Sat 18 Oct 2014, Etihad Stadium
Mauricio Pochettino says confidence is
high at Tottenham Hotspur as they head
to Manchester City hoping to atone for
two humbling defeats last term.
Under the stewardship of Andre Villas-
Boas and Tim Sherwood, Spurs conceded
11 goals in their meetings with City
during the 2013/14 Barclays Premier
League season, following up a 6-0 away
defeat in November with a 5-1 loss on
home soil two months later. However,
Pochettino believes his team can build on
a 1-0 victory over Southampton prior to
the international break, which ended a
run of four top-flight matches without a
win for Tottenham, when they visit the
Etihad Stadium on Saturday.
"We arrive in a good moment,” the Spurs
head coach said. “After our victory against
Southampton we need to keep the
momentum, to reproduce the same
actions and to try to get the three points.
"It's not important now to think in the
past. It's important to look forward. I
don't have any concerns about these
results [in last season's matches against
City]."
Spurs, who are sixth in the table, are set
to make late checks on Hugo Lloris (thigh)
and Nacer Chadli (hip) after they pulled
out of respective Euro 2016 qualifiers for
France and Belgium this week.
Former City striker Emmanuel Adebayor
and Nabil Bentaleb are due to return from
international duty on Friday, while Kyle
Naughton (ankle) and Kyle Walker (pelvis)
remain sidelined.
Typically strong at home in recent years,
champions City have dropped points in
two of their opening three league
matches at the Etihad Stadium this
season.
A 3-1 victory over Liverpool represented a
productive first home outing for Manuel
Pellegrini's men, but a shock 1-0 defeat to
Stoke City followed and leaders Chelsea
also came close to taking home three
points on September 21 before Frank
Lampard rescued a 1-1 draw against his
former club. Lampard is relishing the
prospect of facing Spurs, having
represented two of their London rivals in
Chelsea and West Ham.
"I've done alright against Spurs over the
years and playing them was always a big
game at Chelsea," he told City's website.
"Even when I was at West Ham,
Tottenham were big rivals so I've always
seen it is a big game and something to
mark on the calendar and that doesn't
change now I'm at City. They'll be up and
around the top six this season.
"They may go through a slight transitional
period but I was very impressed with
their manager when he was at
Southampton and if he can bring the
same imprint on Tottenham, who
arguably have more quality within their
squad, they'll do really well."
City are set to be without Samir Nasri
(groin) again, while Fernandinho did not
join up with Brazil after picking up a
hamstring problem against Aston Villa last
time out, putting his participation in
doubt.
Manchester City defender defender
Eliaquim Mangala has been ruled out after
he returned from international duty with
a muscle injury.
"We have just a small problem with
Mangala, a small muscle injury but I think
he will without any problem be fit for
Tuesday," Manuel Pellegrini, the City
manager, said.
Pellegrini also revealed that Yaya Toure
had only returned from his spell with the
Ivory Coast on Thursday and a decision
will be taken over his involvement on the
day of the Spurs match. The City manager
is taking nothing for granted despite the
11 goals his team scored against Spurs
last season.
"We are not expecting to score six goals
every time we play Tottenham," he said.
"Last year Spurs away was one of the best
games we played.
"We hope to play a very good game but it
will be very different [to last season]."
Manchester City (from): Caballero, Hart,
Wright, Boyata, Clichy, Demichelis, Kolarov,
Kompany, Mangala, Nastasic, Sagna,
Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Fernando,
Lampard, Milner, Navas, Silva, Sinclair,
Toure, Aguero, Dzeko, Jovetic.
Spurs (from): Friedel, Lloris, Vorm,
Chiriches, Davies, Dier, Fazio, Kaboul, Rose,
Veljkovic, Vertonghen, Bentaleb, Capoue,
Ceballos, Chadli, Dembele, Eriksen, Lamela,
Lennon, Mason, Paulinho, Stambouli,
Townsend, Adebayor, Kane, Soldado.
Match Appointments
Referee: Jonathan Moss Assistants: S Long,
S Bennett Fourth Official: M Oliver

Starting line-up mancity
1. Joe Hart
26. Martín Demichelis
22. Gaël Clichy
4. Vincent Kompany
3. Bacary Sagna
7. James Milner
15. Jesús Navas
21. David Silva
6. Fernando
18. Frank Lampard
16. Sergio Agüero
Substitutes
13. Willy Caballero
25. Fernandinho
10. Edin Dzeko
11. Aleksandar Kolarov
35. Stevan Jovetic
38. Dedryck Boyata
42. Yaya Touré
Starting line-up Tottheham
1. Hugo Lloris
4. Younes Kaboul
3. Danny Rose
21. Federico Fazio
15. Eric Dier
29. Etienne Capoue
22. Nacer Chadli
38. Ryan Mason
11. Erik Lamela
23. Christian Eriksen
9. Roberto Soldado
Substitutes
19. Mousa Dembélé
5. Jan Vertonghen
13. Michel Vorm
17. Andros Townsend
18. Harry Kane
25. Benjamin Stambouli
10. Emmanuel Adebayor

Team news dn suppose show

both teams are using the 4-2-3-1 formation

Nice game... 1-1 15mins!

2-1

Lamela is having a 'so-so' day... good going forward; but gave away the ball for both goals!

RuuDie:
Nice game... 1-1 15mins!

where did you get that the game is still 0-0

pamcode:
where did you get that the game is still 0-0

2-1

Aguero 2, Eriksen 1

25 mins now.

RuuDie:




2-1

Aguero 2, Eriksen 1

25 mins now.

e be lyk say na for mars u dey watch am abi

Aguero misses a penalty and another sitter... dis guy suppose don score 4 goals!

35 mins :YELLOW CARD
Ryan Mason (Tottenham
Hotspur) is shown the yellow
card.
Fernandinho (Manchester
City) wins a free kick on the
right wing.
Foul by Ryan Mason
(Tottenham Hotspur).
Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero
(Manchester City) right footed
shot from a difficult angle on
the right is saved in the
centre of the goal. Assisted by
Fernando.
Attempt missed. Sergio
Agüero (Manchester City)
right footed shot from the
centre of the box is just a bit
too high following a set piece
situation.
Penalty saved! Sergio Agüero
(Manchester City) fails to
capitalise on this great
opportunity, right footed shot
saved in the centre of the
goal.
Penalty Manchester City. David
Silva draws a foul in the
penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Younes
Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur)
after a foul in the penalty
area.
Attempt missed. Christian
Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
right footed shot from
outside the box is close, but
misses the top left corner
from a direct free kick.
Foul by Vincent Kompany
(Manchester City).
Nacer Chadli (Tottenham
Hotspur) wins a free kick in
the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to
continue.
SUBSTITUTION
Substitution, Manchester City.
Fernandinho replaces Frank
Lampard because of an
injury.
Delay in match Frank Lampard
(Manchester City) because of
an injury.
Ryan Mason (Tottenham
Hotspur) wins a free kick in
the defensive half.
Foul by Fernando (Manchester
City).
Attempt saved. Sergio Agüero
(Manchester City) right footed
shot from the centre of the
box is saved in the centre of
the goal. Assisted by Jesús
Navas.
Offside, Manchester City.
Frank Lampard tries a
through ball, but Jesús Navas
is caught offside.
Foul by Danny Rose
(Tottenham Hotspur).
Sergio Agüero (Manchester
City) wins a free kick on the
right wing.
GOAL
Goal! Manchester City 2,
Tottenham Hotspur 1. Sergio
Agüero (Manchester City)
converts the penalty with a
right footed shot to the
bottom left corner.
Penalty Manchester City. Frank
Lampard draws a foul in the
penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Erik
Lamela (Tottenham Hotspur)
after a foul in the penalty
area.
James Milner (Manchester
City) wins a free kick in the
defensive half.
Foul by Eric Dier (Tottenham
Hotspur).
Attempt missed. Fernando
(Manchester City) header from
the centre of the box misses
to the left following a corner.
Corner, Manchester City.
Conceded by Danny Rose.
GOAL
Goal! Manchester City 1,
Tottenham Hotspur 1.
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham
Hotspur) right footed shot
from the right side of the box
to the top left corner. Assisted
by Roberto Soldado.
GOAL
Goal! Manchester City 1,
Tottenham Hotspur 0. Sergio
Agüero (Manchester City)
right footed shot from the left
side of the box to the bottom
right corner. Assisted by
Frank Lampard.
Offside, Manchester City. David
Silva tries a through ball, but
Sergio Agüero is caught
offside.
Corner, Tottenham Hotspur.
Conceded by Gaël Clichy.
Attempt blocked. Christian
Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur)
right footed shot from the
right side of the box is
blocked. Assisted by Erik
Lamela.
Attempt saved. Ryan Mason
(Tottenham Hotspur) right
footed shot from the centre
of the box is saved in the
centre of the goal. Assisted by
Roberto Soldado.
Foul by David Silva
(Manchester City).
Ryan Mason (Tottenham
Hotspur) wins a free kick in
the defensive half.
Erik Lamela (Tottenham
Hotspur) wins a free kick in
the defensive half.
Foul by Gaël Clichy
(Manchester City).
Attempt missed. Ryan Mason
(Tottenham Hotspur) right
footed shot from outside the
box misses to the left.
Assisted by Nacer Chadli.

half time

@ pamcode

you don follow me reach mars!?

RuuDie:
@ pamcode

you don follow me reach mars!?

thw broadcast don reach earth

Crazy, crazy game... 4 Pks, 2 missed (or saved), 1 red card and a hattrick and it isn't done yet!

4 penalties in a game and counting. its really sick and unprofessional from da players

These Tottenham guys lack confidence, if not they should have done better