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Tottenham Hotspur will host their counterpart Manchester City at Tottenham Stadium at 7.30 in the afternoon on Saturday for the game of the ninth day of the English Premier League, in the first Premier League matches, after the end of the international sanction, last Wednesday.
Tottenham will enter the night’s showdown, ranking second in the Premier League table with 17 points, one point ahead of leader Leicester City, while City are in 10th place with 12 points, and have one match. postponed in the first round against Aston Villa..
José Mourinho, the Spurs coach on the team’s offensive line, depends on today’s meeting on the brilliant duo, South Korean Heung-Min Son, who is the top scorer with 8 goals, in participation with the trio of Mohamed Salah , Jimmy Vardy and Dominic Calvert-Lewin, plus Harry Kane, who scores 7 goals and scores 8.
As for Pep Guardiola, City’s technical director, who extended his contract with the team on Thursday until 2023, it will depend on the return of Gabriel Jesús’ injury in the attack, in addition to the presence of the Phil Foden duo, who recently scored two goals for England in the European Nations League game in Iceland, and Belgian star Kevin. De Bruyne.
Guardiola said at a press conference for a meeting on the ability of this team to compete for titles. : “I am not thinking about tournaments at the moment, it would be good to repeat what we have done in the last 3 years, but we think about each match separately and in the end we will see what we deserve to achieve.”. “
Regarding Messi, Guardiola said: “Messi is a Barcelona player. I would like him to end his career there. I don’t know what he has in mind, but he is a Barcelona player. The transfer market is next June and not now.”. “
And about the injuries, Guardiola said: “Fernandinho is not ready, he has stomach pains, Agüero trained with us and he is also merciful.”
