Did the 'Drake Curse' play a role in Man City's defeat to Tottenham?

Mauricio Pochettino challenged spirited Tottenham to finish the job after their 10 win over Manchester City in the Champions League quarterfinals was marred by Harry Kanes potentially seasonending injuryPochettinos side earned a slender firstleg advantage thanks to a clinical strike from South Korea forward Son Heungmin late in the second half at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on TuesdayMuchmaligned Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris also enjoyed a sweet moment of redemption in a troubled campaign when he saved Sergio Agueros firsthalf spotkickPochettino was delighted with Tottenhams display against the Premier League champions but he insisted the tie was still delicately poisedWe showed great quality We were all excited and motivated to play this type of game he saidThe energy was good fantastic and the penalty save gave us a big liftThere are still 90 minutes to play and its Manchester City But with the spirit we play anything is possibleTottenhams victory was an unexpected twist after Kane injured his left ankle in a tackle on Fabian Delph early in the second halfKane will have tests on the injury on Wednesday but Tottenham boss Pochettino fears his star striker could miss the rest of the campaignIt is very sad and very disappointing We are going to miss him maybe for the rest of the season he said It is a worry for us We hope it is not a big issue But there is not to much time to recover He twisted his ankleCity had only themselves to blame for failing to earn an advantage for the second leg in Manchester on April 17Having won the League Cup reached the FA Cup final and kept the destiny of the Premier League title in their own hands this was Citys next hurdle in the race for an unprecedented quadrupleBut City boss Pep Guardiola is adamant it is almost impossible to achieve a cleansweep of all four major trophiesHe might be right on the evidence of a City display that lacked the cutting edge and intensity required to keep Tottenham at bayCitys first defeat since a January 29 setback at Newcastle is not fatal to their European ambitions but they will have to improve on this tired effort to stop Tottenham reaching their first European semifinal since 1984Nobody said it would be easy We have to show what we can do in the next game Guardiola saidWe were more in control the second half we didnt really concede anythingIt was a good performance but thats the Champions League We lost we have the second game and we will see what happensHere is how Twitter reacted to Tottenhams 10 win with some users suggesting Sergio Agueros photo with American popstar Drake to be the reason for Manchester Citys lossSometimes football is funnyTOTMCI pictwittercomwAay8VsMCAmdash Adel Adel87901751 April 9 2019The drake curse continues UCL TOTMCI pictwittercomrHGPtdBzU9mdash EddieMerkz EddieMerkz April 9 2019Now does he say lsquohersquoll dive every timersquo TOTMCI Alli and what a dive by the way Irsquom sure these Sprs players practice diving in training pictwittercomY41MrTrHjTmdash Sam Marley SamMarleyxxx April 9 2019Aguero against premier league teams between 10th and 20th VS Aguero against UCL final rounds teams TOTMCI pictwittercomtBLzGz8xQvmdash taha argaz taha_argaz April 9 2019I Only have one message to Mahrez and Man city fansRegardsKane Son and Tottenham fansTOTMCI pictwittercom0eUGfaaNv4mdash Frank Ganda FrankGanda April 9 2019How Man city started the game VS how it ended TOTMCI pictwittercomUX0QaCxl4umdash kwaanek kwaanek April 10 2019Note to self Stay away from DrakeUCL TOTMCI pictwittercomojcyuQMqW5mdash GiveMeSport GiveMeSport April 9 2019The curse of Drake continues Whos next TOTMCI pictwittercom0uJJ1ZmrQ6mdash FEMI Michael Jnr OshoJnr April 9 2019ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u008ecurren ethAcircu00c2u009fAcircu00c2u0093cedil This Drake Curse is getting well out of hand nowTOTMCIMUNBAR pictwittercomDVsUSKfU89mdash The Sportsman TheSportsman April 9 2019Catch up on all the latest IPL News and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates