Thomas Frank's side continued their fine recent form against City courtesy of first half goals from Brennan Johnson and Joao Palhinha

Pep Guardiola spoke to BBC Match of the Day after Manchester City's defeat against Tottenham: "The performance was better in general. We missed the simple passes a lot but we gave everything. We made it hard for ourselves with the second goal. We know the physicality they had. We lost simple balls.

Tottenham Hotspur were edging closer to signing Eze, but Arsenal surged ahead and wrapped up a deal with Crystal Palace for the England international. Eze is expected to officially join this weekend,

Eberechi Eze is close to joining Tottenham after Arsenal backed out of the race. The England international is expected to start for Crystal Palace in the first leg of the UEFA Conference League play-off against Fredrikstad on Thursday before sealing a £60m move to Spurs.

Arsenal players such as Noni Madueke and Gabriel Magalhaes were among those to react to a update regarding their pursuit of Eberechi Eze

There is precedent for Arsenal pipping north London rivals Tottenham to a transfer target's signature at the 11th hour as they look to pull off a £68million coup for Eberechi Eze

Arsenal has just thrown a late punch in the works of one of the summer’s biggest transfer sagas by making a move for Crystal Palace's star Eberechi Eze.

Arsenal continue to receive concrete reasons to reignite their pursuit of Real Madrid’s Rodrygo. With Eberechi Eze now heading to Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal have missed out on their top target despite being ready to make the necessary sales to fund the move.