Zaha, who scored the opening goal of the game at the Etihad Stadium, was brought down by Aymeric Laporte which resulted in the City defender receiving a straight red card in first-half stoppage time.
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City are now five points off the top after Pep Guardiola’s 10 men were beaten 2-0 by Crystal Palace at the Etihad.
City boss, Pep Guardiola, hinted the Germany midfielder was nursing a problem following Saturday’s goalless draw with Southampton.
After a frustrating first 45 minutes in south London, it was City’s record goalscorer who broke the deadlock with a superb finish and Ferran Torres wrapped up the points soon after following a fine curled effort.
Aymeric Laporte’s header eight minutes from time finally ended Tottenham’s resistance as their 13-year wait to win a trophy goes on.
Pep Guardiola’s players are sweeping all before them this season, having reached the final of the English League Cup, the quarterfinals of the Champions League and forged a 14-point lead in the Premier League.
City, who have won the trophy for the last three seasons, went in front in the third minute with a header from Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus.
Both players will now undergo a period of self-isolation and the club confirmed that neither player is showing any symptoms of the virus.
Pep Guardiola’s side have agreed an initial £40 million deal with the Cherries – who were relegated to the Championship on the final day of the season – and which could rise to £41 million.
Manchester City suffered their first defeat of the season as injury-hit Norwich took full advantage of defensive frailties to beat the defending champions at Carrow Road.
The 25-year-old, who had been called up by France for their Euro 2020 qualifiers against Albania and Andorra, was carried off on a stretcher after upending Brighton’s Adam Webster and coming off worse
Manchester City twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with Lyon at Stade de Gerland tonight and secure their place in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Manchester City turned on the style to see off Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 in Tuesday’s Champions League clash at the Metalist Oblast Sports Complex.
The defending champions – who had quickly reassumed their place at the top of the table courtesy of a 6-1 win over Huddersfield Town last time out – came closest to breaking the deadlock in the first half when Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling both hit the woodwork within a minute of each other.
Sergio Aguero scored four second-half goals to take the game beyond the Foxes, who went into the break all square after Jamie Vardy had cancelled out Raheem Sterling’s early opener
The 23-year-old overtakes Kevin De Bruyne as the Citizens’ most-expensive arrival after his release clause was triggered over the weekend
The 23-year-old Laporte had a 65 million-euro (57 million pounds) clause in his contract with the Basque side