Spurs vs Man City
Venue: White Hart Lane
Kick off: 12:45pm
Tottenham Hotspur host Manchester City at White Hart Lane on Saturday (today), aiming for a third successive Premier League win following a resurgence in recent weeks.
However, the Lilywhites will come up against a wounded City side after the top-of-the-table Sky Blues suffered a bubble-bursting 2-1 defeat by West Ham United at Eastlands last week.
Having led Spurs to back-to-back Premier League wins, manager Mauricio Pochettino seems to have sparked the turnaround that his side desperately needed following an inauspicious start to the 2015-16 season.
The two-week international break appears to have done wonders for a Tottenham side who quite simply could not win a game in the first four weeks of the campaign.
Manchester City make the trip to Spurs after being slapped with a dose of reality following last Saturday’s defeat to the Hammers.
It was a result that ended their 100 per cent start to the Premier League season, having won all five of their previous outings.
It was a result which also proved that goals are not guaranteed for their star-studded attack.
New boys Raheem Sterling and Kevin De Bruyne, who cost a combined £103 million, lined up behind Sergio Aguero and alongside the powerful Yaya Toure, but the visiting defence was more than a match for them as they survived a 45-minute onslaught.
Defeat was made all the more surprising given the rip-roaring way in which Manuel Pellegrini’s side had began the 2015-16 season.
Back-to-back 3-0 victories away to West Bromwich Albion and home to Premier League champions, Chelsea, in the first two games certainly gave rise to suggestions that the Citizens could prove far more of a threat to the Blues this time around, having finished nine points behind them in second last term.
Despite the setback with the Irons, City remain eight points clear of champions, Chelsea, and Pellegrini will be desperate to preserve that advantage for as long as possible. Victory in North London would be a good start.
Tottenham Hotspur possible starting lineup: Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Alli, Dier, Lamela, Son, Chadli, Kane.
Manchester City possible starting lineup: Hart; Sagna, Kompany, Otamendi, Kolarov; Fernandinho, Toure; Sterling, De Bruyne, Navas; Aguero.