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Here’s Ange Postecoglou: “It’s a cup tie, against pretty formidable opponents … we had to defend, didn’t give away too many clear-cut chances. We had some, we could have put the game away, but City will push you and push you. This team is growing all the time, you’re gonna stumble sometimes, we have but we’ve always bounced back. Disappointed as we were on Sunday, I had every confidence that we’d come back with a performance today.”

Righto, David Hytner’s match report is here:

Which means we’re finished for tonight. Check back here in 15 minutes to find out who’s playing who in the last eight – Brentford, Man United, Newcastle, Spurs, Liverpool, Palace and Arsenal are the clubs left – but otherwise, ta ra.

Earlier, I wondered why Guardiola bothered bringing Haaland to not send him on, but on reflection, he probably decided he couldn’t risk another injury to an important player.

Timo Werner tells Sky that it was important to play well after the weekend, and they started well then played well at the end. It’s good to score, he says, especially so early, and praises the assist from “Dekky”, admitting it’s been a hard few weeks.

Kulusevski, meanwhile, says he loves these games against the best teams in the world because he wants to be one of the best players in the world. He thanks his teammates and manager, then notes that there’s a big game coming up on Sunday against Villa.

Back to City, though they have ridiculous depth, they don’t have replacements for Rodri and Kevin de Bruyne. I imagine they’ll buy a six in January, but one thing we know: he won’t be as good as the man he’d locum. They’ll still win most games and that might be enough, but they might also struggle against teams with good players.

It’s been a really bad night for City. They’re out of the competition, they looked underpowered and shy of cohesion, and lost Akanji and Savio – the latter to an injury that looked nasty.

That’s a colossal result for Bigange. He needed something after the weekend effort, and more generally must do all he can to win win a trophy. There’s plenty of quality left in an all-Premier League draw, but if they play like that they’ve got a shot.

FULL TIME: Tottenham Hotspur 2-1 Manchester City

90+6 min Lewis crosses from the right and in the middle, O’Reilly desperately contorts to redirect it goalwards … but can only force it wide. That might be it!

90+4 min City were really good for about 15 minutes before half-time and 10 after, but other than that, Spurs have kept them at arm’s length and defended pretty well when they’ve been asked to.

90+2 min Out on the right, Wright curls in one of those nasty balls that might be heading far corner but which a keeper can’t move for in case a striker gets a touch. But one doesn’t, it goes behind, and here comes Kovacic, carrying deep into their half down the right before finding the impressive Wright on the edge. But his shot drifts wide and Spurs are nearly there.

90+1 min “In Iceland, the proper way to refer to someone is by their given name, since family names are fairly rare,” says Kári Tulinius. “This means that when Iceland’s defensive stalwart Kári Árnason did something notable, I’d be startled by news headlines like: Kári Goes to Aberdeen, Kári Disappointed by Loss, Kári Is Knacked, and so on.”

Sounds like a series of children’s books.

90 min We’ll have six additional minutes and here’s Bernardo, screwing a cross into the box at sail’s pace, but no one can get at it and Spurs clear.

90 min Nunes again barges by Gray, who pulls him back and is booked. He’s had a hard night, but has shown decent moxie sticking with it.

88 min Vicario isn’t great under aerial pressure and he wanders miles seeking a ball that isn’t there, getting nowhere near, and when O’Reilly imparts laces to leather it looks for all the world like 2-2. But on the line Bissouma hurls his body in the road, and that is brilliant, potentially matchwining behaviour.

87 min Back doon sooth, City have a corner down the right…

87 min By the way, there’s some great work going at Pittodrie, where Aberdeen have just beaten Rangers.

85 min A foul on Richarlison gives Spurs a free-kick down the left and Moore curls in low, but City smuggle clear.

83 min Good work from Richarlison, who carries it across the face of the box, finding Bissouma, who can’t create anything. But Spurs hang on to possession for a while longer, cede a throw deep inside the City half, “Box them! Box them!” no doubt the cry, then WHAT ON EARTH?! Gvardiol chucks across his own box, failing to appraise Richarlison, loitering, and he’s in! But rather than put his foot through it or pick his spot, he assumes he merely has to hit the target, passing an embarrassingly tame effort straight at Ortega! That was the game right there!

80 min City do, though, win a corner … which Spurs clear to the edge, Lewis spreading wide, before the ball goes back and forth in the box, Wright eventually swinging a boot and sending it out for a throw. Which of course reminds us of this League Cup classic.

79 min Watching the Spurs back four, they look nicely in sync even though they’ve probably never played together as a unit. Ordinarily I’d be looking for signs of fatigue around now, but they’ve not been under the pressure you’d expect given City are chasing an equaliser.

77 min “The update at 69 min startled me,” writes Peter Oh. “For a split second I thought Big Ange was throwing me on along with Mikey Moore with stern instructions to adequately replace Brennan Johnson!”

Heh – when I used to watch Danny Welbeck playing for Man United, I’d call him Daniel for obvious reasons, and every time I voiced displeasure I realised how much more often people must’ve said similar about me.

75 min Wright’s had more impact on the game having come on at half-time than either McAtee or O’Reilly, and after taking a little pass from Gvardiol, who runs off him and into the box, he narrowly fails with a clever return, flicked square with the outside of his boot.

74 min Simpson-Pusey, by the way, is a centre-back so goes in alongside Stones.

73 min But no! Haaland stays on the bench – why, then, did they bring him? – and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey comes on for his debut, replacing Ake.

72 min Spurs are disappearing time pretty effectively here, keeping their passes short and to a free man wherever possible. City are struggling to pin them back now, but of course have Haaland on the bench and plenty others on the pitch able to conjure summat out of nowt.

69 min City pick out Wright on the edge, roughly where Sarr was when he scored, and again it’s a curler unfurled, this time a high one, and it passes the angle by the thickness of a Rizla blue.

69 min Oh and Moore also comes on, replacing Johnson.

68 min Werner limps off to be replaced by Richarlison.

67 min Bit of City pressure but Lewis’ cross is cleared, then Werner goes down clutching his quad. I think that’ll be his night over.

66 min Nice from Spurs, Bissouma extending a go go Gadget leg on halfway to send Werner away; Gvardiol sticks the ball behind, then Ortega catches the ensuing corner.

65 min Credit to Spurs, they’ve come back well after spending 20 or so minutes on the rack. They’ve been braver in their passing and as such, City don’t have the momentum they did 10 minutes ago.

64 min Palace have won 2-1 at Villa, Liverpool 3-2 and Brighton, Man United 5-2 at home to Leicester.

62 min I’m afraid it was one of those innocuous-looking ones – he grimaced as he went to take the corner – that can turn out to be something nasty. As he ran down the slope behind the goal, his knee and feet went in different directions, the kind of thing that rarely means anything good. Jacob Wright replaces him.

61 min Oh dear. The stretcher is on, Savinho is on it, and I fear we’ll not be seeing him for a while. Godspeed.

59 min Savinho has hurt himself; I think his studs stuck in the grass winning that corner, and he’s lying on the turf, hands over face.

58 min Bernardo replaces the ineffective Foden.

58 min Savinho’s played well tonight and he wins a corner down the right as Bernardo readies himself; when the ball comes in, Stones is penalised for a foul.

57 min The last few minutes have been better for Spurs, but the more football they play, the more space they leave for City to attack.

55 min And here Spurs come, this time through Kulusevski down the right – again, the release-pass came from Bentancur. And he has options inside too, instead opening body to shoot across Ortega, who gets a strong palm to the ball, sending it just beyond Johnson, following up. Will Spurs rue their profligacy?

54 min Spurs can’t get close to City, who always seem to have a spare man. But they’re very high and square at the back, so a goal for the home side looks as likely as one for the away.

53 min O’Reilly glides through midfield so Bissouma pushes him over, remonstrating when he’s penalised and earning a yellow card for his trouble.

52 min Change for Spurs: Davies for Romero.

51 min Again, City pin Spurs back, but the defence is deep and they can’t find a telling pass, then a fine pass out, from Bentancur I think, sends Werner away at inside-left! They won’t catch him! But as Ortega comes out, he sends a confident finish wide of the far post; how much will he rue that in the final analysis?

51 min Reminder: if scores are level after 90, we go directly to penalties.

50 min Spurs look to take heat out of the game, knocking the ball about just to keep it. And, in the process, there’s always the chance they draw city on to them, opening space in behind.

48 min Already, Spurs are penned back in their own half – City have taken control of this game, but the home side are nasty on the counter. And, as I type, here they come, Werner nashing down the left before Johnson’s low shot is palmed away by Ortega and the flag goes up.

46 min My sense is that Gvardiol has been introduced as much for his attacking skills as his defensive proficiency. For that reason, I imagine, h’s gone to left-back with Ake moving into the middle.

46 min We go again…

Half-time changes: Spurs bring on Bissouma for Sarr, whole City do Gvardiol and Kovacic for Gundogan and Dias.

Around the grounds:

Brighton 1-3 Liverpool

Man United 5-2 Leicester

Aston Villa 1-2 Crystal Palace

Preston 0-3 Arsenal

Newcastle 2-0 Chelsea

Half-time entertainment is right here: