After four successive title wins, City’s relatively modest league aim is now to finish in the top four while they still have silverware opportunities in the FA Cup and Club World Cup.
Haaland had been forced to sit out as City exited the Champions League at Real Madrid last week and as they were beaten by Liverpool on Sunday because of a knee injury.
Erling Haaland is convinced Manchester City can still “do things” this season after making a goalscoring return to action.
Haaland, whose winner at Spurs was his 28th goal of the season, said: “I feel good – it’s good to be back.
Haaland put City ahead at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when he turned in a Jeremy Doku cross after 12 minutes.