Spurs’ north London derby defeat will affect them, especially as they were looking for a victor when Mathieu Flamini banged in the second.
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And although the Argentinean has admitted that his players were disappointed the defeat, he also explained that they are ready to bounce back in style.
Click the right arrow above to scroll through our tips… Kane has played in all seven matches spurs have played this season with league matches coming as a starters.
Ryan Mason, Nabil Bentaleb, Moussa Dembele and Alex Pritchard are all missing still due to injury though.
These two teams have a very balanced record with Manchester City narrowly being better with 58 to 57 wins.
Manchester City have been handed a major boost with captain Vincent Kompany set to return from a calf injury.
Otamendi has urged Pellegrini’s men to be focused at White Hart Lane and he added: “It’s a tough place to go but I think what we have to focus on is going there to pick up the three points and going there with a positive attitude to win the game“.
As far as Manchester City’s own attacking threats are concerned, the youngster insists that he has full faith in his side’s defence, which has managed three successive clean sheets in the Premier League.
Eric Dier – The title of “utility man” is one usually forced upon the worst player in a Sunday League side. It’s still not clear what went wrong for the Belgian at Stamford Bridge, but he’s had no trouble since.
Sterling’s inward drifting movement has sucked fearful opponents towards him, creating new pockets of space on the overlap for Aleksandar Kolarov, and in central zones for David Silva to collect and dictate. West Ham fans will be thrilled to hear that it was Dimitri Payet.
Champions Chelsea have also been struggling but seemed to get their swagger back against Arsenal and while they’ll be without banned Costa, Eden Hazard is back in goalscoring form. The Belgium worldwide scored goals in both his last two appearances.
Manchester City acquired the services of Kevin de Bruyne from Wolfsburg before the transfer deadline and the German midfielder has exceeded all expectations.
Unable to help his team avoid defeat at home to West Ham next time out in the league, it was not for want of trying. However, that’s still 2 goals fewer than any other side has conceded in the Premier League this season. Coach Manuel Pellegrini’s side did handily put away Sunderland in a Capital One Cup clash on Tuesday, and Saturday’s match gives City a chance to further rebuild their momentum.
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The Spain global was withdrawn from the starting XI after he complained about his injury during the warm-up before City’s 2-1 defeat to West Ham United at the Etihad.
