Pep Guardiola's Man City slips to first defeat of season at Spurs

ep Guardiola's Manchester City saw its perfect start to the English Premier League season abruptly ended with a 2-0 defeat at second-placed Tottenham Hotspur Sunday.

City was looking for its seventh straight victory and to maintain its unbeaten start to the season under new manager Guardiola, but came unstuck at White Hart Lane.

Tottenham, also unbeaten in the EPL this term, was particularly impressive in the first half, taking a 2-0 lead at the break.

An Aleksandar Kolarov own goal after a testing cross from Danny Rose and a Dele Alli strike from Son Heung-min's pass put Spurs on top.

After the break, Mauricio Pochettino's men might have gone further ahead as Erik Lamela saw his penalty saved by Claudio Bravo after Alli had been pulled down.

City threatened through two Sergio Aguero efforts, one turned against the woodwork by Hugo Lloris, but the home side was well worth the three points to move within a point of the leader in the standings after seven games.

It was Guardiola's first defeat in 12 games as City manager and followed a midweek 3-3 draw at Celtic in the Champions League.

"They (Tottenham) were better," said Guardiola. "We were not in the right positions, so congratulations to them."

City's arch rival Manchester United also had a frustrating afternoon, held 1-1 at home by lowly Stoke.

Substitute Anthony Martial looked to have given Jose Mourinho's team victory with a 69th-minute goal, but a mistake by home goalkeeper David de Gea allowed Joe Allen to equalize.

Elsewhere, Arsenal grabbed a controversial injury time winner at Burnley with Laurent Koscielny appearing to score the only goal of the game via his elbow and with appeals for offside.

The Gunners move up to third with the victory, but reigning champion Leicester is languishing in mid table after a goalless draw at home to Southampton.

In La Liga, there was a stunning upset at Celta Vigo, which beat defending champion Barcelona 4-3 in a pulsating match.

Celta was three up at the break and weathered a late Barca fightback to seal the points, leaving the Catalans in fourth in the standings, two points adrift of leader Atletico Madrid, which won 2-0 at Valencia.