It is Spurs that have manged to secure the final Champions League place with a 1-0 win away at Man City. The season for Spurs and Man City came down to this one £30-£40m game and it was Spurs that held their bottle and managed to beat a slightly lacklustre City at Eastlands.
The game was a little nervy but entertaining and as they entered the last 10 minutes Spurs started to play on the nerves of the City players and the anxiety of the crowd and Crouch struck the killer blow that only a 6ft 7in pole could. The inevitable expectancy of disappointment spread through the City crowd after the goal.
It might celebration time in North London but what about Manchester City now? They sacked Mark Hughes because they didn't think he would get 4th and Mancini hasn't even managed to take it to the last game. No Champions League means no Torres for City and they will again find it hard to compete with Chelsea, Man United, and the likes for the top players. So tonight it won;t be just Spurs fans celebrating Liverpool fans, Villa and Everton will also be celebrating. If Man City had qualified for the Champions League I doubt we would have seen anybody break that monopoly again for a while.
Spurs have a lot of work to do, they still need to qualify and with team like Celtic, Lyon, Sampdoria among a host of other strong European teams they could draw in an unseeded draw. I doubt whether Spurs will build as quick and with as much quality as City could of giving hope to the teams who have aspirations to mount a challenge to the top 4.
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