Leroy Sane felt Manchester City were dealt a cruel blow as Tottenham recovered from 2-0 behind to snatch a controversial 2-2 draw at the Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
Spurs substitute Son Heung-min struck a 77th-minute equaliser just moments after Kyle Walker's push on Raheem Sterling inside the Tottenham area.
Walker later admitted he had tried "to put him [Sterling] off as much as possible", further compounding City's frustrations after a game they dominated without securing all three points.
"We deserved to win the game and it was cruel we didn't get there in the end," said Sane, who opened the scoring for the hosts.
"Naturally we were really disappointed. We controlled the game, played well in the first half and right the way through. It was a real disappointment."
The result weakened Manchester City's flailing title challenge, although they still outplayed Tottenham for large parts of the contest.
The game remained scoreless until two Hugo Lloris errors in the space of five minutes early in the second half gifted goals to Sane and Kevin De Bruyne.
It seemed City would go on to wrap up the points and move back into the top four, but Mauricio Pochettino's team denied them by making their only two efforts on target count.
Dele Alli pulled one back with a header just before the hour and Son's low, first-time effort rounded off a slick move as City were still fuming over the Sterling incident.
We controlled the game, played well in the first half and right the way through. It was a real disappointment.
Leroy Sane
Brazil striker Gabriel Jesus - whose £27m signing was completed on Thursday - came off the bench for his City debut and put the ball in the net late on, only for the offside flag to go up.
"We were willing him on to score a goal and he did," added Sane.
"I'm not sure if he was offside or not but sadly that was the decision. He is looking a real prospect for us already."
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