Get the City transfer window latest, team news, match updates and analysis delivered straight to your inbox Manchester City were beaten by Tottenham on the opening day of the Premier League season because they were poor defensively, according to Gary Neville and Micah Richards.
City started well for the opening 15 minutes before Spurs became the more dangerous side in the game. Son Heung-Min scored the only goal of the game in the second half with a fine curling strike from the outside of the box with his left foot, after beating Nathan Ake with a drop of the shoulder.
According to former City defender Richards — who was working on the game for Sky Sports as a pundit — the former Bournemouth man should have done better for the goal.
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