Man City won because they were always going to win, not because of the politics of envy or fear, writes OLIVER HOLT… Spurs fans can rest easy

The bird of night did not sit in the market place at Seven Sisters at noon, hooting and shrieking, nor did lions prowl the streets of our capital city, but there have, nevertheless, been strange disturbances in the natural order in the last 24 hours. Manchester City moved into pole position to secure their fourth straight title by beating Tottenham to go two points clear of Arsenal going into the final day of the league season Son Heung-min failed to score with a one-on-one opportunity that could have given Arsenal the edge going into the final day of the season - as Stefan Ortega made a massive save Erling Haaland scored his second goal in stoppage time to seal a 2-0 win for Manchester City The result means that Tottenham have missed out on qualifying for the Champions League The prospect of winning filled many Spurs fans with horror. MATCH FACTS Tottenham: Vicario, Porro, Romero, Dragusin, Van de Ven, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Sarr, Maddison, Johnson, Son Subs: Austin, Royal, Skipp, Hall, Lo Celso, Gil, Moore, Scarlett Booked: Bentancur, Sarr, Romero Man City: Ederson, Walker, Akanji, Dias, Gvardiol, Rodri, Kovacic, De Bruyne, Silva, Foden, Haaland Subs: Stones, Ake, Grealish, Nunes, Bobb, Lewis Goal: Haaland 51, 90+1 Booked: Kovacic, Foden ‘If that is your world,’ he said, ‘you need counselling. Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg nearly presented a golden opportunity with a miscued clearance but Manchester City were unable to capitalise on the Tottenham midfielder's mistake Phil Foden forced an excellent save out of Guglielmo Vicario as they searched for the opener It was a nervy evening at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Pep Guardiola could feel it Some of the ambivalence about the result seemed to have dissipated in the minutes before kick-off when the fans joined in an unequivocal rendition of When the Spurs Go Marching in. Haaland's 26th goal of the season could be the most important of any for City this season Ederson was forced off after a nasty collision involving Tottenham defender Cristian Romero Ederson was frustrated to come off and looked visibly emotional when on the bench Ederson had to be substituted and minutes after his exit, his replacement, Ortega, made an excellent save with his legs from substitute Dejan Kulusevski after Kulusevski had wriggled through the City defence.