Pep Guardiola defends Erling Haaland as Man City boss addresses ref controversy vs Tottenham

Manchester City dropped points for a third straight Premier League game after drawing 3-3 at home to Tottenham on Sunday evening.

Pep Guardiola's side conceded a 90th-minute Dejan Kulusevski equaliser after Jack Grealish thought he'd won it with nine minutes to go. Heung-min Son had scored at both ends, with Phil Foden and Giovanni Lo Celso netting a second goal for their respective sides.

Grealish could have won it in added-time but referee Simon Hooper pulled play back for a free-kick on Erling Haaland, much to the frustration of City players and fans. The Blues are now third in the table, three points off league leaders Arsenal.

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Haaland reaction

Guardiola defended Haaland's angry reaction to the late controversy in Manchester City's draw with Tottenham by claiming if Haaland was punished then 10 players should have been sent off.

City were furious when Haaland was fouled in second half injury time with the score at 3-3, with the striker picking himself up and sending through Grealish clean on goal. Referee Hooper initially waved play on, before pulling it back for the foul after Grealish had controlled the through ball and started running towards goal.

Haaland led the City protests as most of the side surrounded Hooper, and the striker was still angry at full-time. After the game, he posted a video of the incident with the caption 'WTF', underlining his anger.

Afterwards, Guardiola declined to blame the incident for the reason why City dropped points, and also defended Haaland's angry reaction as 'normal'. Guardiola went further, saying if Haaland