Tottenham's Tim Sherwood says Manchester City are best team in league 'by a mile' However, Sherwood said: "It made a difference to the scoreline but they were excellent, weren't they? You've got to hold your hands up. I think Danny's making a last-ditch tackle so he's having to lunge in there a bit. He clearly wins the ball - I think we will appeal. I think Andre got it right in the first place when he called it as a corner. Unfortunately for us, the linesman decided that Andre got it wrong and he's given a penalty there. City manager Pellegrini agreed with Sherwood that the decision to award the spot-kick mattered little given his side's complete dominance. "I don't think it was a big decision because before the red card we missed at least five clear chances to score in the first half," the Chilean said. If we review the first 45 ­minutes I don't remember just one chance for Tottenham, I think our team was the best team from the beginning. If you ask me it was a clear penalty and a clear red card because he was the last man. But the sending-off was not the thing that changed the game, the game was over and completed from the beginning for our team. Tottenham know all about the strength of City after a 6-0 defeat at the Etihad Stadium in November, but Pellegrini's side have often struggled to recreate their home form on the road. However, when asked whether this was his side's best performance, the Chilean said: "Away, maybe. We played against a very good team in a good moment, it is not easy to score here in their own stadium. We missed at least five or six chances more but we also defended very well so for me the performance was complete.