The Algerian international star, Riyad Mahrez, scored two goals and contributed to scoring the same, to lead his team, Manchester City, to overturn a two-goal deficit against its guest, Tottenham, in the first half, to a 4-2 victory, on Thursday evening, in a postponed match from the seventh round of the English Premier League.
Manchester City, who returned to the path of victories after its controversial 1-2 loss against arch-neighbor Manchester United in its last meeting in the competition, rose to 42 points in second place from 19 games, by 5 points behind Arsenal (leader), who played only 18 games. .
On the other hand, Tottenham's balance, which suffered its seventh loss in the championship during the current season, compared to 10 wins and 3 draws, stopped at 33 points, but it remained in fifth place, five points behind the Golden Square.
Tottenham advanced with two goals before the end of the first half through Diane Kulusevski and Emerson in the 45th and third minutes of counted time instead of lost, before Mahrez led the City uprising in the second half.
Mahrez contributed to City's first goal, scored by Julian Alvarez in the 51st minute, before making the equalizer, scored by Norwegian star Erling Haaland in the 53rd minute, to consolidate his lead in the competition's top scorer list, with 22 goals, by 7 goals in front of his closest pursuer Harry Kane, striker. spurs.
Mahrez continued his brilliance, after scoring the third and fourth goals for City in the 63rd and 90th minutes, to give the three points to the heavenly team and establish himself as the champion of the match, which took place at the Al-Ittihad Stadium unchallenged.