It was just over a year ago that Joe Hart produced one of the performances of last season to deny Tottenham a goal - and the points - on the opening day of the 2010/11 Premier League. Hart produced a handful of spectacular saves to block Defoe, Crouch, Huddlestone and all of Tottenham's cannon fodder in a display that saw him pick up Man of the Match and keep his first of eighteen clean-sheets that he kept that season.
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| Peter Crouch scoring an own goal to put Manchester City into the Champions League. |
As mentioned before, Manchester City qualified for the Champions League ahead of Tottenham when the two teams last met back in May. Peter Crouch diverted a James Milner cross into the back of his own net to give City the victory on that day - and set City up for a historic week in their history.
I'm expecting a victory for Manchester City on Sunday. Tottenham had an awful start to the season away to Manchester United, and I feel they will suffer the same fate at the hands of the other club from Manchester. However, if Tottenham can stop themselves from imploding like they did on Monday, they may be in with a better chance of getting something out of it.
Manchester City's new signing, Samir Nasri, will make an appearance at some point against his old rivals, I think. Roberto Mancini will definitely want to show off Nasri in front of Spurs' boss, Harry Redknapp, who has criticised the French midfielder's motives for his move to Manchester City.
Prediction: Tottenham Hotspur 0-1 Manchester City.
Possible line-up. (The bench is in the bottom half of the image).
Last 3 meetings:
Manchester City 1-0 Tottenham
Tottenham 0-0 Manchester City
Manchester City 0-1 Tottenham
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