Rayan Cherki opened the scoring simply 11 minutes into the Premier League conflict between Tottenham and Manchester City to inflict additional distress onto the north Londoners.
The gifted Frenchman swept dwelling from simply contained in the field after Yves Bissouma had been dispossessed by Bernardo Silva on the half-way line.
Silva discovered Erling Haaland who in flip fed Cherki. The Metropolis quantity 10 took a few touches earlier than firing an effort into the far nook.
It was a far-from ideally suited begin for Spurs, who’re but to choose up a top-flight victory in 2026, as stress continues to mount on supervisor Thomas Frank.
Metropolis, in the meantime, are hoping to reinstate the four-point hole between them and league leaders Arsenal, who thrashed Leeds United on Saturday.
Spurs confirmed lineup
Frank makes 4 adjustments from the midweek win in Frankfurt, with Djed Spence and Kevin Danso overlooked of the matchday squad.
Yves Bissouma returns whereas Radu Dragusin is available in for his first begin of the marketing campaign.
Dominic Solanke and Conor Gallagher additionally return with Wilson Odobert and Pape Matar Sarr transferring to the bench.
Spurs XI: Vicario, Dragusin, Romero, Udogie, Grey, Bissouma, Palhinha, Gallagher, Xavi, Kolo Muani, Solanke
Manchester Metropolis confirmed lineup
Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo return to the beginning workforce after each sitting out of the midweek Champions League conflict with Galatasaray by way of ineligibility.
Nathan Ake drops to the bench, whereas Jeremy Doku misses out utterly after coming off in Wednesday’s victory.
Rodri is available in for Omar Marmoush, whereas Ruben Dias, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic and Savinho all stay sidelines by way of damage.
Man Metropolis XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guehi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo (C), O’Reilly, Semenyo, Cherki, Haaland
Stats for Tottenham v Manchester Metropolis
- Within the final two seasons, the one ever-present sides to choose up fewer Premier League factors than Tottenham (66) are Wolves (50) and West Ham (63), with Spurs’ 31 defeats second solely to Wolves (37) in that point. One other defeat would imply Spurs have misplaced 10+ video games for eight consecutive seasons since 2018-19 – of their eight seasons beforehand (2010-11 – 2017-18) this solely occurred twice.
- Man Metropolis’s Pep Guardiola has misplaced extra league video games in opposition to Spurs than every other opponent in his managerial profession (8).
- Thomas Frank has received simply 4 of his final 22 dwelling Premier League matches, with an an identical file (W2 D3 L6) throughout his final 11 video games with Brentford as in his first 11 with Spurs (W4 D6 L12 total). Frank has the worst factors per sport at dwelling of any Spurs boss in Premier League historical past (0.82).
Methods to watch Tottenham v Manchester Metropolis
The match is broadcast reside on Sky Sports activities Major Occasion and Premier League. It may be streamed on Sky’s platforms or by way of Now.
