Man City boss Guardiola delighted with Ortega after victory at Spurs

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola was delighted with stand-in goalkeeper Stefan Ortega for victory at Tottenham.

Ortega stepped in for an injured Ederson and was superb as City won 2-0 thanks to a brace from Erling Haaland.

Guardiola said afterwards: "It was good. These types of games emotions are there and you cannot always perform your best. It depends on the intensity and quality the opponent brings to the game, they were playing to qualify for the Champions League.

"They are an exceptional team, physical, intense, well managed, good with and without the ball. We knew it was going to be difficult but in the bad moments we were there and our keepers do the job. At the end in the right moment we punish them."

On the Ortega save from Heung-min Son, he said: "He has done this since he arrived. We saw the level of keeper he is. He makes incredible saves and does it so many times. Spurs are so fast with Kulusevski, Maddison, Son, Johnson, and the runs of Porro and Sarr, they have a lot of weapons. We knew we had to suffer but it gives us a life to go again one more game at home on Sunday.

"Yes, they (the players) are not celebrating anything. Happy of course, relieved because we wanted to arrive to the last game. We know we have a job to do and the fans will support us of course. Now it is Kudus, Antonio, Bowen, Ward-Prowse and Soucek with the set pieces. Anything can happen. Like I said before, to win Wimbledon, tennis players say the serve to win is the most difficult. We need to prepare well, focus and try again."