The Egyptian was lively early on and forced another excellent save from the Spurs goalkeeper after being played through by Erling Haaland. With their first real threat of the game, Spurs took the lead courtesy of a lightning breakaway as Richarlison's low cross was converted by Brennan Johnson.

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Spurs maintain unbeaten start under new manager Frank Palhinha scores after Trafford's error Frank is third manager to beat Guardiola away with two teams MANCHESTER, England, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Tottenham Hotspur continued their impressive recent Premier League record at Manchester City with a 2-0 win on Saturday as Joao Palhinha took advantage of a goalkeeping blunder by James Trafford and Brennan Johnson also scored.