‘Biggest frauds’ – Noel Gallagher slams Tottenham and reacts to Man City’s ‘cliff edge’ decline
Noel Gallagher poked fun at Tottenham and labelled them as ‘frauds’ despite Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of champions Manchester City. A double from James Maddison and goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson saw Spurs continue their incredible record against the Premier League champions with a convincing victory at the Etihad Stadium. Tottenham ran riot on champions Manchester City in a comfortable 4-0 winGetty It was Tottenham’s sixth victory in their last 13 games against Pep Guardiola’s men – a record few others can boast in an era of Manchester City dominance. Lifelong City fan Gallagher admits that the last thing his side needed was a meeting with Spurs in the midst of their poor form. City went into Saturday’s clash on the back of four-consecutive defeats and a glut of injuries to key players and the visit of Ange Postecoglou’s would not have been high up on the list for City fans. “The whole entire thing seems to have fallen off a cliff but if we hadn’t won four leagues in a row, I’d be worried,” said Gallagher. “This is an inevitable drop off of maybe five or ten per cent and on Saturday, the one team we don’t want to play as City fans after four defeats in a row is Tottenham at home. “They do it to us every time they come there, they’re the biggest frauds in the football league. “They’ll get battered by Fulham at the weekend, no problem. But they always turn up for us. “I wasn’t expecting to win that game, I certainly wasn’t expecting to lose but 4-0 was a shocker.” The Oasis star continued: “Last season when we played Villa away it was a terrible performance. You’re beaten by the better team and you hold your hands up. “To be beaten by the better team five games in a row is like wow. RexCity’s frustrations were laid bare during Saturday’s clash — their fifth straight defeat[/caption] Noel Gallagher referred to Tottenham as frauds despite their 4-0 win at the EtihadAFP “Pep as we know says one thing to the camera and another thing to the players in the dressing room. “I’d be very interested to see what the atmosphere is like.” While Gallagher admits that injuries and loss of form are hampering the reigning Premier League champions, an over-reliance on star striker Erling Haaland is proving counter-productive following the summer sale of Julian Alvarez. “To have Haaland as your only source of goals, you’re asking for it really,” Gallagher added. “I know it’s going to be difficult to buy a forward who knows he’s going to be playing second fiddle to Haaland. “We’ve always had an Alvarez or a [Riyad] Mahrez chipping in and Phil [Foden] last season.” Despite City’s struggles, Gallagher revealed that the atmosphere around the Etihad remains positive despite enduring the longest losing streak in Guardiola’s tenure which has seen City fall eight point adrift of leaders Liverpool ahead of Sunday’s trip to Anfield. City boss Guardiola must somehow lift his side for Sunday’s trip to AnfieldGetty “The mood on the terraces, I can tell you, is that everyone’s behind the team,” he said. “It’s just that we’ve hit a wall at the minute and they are going to have to play themselves through it “The players have lost form and the players that are there to replace the players that have lost form, are injured. “It’s one of those things, we’ve got to suck it up and play through it.”
Noel Gallagher poked fun at Tottenham and labelled them as ‘frauds’ despite Saturday’s 4-0 thrashing of champions Manchester City.
A double from James Maddison and goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson saw Spurs continue their incredible record against the Premier League champions with a convincing victory at the Etihad Stadium.
It was Tottenham’s sixth victory in their last 13 games against Pep Guardiola’s men – a record few others can boast in an era of Manchester City dominance.
Lifelong City fan Gallagher admits that the last thing his side needed was a meeting with Spurs in the midst of their poor form.
City went into Saturday’s clash on the back of four-consecutive defeats and a glut of injuries to key players and the visit of Ange Postecoglou’s would not have been high up on the list for City fans.
“The whole entire thing seems to have fallen off a cliff but if we hadn’t won four leagues in a row, I’d be worried,” said Gallagher.
“This is an inevitable drop off of maybe five or ten per cent and on Saturday, the one team we don’t want to play as City fans after four defeats in a row is Tottenham at home.
“They do it to us every time they come there, they’re the biggest frauds in the football league.
“They’ll get battered by Fulham at the weekend, no problem. But they always turn up for us.
“I wasn’t expecting to win that game, I certainly wasn’t expecting to lose but 4-0 was a shocker.”
The Oasis star continued: “Last season when we played Villa away it was a terrible performance. You’re beaten by the better team and you hold your hands up.
“To be beaten by the better team five games in a row is like wow.
“Pep as we know says one thing to the camera and another thing to the players in the dressing room.
“I’d be very interested to see what the atmosphere is like.”
While Gallagher admits that injuries and loss of form are hampering the reigning Premier League champions, an over-reliance on star striker Erling Haaland is proving counter-productive following the summer sale of Julian Alvarez.
“To have Haaland as your only source of goals, you’re asking for it really,” Gallagher added. “I know it’s going to be difficult to buy a forward who knows he’s going to be playing second fiddle to Haaland.
“We’ve always had an Alvarez or a [Riyad] Mahrez chipping in and Phil [Foden] last season.”
Despite City’s struggles, Gallagher revealed that the atmosphere around the Etihad remains positive despite enduring the longest losing streak in Guardiola’s tenure which has seen City fall eight point adrift of leaders Liverpool ahead of Sunday’s trip to Anfield.
“The mood on the terraces, I can tell you, is that everyone’s behind the team,” he said.
“It’s just that we’ve hit a wall at the minute and they are going to have to play themselves through it
“The players have lost form and the players that are there to replace the players that have lost form, are injured.
“It’s one of those things, we’ve got to suck it up and play through it.”
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