The aura of invincibility surrounding Manchester City in domestic football has been dented a little lately and there is no doubt that Tottenham Hotspur will fancy their chances of becoming the first side to win at the Etihad in the Premier League this season.
This is a much different Spurs team to the one that was comprehensively put to the sword by Roberto Mancini’s table-toppers at White Hart Lane in August, even though the personnel hasn’t changed that much. Harry Redknapp’s team have only lost once in the league since that day, though there has probably been more draws recently than the manager would like. Struggling Wolves held Spurs last week, a result which denied the North London club with a share of second place, but they are still well within striking distance of the top two and well on course for a Champions League spot at the end of the season at the very least.
City were simply too good for Spurs last time they met
This fixture has proved pivotal in the last two seasons and will again have a major impact on the destiny of the two clubs. A Peter Crouch goal secured fourth place for Spurs two years ago while, last season, the same player’s own goal gave City a vital win. Crouch, of course, is no longer at White Hart Lane but there is certainly no shortage of firepower at Tottenham with Jermaine Defoe already in double figures for the season and Emmanuel Adebayor and Gareth Bale not far behind the England striker. It’s more than two months since Spurs last drew a blank and that was in a Europa League game in Russia when most of their first XI was rested. City won’t find it easy to keep them at arm’s length either.
A look at those aforementioned scoring charts will see Edin Dzeko and Sergio Aguero well to the fore and both were on target at White Hart Lane, the Bosnian striker scoring four times. After a couple of cup defeats, City got back to winning ways at Wigan on Monday but they still aren’t firing on all cylinders and are clearly missing the industry of Yaya Toure in midfield and Vincent Kompany’s organisation at the back. They’ve also been finding goals harder to come by as opposition defences target David Silva and Spurs will definitely think themselves capable of causing an upset and throwing the title race wide open.
Take Tottenham to sneak all three points at 3/1. A 0-1 correct score can be backed at 11/1 and, if four or more goals are scored in the match, we’ll refund all losing correct score, scorecast and first/last goalscorer singles.
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