City&#8217;s star-studded attack, and Keane was unimpressed by the defending on show from the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>City went in at the break with a slim lead, but could have been further in-front after Jeremy Doku and Bernardo Silva were both denied by the woodwork, however, Spurs were also a threat when going forward.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/18\/78527371-12820485-image-a-1_1701626893595.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Phil Foden hauls City ahead in the first half following a brilliant move that unlocked Tottenham&#8217;s defence<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/18\/78527367-12820485-image-a-2_1701626896353.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Spurs had previously led at the Etihad before conceding twice in the first half<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Keane labelled Tottenham&#8217;s lamentable defending as &#8216;shocking&#8217; and called on them to show more resilience in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;City have been brilliant going forward but vulnerable at back, they are missing players, but from City it&#8217;s excellent,&#8217; Keane said on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Spurs are all over the place and ball watching, Foden takes a touch in the six-yard box and the second one puts it in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;As simple as you like but shocking from Spurs, really bad, they have trouble at back but against really good teams you get found out.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/18\/78527889-12820485-image-a-17_1701628613184.jpg\" height=\"455\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>City were wasteful in front of goal during the first half despite scoring twice against Spurs<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/03\/18\/78527369-12820485-image-a-3_1701626900680.jpg\" height=\"357\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Roy Keane slammed Tottenham&#8217;s defending and labelled the visitors as &#8216;shocking&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Spurs all over shop, City excellent but Spurs still have one or two more goals in them,&#8217; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow pundit and former City full-back Micah Richards expressed similar concerns for Spurs in the second-half and stated his old club would feel disappointed to not be leading by more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;City will be very disappointed [not to be leading by more] it should have been five or six.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Especially Haaland&#8217;s chance. 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