Manchester City midfielder James Milner admitted relief after victory over Tottenham.

Milner admitted City were sloppy to let Tottenham back into the game.

He told Sky Sports 1: "It's massive, we knew how big a game it was.

"They've been playing really well and they had the incentive with how we played at their place (winning 5-1 in August).

"It was an exciting game for the neutral but we'd like it a bit more boring next time!

"We took our foot off the gas, gave them one sloppy goal and they're a good team, if you give them a sniff it gives them the momentum to go on.

"We were well on top, scored the two goals and probably should have controlled the game better than we did."