Superb Spurs end City's perfect league start

MANCHESTER CITY’S sensational start to the Premier League campaign came to an abrupt end as they dropped their first points of the season in a 2-0 defeat at Tottenham.

City remain market leaders for the title at 10-11 and still lead the table but Spurs narrowed the gap at the summit to just one point at the summit thanks to an own goal from Aleksandar Kolarov and a strike from Dele Alli.

Pep Guardiola’s outfit lacked their usual cohesion without the injured Kevin De Bruyne as Spurs swarmed all over them in the early exchanges and the hosts could even afford to see Erik Lamela’s second-half penalty saved by Claudio Bravo.

Tottenham are the only remaining team unbeaten in the Premier League and can be backed at 8-1 to land a first title since 1961.

City’s defeat meant there was nearly a complete wipeout for favourite backers in the Premier League with Manchester United (7-20) and Leicester (5-4) held to draws but 2-5 shots Arsenal secured a last-gasp success at Burnley to win 1-0.

The Gunners left it late before Laurent Koscielny bundled home to earn a vital victory at the death to leave Arsenal 15-2 to win the Premier League and Burnley heartbroken.

United looked to be heading for maximum points themselves after substitute Anthony Martial broke Stoke’s resistance at Old Trafford but Joe Allen popped up with a late equaliser to move the Potters off bottom spot into 19th place above Sunderland.

The Red Devils, five points behind City in sixth, are 14-1 to win the Premier League but Liverpool who plenty to to celebrate without even playing on Sunday

The third-placed Merseysiders, who beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday, are into 9-2 to win the Premier League and face a crunch clash against United after the international break.

Champions Leicester’s patchy start to the Premier League continued with a 0-0 draw at home to Southampton.