‘Proud of him’ – Man City single out player for praise after ‘pulling strings’ against Tottenham
Manchester City beat Tottenham 4-1 for a 16th successive Premier League victory that stretched their lead at the top of the table to 14 points.
Ilkay Gundogan started in place of the absent David Silva and headed City in front from a corner after 14 minutes.
Gundogan ended up scoring his first league goal of the season in the process.
The midfielder of Turkish origin was singled out for praise on social media by City fans.
We took a look at how City fans reacted to Gundogan’s display.
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Here it is, Gundogan’s first goal of the season.
Fantastic whip from Sané, finished off by Gundogan to make it 1-0 pic.twitter.com/N5z6YHrSil
— City Lens (@MCFCLens) December 16, 2017
There was a lot of praise for Gundogan.
We forget that Gundogan is actually a pretty fine footballer sometimes.
— Steven (@EsteemedKompany) December 16, 2017
Ratings: Ederson 9, Walker 9, Otamendi 8, Mangala 9, Delph 9, Fernandinho 9, KDB 10, Gundogan 10, Sane 9, Sterling 9, Aguero 7.5, Jesus 7.
Our strikers are off form, but midfielders delivering. KDB my MOTM.
— Guardiolista (@BlueCitizen007) December 16, 2017
Forgot how good Gundogan is. Scored two against Barca a while back. His performance last night was A1.
— Firelord? (@ttmokotso) December 17, 2017
Gundogan was without a doubt the best player on the pitch today. scored and assisted against a rather big club like Spurs, he was pulling strings in today’s midfield. Proud of him.
— KDB¹⁷? (@bruyne_kdb17) December 16, 2017
They are never going to let that shirt wearing stunt be forgotten are they.
Touching that Gundogan scored pretty much a year on from his tragic death.
— Christmas James (@PjanicAtTheIsco) December 16, 2017
Anyone have anything to say about that?
Gundogan and Ederson are the two best passers in the world.
— Ryan O’Hanlon (@rwohan) December 16, 2017
Gundogan with those ridiculous outside-of-the-boot through balls. First the one to KDB for the pen, now this
— Sam Lee (@Sammy_Goal) December 16, 2017
There are however, others who do not have a lot of time for Gundogan. He actually gets quite a lot of stick.
Gundogan another player who is hated by the fan base for genuinely no reason
— Johnnie Cochran (@francmcfc) December 16, 2017
Gundogan hype on my tl, thought we left that fatty behind in 2013
— * (@Mk_9873) December 16, 2017
Gundogan is finished man hahaha what the fuck is he doing in the pitch
— ً (@MoratahoIic) December 16, 2017