Tottenham's Jan Vertonghen 'mugs off' Manchester City over £85m outlay on John Stones and Nicolas Otamendi

'Mugged off': Vertonghen liked a tweet poking fun at City's spending
Standard Sport3 October 2016

Tottenham defender Jan Vertonghen has liked a tweet 'mugging off' Manchester City over the combined £85million spent on their central defensive pairing.

Spurs closed the gap at the top of the Premier League to just one point with a 2-0 victory over Pep Guardiola's men at White Hart Lane on Sunday.

The defeat was City's first in the top flight since Guardiola took the reins at Etihad Stadium as they struggled to deal with Tottenham's high-pressing game.

Tottenham were good value for their win as an Aleksandar Kolarov own goal and a Dele Alli effort secured a 2-0 victory, with Erik Lamela unable to add the gloss to the three points as he saw a second-half penalty saved by Claudio Bravo.

City were harried as they attempted to play their passing game and they missed the incisiveness of the injured Kevin De Bruyne as the Spurs defence did a superb job of coping with Sergio Aguero and Raheem Sterling.

Vertonghen took to Twitter after the game and 'liked' a tweet noting the money both clubs spent assembling their central defensive pairings.

Spurs fan account Daily Hotspur tweeted: ".@JanVertonghen mugging off @ManCity for the second time today."

Guardiola insisted after the game Tottenham are genuine contenders for the Premier League title.

He said: "Same trainer, new players. In two or three years my team will be better so in that sense it is normal. Of course, here in the Premier League there are many teams who can achieve that and Tottenham is one of them."

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