A chance for Manchester City to finally clinch glory as the champions of England? Tottenham Hotspur will be hosting the Citizens for their Premier League tie at Wembley on Sunday evening.
Anticipated to be a highly thrilling tie especially after what went by in the past week. Pep Guardiola’s men were at the bitter end of 3 defeats within a span of just 7 days. Liverpool got the better of the Etihad-based club on both legs of the UEFA Champions League Quarter Finals with an aggregate score of 5 goals to 1.
The Citizens were caught off guard as Jurgen Klopp’s men dominated the first leg from start to finish. Guardiola tried to spark a comeback in the second leg by scoring early but unfortunately fell again to a 1-2 beating at Anfield.
Their untouchable season ended when the FA Cup got taken away by Wigan Athletic in the knockout stages and Liverpool beat them 4-3 in the league earlier in the year. What looked a quadruple-winning season has turned into a mediocre double with the Carabo Cup already tied down after beating Arsenal 3-0 in the finals.
Their 16 point lead at the top took a major blow as their bitter rivals made a miraculous 2-goal comeback and ended up beating City by 2 goals to 3 last weekend at the Etihad.
Tottenham will keep their hopes of exacting revenge onto the low morale City team after losing to them 4-1, the last time these two sides met.
Mauricio Pochettino will hope to further secure their place in the top-four by collecting maximum points while at home.
Tottenham Hotspur Team News
Danny Rose picked up a calf injury against Stoke City and is set to miss out. Harry Winks is a long-time absentee along with Kyle Walker-Peters.
Manchester City Team News
Fernandinho will be serving a 2-game suspension after picking up 10 yellow cards. Sergio Aguero and John Stones have been ruled out from the selection.
Predicted Lineups
Tottenham Hotspur (4-2-3-1) – Lloris; Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies; Dembele, Dier; Eriksen, Alli, Son; Kane
Manchester City (4-3-3) – Ederson; Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Delph; Gundogan, D. Silva, De Bruyne; Sane, Jesus, Sterling
Key Men
Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane is back and is claiming every goal he can. Clearly, the race to the Golden Boot is not yet over and he will be eager to make his presence felt in this game.
Manchester City
Kevin De Bruyne was kept relatively quiet by Liverpool but the Belgian is always a threat with the ball. He will eager to channel that frustration into this fixture and improve his chances of becoming PFA Player Of The Year.
Betting Odds
Tottenham Hotspur Win – 8/5
Manchester City Win – 6/5
Draw – 13/5
