Let's get a few facts out there. Manchester United were winning their third Premier League game in a row, in the third game of Carrick's second spell in charge. It took Amorim 36 to do that and only the once did he manage three-in-a-row - or even successive wins - in his entire 14 months at Old Trafford. In responding to victories for Chelsea and Liverpool the previous day, United returned to fourth spot in the table. Amorim never had them placed so highly at the end of a match round. Including his first spell in 2021, Carrick has now won four of his five league games in charge. He is the third United manager to achieve that, following Sir Matt Busby in 1946 and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in 2019. It took Amorim 12 league games to win four – and he won one out of the next 10. Amorim's record of 1.23 points per game in the Premier League is the lowest of all United managers since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013. Then there is the formation – and personnel. Evidently, United have not resolved their defensive frailties, but the switch to four at the back from three has not made them worse. That fundamental tactical switch from Amorim's regime has been key in creating the space for Kobbie Mainoo's return. Mainoo failed to start a single league game under Amorim this season after he was pitched in direct competition with skipper Bruno Fernandes for a starting spot. Mainoo cruised through the Fulham game. Defensively, supposedly his weakness, he was solid. Going forward his passing and ability to find space was invaluable as Carrick's side sought ways through the opposition defences. "Kobbie's performance was very good today in so many ways," said Carrick. "There was a lot of work for Kobbie and Casemiro to do in the middle of the pitch. That was without the ball, and I thought he was terrific in that. "With the ball, and I've spoken about it before, he's not fazed. "He understands what's needed and he comes up with moments of quality. "It's what we have come to expect from him ...

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Sean Pavone/iStock via Getty Images Thesis In my view, Slide Insurance Holdings ( SLDE ) qualifies as a speculative buy because, despite short-term uncertainty, they can sustain above-industry-average ROE through the cycle. This can be achieved through a combination of their highly profitable underwriting, growth prospects, and emphasis on shareholder returns. They are well capitalized and can benefit from a gap left behind by larger insurance incumbents in the coastal specialty insurance market. Residual income modelling and relative valuation metrics showcase a substantial intrinsic undervaluation. Since SLDE IPO'ed in June 2025, their stock price has fallen roughly 30%, likely due to concerns related to natural catastrophes, organic growth, and industry-wide volatility. I think it can weather these storms in the short term, and that the price drop is an overcorrection that doesn't factor in their intrinsic value, offering a potential entry. Business Snapshot SLDE is a coastal specialty insurer that launched in 2021 and focuses on single-family and condominium policies along the Atlantic seaboard. At present, they are heavily concentrated in Florida, with their Florida policyholders making up 99% of their direct written premiums (DWP) in Q3 2025 . They have filed products in New York and New Jersey and are building a foundation in California, South Carolina, and Rhode Island. Earlier on they scaled fast through inorganic growth by getting renewal rights from distressed or exiting carriers, e.g., St. Johns, UPC, and Farmers. This has remained true in recent times since they participated in Citizen's depopulation and were approved to take on about 175,000 residential policies in Oct 2025, but they are seeing organic growth as well. Highly Profitable SLDE has demonstrated strong and improving profitability through high-quality underwriting. These past few years are indicative of high-quality risk selection and conservative reserving. For example, the graph below show...

“Melania,” a documentary about First Lady Melania Trump, is exceeding box office expectations, with Sunday estimates suggesting it will make $7.04 million on its opening weekend. The documentary is coming in third overall for the weekend, behind the Sam Raimi-directed thriller “Send Help” ($20 million) and “Iron Lung” ($17.8 million), a video game adaptation from YouTuber Mark Fischbach (better known as Markiplier). Amazon paid $40 million to acquire “Melania” and is reportedly spending $35 million to promote it. So even though the documentary is outperforming pre-release estimates predicting a $3 to $5 million opening weekend, it’s unlikely to make a profit in theaters. Amazon’s bid came in $26 million ahead of the next highest bidder, Disney, leading critics to suggest the deal had less to do with the film’s box office potential and more with winning over the Trump administration. Veteran film executive Ted Hope, who worked at Amazon from 2015 to 2020, told The New York Times that the film “has to be the most expensive documentary ever made that didn’t involve music licensing.” “How can it not be equated with currying favor or an outright bribe?” Hope said. “How can that not be the case?” This is the first film directed by Brett Ratner since 2017, when multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and misconduct. (Ratner has denied those accusations.) Rolling Stone reports that two-thirds of the film’s New York crew asked not to be formally credited in the film. While Apple CEO Tim Cook attended a preview screening of “Melania” at the White House last weekend “Melania” was not screened in advance for critics, and the subsequent reviews have been brutal. The documentary currently sits at 7% on review aggregator Metacritic, indicating “overwhelming dislike,” and at 10% on Rotten Tomatoes. Techcrunch event TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026: Tickets Live On June 23 in Boston, more than 1,100 founders come together at TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 for a full day focuse...

zimmytws/iStock via Getty Images Listen below or on the go on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination may reshape January payrolls reaction. (0:17) Amazon and Alphabet earnings spotlight AI demand and cost cuts. (1:01) Bitcoin dips below $80K as investors debate rotation back. (2:00) The following is an abridged transcript: This week brings another dose of the mega and the macro . More megacap earnings arrive alongside the January jobs report. Economists expect nonfarm payrolls rose by 68K last month, with the unemployment rate holding steady at 4.4 %. But this time, the jobs numbers come with a twist. The actual figures may play second fiddle to what new Fed-chair nominee Kevin Warsh has to say about them. If payrolls come in hotter than expected, does he still stick to the White House script that rates need to come down? Seeking Alpha analyst Hawkinvest says the labor market “ could deteriorate rapidly from here,” with AI giving companies an option to increase layoffs and forgo new hires. They add that if the job market continues to soften, it could ease inflation pressures through 2026 and give the Fed more room to cut than some policymakers currently expect. Turning to the earnings calendar, two more megacaps are up this week: Alphabet ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ) reports Wednesday, and Amazon ( AMZN ) reports Thursday. Amazon is expected to post EPS of $1.94 on revenue of $211B, and analysts are leaning toward an upside surprise. Seeking Alpha analyst Nova Capital says AWS capacity additions — including more than a gigawatt in Q4 — should help convert backlog into revenue, as AI infrastructure demand continues to outpace supply across regions. Nova also points to Amazon’s recent layoffs — roughly 10% of its corporate workforce — as another potential tailwind, as the company shifts from high-cost labor toward AI-driven agents and machine learning models. That theme is still echoing across Big Tech. Beyond the megacaps, it’s a packed week. Monday brings res...

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There are plenty of strong growth and value stocks available to buy right now. If you've got $500 sitting around, there are shares of a few companies that you can scoop up. If you don't have access to fractional shares at your brokerage, this task may be a bit more difficult. However, all of the stocks on this list can be purchased with just $500. I think these are well worth the price, and investors will be happy about their decision at the end of 2026. Nvidia Nvidia (NVDA 0.72%) trades for about $190 per share, and it's a must-own for nearly every investor. Nvidia is at the middle of the artificial intelligence buildout, and its graphics processing units (GPUs) are the most popular computing option available. It has become the world's largest company by market cap thanks to huge AI demand, and that doesn't look to be slowing anytime soon. Expand NASDAQ : NVDA Nvidia Today's Change ( -0.72 %) $ -1.38 Current Price $ 191.13 Key Data Points Market Cap $4.6T Day's Range $ 189.47 - $ 194.49 52wk Range $ 86.62 - $ 212.19 Volume 179M Avg Vol 182M Gross Margin 70.05 % Dividend Yield 0.02 % For the fourth quarter, Wall Street analysts expect 67% growth, and 52% growth in fiscal year 2027 (ending January 2027). This indicates that the AI buildout still has a lot of room to run, and if it does, Nvidia is a top option to invest in. PayPal While Nvidia is at the fast-growing, high-execution end of the spectrum, PayPal (PYPL 0.74%) is on the other end. PayPal is lucky to generate high single-digit revenue growth, so it may seem like a poor stock to invest in as a result. However, management is using all available free cash flow to repurchase shares and drive the earnings per share (EPS) figure higher. This leads to market-beating growth when analyzed from an EPS perspective. Despite that solid track record, PayPal's stock trades for less than 10 times forward earnings. That's an absolute steal and will allow for share repurchase to be far more effective. The stock could easily ...

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Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. Amazon.com (NasdaqGS:AMZN) is reportedly in advanced talks to invest up to US$50b in OpenAI, in what could become a record fundraising round for the AI company. At the same time, Amazon is implementing extensive corporate layoffs, reducing around 16,000 roles as part of a cost focus tied to AI driven efficiency. Together, the planned OpenAI investment and workforce cuts point to a major reset in how Amazon prioritizes artificial intelligence across its business. For investors, this combination touches almost every part of Amazon's operations, including Amazon Web Services, advertising, retail and logistics. A potential multi billion dollar stake in OpenAI would place Amazon closer to the core of foundational AI technologies that have become a focus for large technology platforms. The parallel layoffs indicate that Amazon is aiming for a leaner structure while it commits more capital and attention to AI. How effectively the company integrates OpenAI access with its own products and services, and how it manages morale and execution after job cuts, are likely to be key areas to watch over the coming years. Stay updated on the most important news stories for Amazon.com by adding it to your watchlist or portfolio. Alternatively, explore our Community to discover new perspectives on Amazon.com. NasdaqGS:AMZN 1-Year Stock Price Chart Why Amazon.com could be great value For you as an Amazon shareholder or watcher, a potential US$50b OpenAI stake paired with 16,000 corporate job cuts points to Amazon leaning harder into capital intensive AI partnerships while trying to keep its cost base in check. This sits on top of existing AI related moves, from supplying US$38b of cloud capacity to OpenAI to using AI models in warehousing and logistics for clients like V2X and in healthcare through One Medical. The Ope...

Palo Alto Networks is emerging as a leader in cybersecurity and one of the best growth stocks on the market. Cybersecurity is a growth industry if ever there was one. A decade ago, it was just your computer or your phone that was connected to the internet. Today everything from your toaster to your TV has an internet connection. To make matters worse, artificial intelligence (AI) has made a hacker's job much easier. It used to be that a hacker at least had to take a break to eat or sleep. But now, they can have an AI program running while they get some R&R after a long day of stealing your data. Finally, quantum computers represent the digital equivalent of nuclear weapons in the cybersecurity arms race. Quantum machines have the theoretical capability to shred even the best encryption in minutes. Mercifully, they're out of reach for the average hacker, but the United States is not the only country working on quantum computers, nor is it the only country with the technical ability to build them. Fortunately for all the individuals, businesses, and governments threatened by advances on the offensive side of the cybersecurity arms race, there's Palo Alto Networks (PANW +0.44%) standing ready with a shield against all the unsavory elements of the 21st century internet. Expand NASDAQ : PANW Palo Alto Networks Today's Change ( 0.44 %) $ 0.77 Current Price $ 176.97 Key Data Points Market Cap $123B Day's Range $ 172.99 - $ 178.10 52wk Range $ 144.15 - $ 223.61 Volume 7.6M Avg Vol 6M Gross Margin 73.47 % Building a digital fortress Based in Santa Clara, California, Palo Alto Networks is a leading cybersecurity company that has clients in business and government the world over. It offers three platforms that are AI powered and cloud enabled. First is the Strata cloud manager, which allows a customer to combine all the nodes in their network and manage security across them from a single program. Strata alone has 70,000 customers, including 94 of the fortune 100. Second is the...

Representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, during a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, said the Department of Justice 's latest release of records related to its investigation of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein "is not good enough." "If we don't get the remaining files… then Thomas Massie and I are prepared to move on impeachment or contempt," Khanna said Sunday on NBC News' "Meet the Press," referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi . The Justice Department did not immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment. In an interview on Sunday, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department has released more than 3 million documents related to its investigation into Epstein. "This review is over," Blanche said on ABC's "This Week." "We have nothing to hide, we never did." Khanna and Rep. Thomas Massie , R-Ky., have previously blasted the DOJ for failing to meet a December deadline to release all of the Epstein case files . In a statement on Friday , Khanna said the DOJ identified over 6 million records but is releasing only about 3.5 million after review and redactions. On Sunday, the congressional Democrat said that Friday's Epstein disclosure was "significant," however, it is still only about half of the files that have been collected. "But even those shocked the conscience of this country," Khanna said Sunday. "I mean, you have some of the most wealthy individuals, tech leaders, finance leaders, politicians, all implicated in some way," he said. "It's frankly one of the largest scandals, in my view, in our country's history," Khanna said Sunday. "There's a demand for elite accountability." Read more CNBC politics coverage More Jeffrey Epstein files being released by DOJ, Blanche says Luigi Mangione won't face death penalty in CEO murder case, federal judge rules Senate to vote on funding deal soon as shutdown looms, GOP Sens...

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William_Potter OPEC+ has confirmed it will keep oil production unchanged in March, extending a three-month supply freeze even as crude prices climbed to their highest level in four months. The decision was reaffirmed during a video meeting on Sunday by eight core members of the group, led by Saudi Arabia and Russia. The pause was first agreed in November, and delegates said discussions about policy after the first quarter were deferred until the group’s next meeting on March 1. Oil prices rallied above $70 a barrel in London last week after Donald Trump warned that Iran could face military action if it failed to reach a new nuclear agreement. Even so, the alliance opted not to adjust supply, sticking with its usual practice of waiting for concrete changes in physical flows before responding to geopolitical risks. In theory, key OPEC+ producers still have around 1.2 million barrels a day of output that has been kept offline since 2023. Saudi Arabia and some partners, including the United Arab Emirates, have signaled interest in gradually restoring production, though market conditions may complicate that path. The International Energy Agency expects global oil markets to tip into oversupply as demand growth slows and output continues to rise in non-OPEC producers such as the United States, Brazil, Canada and Guyana. Several major banks have warned that additional OPEC+ restraint could be needed to prevent prices from sliding. Last year, the same eight OPEC+ countries moved quickly to increase production in an effort to regain market share, before reversing course and freezing output again for the first quarter due to softer seasonal demand. So far in 2026, oil prices have held up better than many expected, supported by tensions involving Iran, supply disruptions in fellow OPEC+ member Kazakhstan, and uncertainty surrounding Venezuela’s oil sector. For Saudi Arabia, the strategy carries trade-offs. Higher output helped drive faster economic growth last year, but a shar...

Robert Way Smart glasses have been making headlines as of late, with high-profile names such as Meta ( META ), Google ( GOOG ) ( GOOGL ), Amazon ( AMZN ), Snap ( SNAP ), and Apple ( AAPL ) all developing products for what could become a highly lucrative market. We asked Seeking Alpha analysts Gary Alexander and Gytis Zizys what they thought was the most attractive smart glasses stock right now. Gary Alexander : To me, the most successful smart glasses have to mix ease of use with accessible pricing and a “cool” brand name. To that end, I think Meta's ( META ) partnership with EssilorLuxottica's ( ESLOY ) Ray-Ban wins. It offers an acceptable starting price ($299 for Gen 1), the global “cool” factor of Ray-Ban, and neat features, not to mention all the other incredible upside catalysts that Meta's advertising business enjoys beyond simply its experiments in hardware. Gytis Zizys : Right now, I am giving the edge to what Meta ( META ) is doing in this space. I must say they have surprised me quite a bit with the quality of the glasses they have produced. We are moving countries soon, and the language there is not English, so my wife got the Ray-Ban smart glasses that will help her translate her surroundings easily on the go. With Meta looking to ramp up production to 20M units annually, the race is on, and you know players in the space like Google ( GOOG ) with Warby Parker ( WRBY ), Apple ( AAPL ) with its own thing, and Meta with EssilorLuxottica's ( ESLOY ) Oakley and Ray-Ban brands will be battling it out. The suppliers of the chips will be the biggest beneficiaries, I think, as the pick and shovel companies enabling the technology. Players here include Qualcomm ( QCOM ), Ambarella ( AMBA ), and ON Semiconductor ( ON ). Top Interactive Media and Services Stocks Top Semiconductor Stocks More on Meta, Qualcomm Meta Outlook Firmly Reaffirmed Meta Platforms Exemplifies How Fanciful AI Pursuits Damage Shareholder Value Meta's Story Just Flipped From CapEx Cycle To AI P...

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00:00 Speaker A if the US is going to permit H200 sales to China, what is the risk, Chris, that that decision helps in some way, um, China's military AI ambitions? 00:19 Chris What we know from the open source is that, uh, China's already uh, repeatedly used US origin AI chips for military purposes. There's been great research on this. We know that they're demanding larger volumes of AI chips. But I think it's not just about what specific chip goes to the military, it's about the overall strength of the ecosystem. That's ultimately what drives long-run technological progress. And so by anything we do that helps build up Chinese AI firms, uh, helps build up Chinese AI infrastructure, uh, does give fuel to that ecosystem and makes it a stronger competitor in the long run. 01:03 Speaker A A big question, Chris, you know, it's always it's asked so regularly is, who's sort of leading in this AI race, uh, US or China? How do you answer that, Chris? And how has that evolved? You know, how is it different than if I asked you that, you know, I I don't know, six months ago or 12 months ago? 01:25 Chris I think when you look at the AI models themselves, what you find is that US firms might be in the lead to a small degree, but it's a small lead. China's right behind. If you measure, you know, deep seek versus open AI or Alibaba's Quinn versus Anthropic. There's not much of a margin there and the race the rate of progress is really extraordinary. So on the models themselves, I don't think the US has a very strong lead at all. It's it's really at the chip level, the ability to put uh, large volumes of chips into the most advanced data centers. That's where the US plus its friends of all Taiwan, I really do have this commanding lead. And that's why there's been so much focus in the US, uh, towards making sure that this lead isn't squandered and instead we use it to support the next generation of US talk firms. 02:22 Speaker A Finally, Chris, just to bring it back home to the US, ...

aprott/iStock via Getty Images The rare earths sector is not for the faint of heart with USA Rare Earth, Inc. ( USAR ) doubling off the recent lows and giving back a sizable portion of those gains within weeks. The rare earth miner got a major investment from the government at a dilutive cost, but the sector faces major concerns over the lack of pricing guarantees when competing against the Chinese. My investment thesis remains bullish on the stock as the company pushes to become a major supplier of rare earth minerals, metals and magnets. Source: Finviz Trump Investment To start last week, USA Rare Earth announced a major capital raise of $3.1 billion plus warrants as follows: $1.3 billion - senior secured loan from the CHIPS Act $277 million - 16.1 million shares @ $17.17 $300 million - 17.6 million warrants @ $17.17 $1.5 billion - private capital raise for 69.8 million shares at $21.50 The stock is already trading over the warrant price, so the company is highly likely to raise the additional $300 million in capital from the warrants. USA effectively sold over 103 million shares, diluting shareholders by over 50%. The company entered a non-binding letter of intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce requiring the issuance of shares and warrants as President Trump has pushed the government to take equity stakes when helping the company advance the plans to build out the magnet manufacturing facility in Oklahoma and the rare earth mine in Texas called Round Top. In total, USA Rare Earth has plans totaling $4.1 billion in costs, and the government funding was seen as a huge positive to get the necessary capital to move forward. Until recently, USA Rare Earth was looking at more of a 2030 timeline for the rare earth mine development project in Texas, but the company pulled forward the timeline to late 2028. The company had a cash balance of ~$350 million at the end of 2025, but clearly these projects require additional funding of up to $600 million beyond the immedi...

The Fed, Electricity, And Affordability By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities The Fed, Electricity, And Affordability Three distinct topics, but at the same time, they are almost (kind of) the same topic, or at least interconnected. A Warsh Fed We discussed Warsh on Friday (along with gold, Bitcoin, and the flippant use of “debasement”). Dismissing the “Warsh is a Hawk” narrative: We are looking for 3 rate cuts by September. Not 300 bps, just 75 bps. That isn’t a heavy lift. It is easier to be hawkish when you are not the person who risks sinking the economy into a recession . We’ve argued for ages that whoever becomes the Fed Chair immediately shifts two notches more dovish . Yes, inflation is painful, but by definition, it typically takes time, and is more of a “slow bleed” that is often masked in the early stages. Recession hits pretty hard, pretty quickly. You really think the Fed Chair errs towards fighting inflation rather than keeping the economy running smoothly? (They got it wrong in the other direction once). My working assumption is that it is more difficult to be the “inflation hawk” when you are going to get the primary blame for tanking the economy. When the President (and Bessent and Miran - more on him in a moment) all want you to cut. When your wife’s father is a pretty large donor to the admin. Imagine that Thanksgiving dinner conversation. “You didn’t cut, we lost the midterms because of that, please pass the gravy.” Miran spoke on Friday, and I swear he has been reading the T-Report as he argued about the reality of the neutral rate being lower than the current Fed believes (in aggregate). There are valid arguments for cutting. More importantly, he argued, as we have for years, that housing in CPI is lagged. It tells us things from 6 months to a year ago – not today. When we all know (mathematically) that the data in CPI is wrong, why do we base decisions on it? We missed “transitory” because of this and we are at risk of missing a shift in inflat...

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Enterprises have moved quickly to adopt RAG to ground LLMs in proprietary data. In practice, however, many organizations are discovering that retrieval is no longer a feature bolted onto model inference — it has become a foundational system dependency. Once AI systems are deployed to support decision-making, automate workflows or operate semi-autonomously , failures in retrieval propagate directly into business risk. Stale context, ungoverned access paths and poorly evaluated retrieval pipelines do not merely degrade answer quality; they undermine trust, compliance and operational reliability. This article reframes retrieval as infrastructure rather than application logic. It introduces a system-level model for designing retrieval platforms that support freshness, governance and evaluation as first-class architectural concerns. The goal is to help enterprise architects, AI platform leaders, and data infrastructure teams reason about retrieval systems with the same rigor historically applied to compute, networking and storage. Retrieval as infrastructure — A reference architecture illustrating how freshness, governance, and evaluation function as first-class system planes rather than embedded application logic. Conceptual diagram created by the author. Why RAG breaks down at enterprise scale Early RAG implementations were designed for narrow use cases: document search, internal Q&A and copilots operating within tightly scoped domains. These designs assumed relatively static corpora, predictable access patterns and human-in-the-loop oversight. Those assumptions no longer hold. Modern enterprise AI systems increasingly rely on: Continuously changing data sources Multi-step reasoning across domains Agent-driven workflows that retrieve context autonomously Regulatory and audit requirements tied to data usage In these environments, retrieval failures compound quickly. A single outdated index or mis-scoped access policy can cascade across multiple downstream decisions. Tre...

At the end of a truly wild occasion, this the definition of the game of two halves, it was difficult to state the case for Manchester City’s Premier League title-winning aspirations. The manner of their second-half capitulation saw to that. If they were impressive before the interval, they were so brittle thereafter, blown off course after Tottenham stirred. Pep Guardiola was beside himself with frustration on the touchline. The City manager has now seen his team drop seven points since the turn of the year with goals they have conceded in the second-half of matches. After a fourth draw in six league games, a run that has included the defeat against Manchester United, City are six points behind the leaders, Arsenal. And yet this told only a part of the story because it was Spurs’ day. Above all, it was one for Xavi Simons and Dominic Solanke. Maybe even the under-fire Thomas Frank, too. Simons was the driving force behind the Spurs comeback, Solanke the goalscoring hero. Spurs had been booed off at half-time. Of course. And yet their injury-ravaged team refused to bow to what had felt like the inevitable. In the process, they would give Arsenal’s title challenge a boost. Is this allowed? Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo had scored for City. It was always likely that the latter would do so, having been pursued by Spurs in January before opting for City. Spurs’ revival was stunning. And, after Solanke had scored for 2-1 – a controversial goal, with City wanting a foul by him on Marc Guéhi – the scene was set for one of the goals of the season. It was Conor Gallagher who won the ball before crossing. Which was when Solanke diverted the ball up and over Gianluigi Donnarumma with the outside of his trailing boot. Call it a scorpion kick. Or just something brilliant. City’s perfect start was overtaken. Ditto their dominance of the first half. It had been plain as early as the second minute that Radu Dragusin, on his first Spurs start for 371 days, was rung-rusty. He was y...