Tottenham Hotspur are again in Premier League motion this night as they make the journey to the Etihad Stadium to face second-place Manchester City.
Lilywhites boss Antonio Conte is tasked with sparking a response from his facet after they put in a woeful show towards arch-rivals Arsenal on the weekend, a recreation during which they have been outfought and outplayed for essentially the most half.
It additionally poses an enormous resolution on whether or not to stay or twist together with his beginning lineup as errors towards the defending champions will virtually definitely be punished.
What’s your prediction for Tottenham’s journey to Man Metropolis?
Spurs win!
Draw..
Metropolis win!
A number of of his key gamers have returned from damage and Spurs do maintain a really spectacular file towards the Residents in latest occasions, so it’ll be fascinating to see what kind of XI he deploys.
Right here’s what we’re predicting…
There might be as many as four modifications to the facet that tasted defeat to the Gunners, beginning with the long-awaited return of Rodrigo Bentancur.
Lacking since his World Cup exploits, the Uruguayan’s absence has been a irritating one for the workforce however Conte revealed in his pre-game press convention that he could be obtainable for choice in the end. Given the significance of a end result, he ought to begin alongside Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg.
Regardless of an error that gifted Arsenal their opener, skipper Hugo Lloris will stay between the sticks however we might see the “reliable” Ben Davies return to the again three, changing Clement Lenglet on the left-hand facet. In the meantime, out vast, there might be an additional two modifications with Emerson Royal and Ivan Perisic returning to the beginning XI.
They’ll substitute Ryan Sessegnon, after the £25m “big talent” – as as soon as dubbed by former teammate Stefan Johansen – was handed a torrid afternoon on Sunday, and Matt Doherty.
Additional up the pitch, Conte is prone to maintain the religion with Heung-min Son regardless of his ongoing type struggles, together with Harry Kane, who should enhance in entrance of objective if he’s to search out the web towards Pep Guardiola’s males.
Dejan Kulusevski also needs to retain his place after coming back from damage final day trip, although Bryan Gil is pushing for an additional begin after spectacular in what little alternative he had within the Swede’s absence.
AND in different information, Levy could repeat his big Bruno Fernandes blunder at Spurs with £40m “special talent”…