De Bruyne lauds Man Citys response to rare wobble after slay from seestyle's blog

Kevin De Bruyne hailed Manchester City's mental strength after the Premier League leaders put a torrid week behind them to move within a win of the title by beating Tottenham 3-1.

after 25 Zack Cozart Jersey minutes at Wembley.

But, as in their 3-2 defeat to Manchester United last weekend and Champions League lo s at the hands of Liverpool in midweek, City looked set to have a Luis Valbuena Jersey lead wiped out when Christian Eriksen reduced the arrears in the 42nd minute.

The visitors withstood Spurs pre sure early in the second half and, having pa sed up a pair of clear chances in quick succe sion, Raheem Sterling sealed the points by beating Hugo Lloris on the rebound after the Tottenham goalkeeper denied Gabriel Jesus.

"We spoke before the game that the performances against United and Liverpool were good. We deserved to win these games but it didn't happen. This is football," Julio Teheran Jersey De Bruyne told Sky Sports.

"Today we scored the goals and we defended better.

"Everybody felt it was tough, everybody feels a little bit Brian Goodwin Jersey of tiredne s. It's been a tough game for us.

"Spurs didn't have a game for a week. That's the advantage they had. The mental toughne s of this team is unbelievable."

Sterling - who won the first-half spot kick despite replays showing Lloris' rash lunge made contact with him fractionally outside the box - was , despite eventually scoring his 17th league goal of the season Hansel Robles Jersey .

"In the game against United I snatched at a few," he told Sky Sports. "Today I tried to take my time, got around Justin Upton Jersey the goalkeeper and the defender blocked it."

Sterling added: "We needed a big turnaround and I thought from the beginning we started off strong.

"They put us under pre sure but we dealt with it well and came through."