Both Manchester City and Tottenham enter this match in the same mood. Both teams experienced painful defeats against their city rivals and they need one good game in order not to get themselves into an even bigger problem. The Citizens can't afford any more slip-ups by the end of the season if they want to stay in the title race. Leaders Arsenal are now eight points away after the easy victory over Tottenham in the North London derby on Sunday afternoon. Manchester City have played well below their average in the last two games and they really haven't looked like themselves. But we must not forget that this is a team full of world-class players, led by one of the best coaches today. If any club is capable of returning to its recognizable style of play, then it is surely Manchester City. Although Guardiola stated that the title is almost certainly already decided, his statement should be taken with a grain of salt. I'm sure he wanted to take the public pressure off his players, but it's a completely different story in the locker room. The gap behind Arsenal is not unattainable and there are still many games until the end of the season and it is only a matter of time before Arsenal slips up, and Citizens will certainly be eager to take advantage of that. They will have the first opportunity to return to their well-known form against the really unconvincing Tottenham.

The club from London has been playing quite erratically after the World Cup and the problems in defense and attack are becoming more and more noticeable. In the match against Arsenal, Tottenham's defense allowed the rival too much space and they can be satisfied that they conceded only two goals in the first half. Arsenal and Manchester City have a similar style of play, they use their penetrating wingers to the maximum and I expect that Conte, who likes to play with three players in defense, will have a lot of problems in this match as well. The data that is not promising before this match is that Tottenham conceded at least two goals in three of the last five matches and I honestly think that will be the case in this match as well. The brilliant Haaland has not scored a goal in three consecutive matches and he is certainly eager to prove to everyone that it was just a bad moment that came his way. The defenders of Tottenham can hardly match him in speed and if the duo of De Bruyne - Haaland have their day, things will not end well for Tottenham. Manchester City just can't afford another mistake and I really expect a genuine response from Pep Guardiola's machinery who should have plenty of ways to hurt Tottenham's leaky defense in this match.

曼城和热刺都以同样的心情进入这场比赛。两支球队都经历了与同城对手的痛苦失利，他们需要一场精彩的比赛，以免让自己陷入更大的麻烦。如果市民想留在冠军争夺战中，他们不能在赛季结束前再犯任何错误。在周日下午的北伦敦德比中轻松战胜托特纳姆热刺后，领头羊阿森纳现在已经落后 8 分。曼城在过去两场比赛中的表现远低于平均水平，他们看起来真的不像他们自己。但我们不能忘记，这是一支由当今最好的教练之一带领的充满世界级球员的球队。如果说有哪家具乐部能够恢复其公认的比赛风格，那肯定是曼城。尽管瓜迪奥拉表示冠军头衔几乎肯定已经确定，但他的声明应该有所保留。我敢肯定他想减轻他球员的公众压力，但是在更衣室里，情况完全不同。落后阿森纳的差距并非遥不可及，赛季结束前还有很多比赛，阿森纳落后只是时间问题，曼城肯定会渴望利用这一点。对阵真正没有说服力的热刺，他们将有第一次机会回到他们众所周知的状态。

这支来自伦敦的俱乐部在世界杯之后的表现一直很不稳定，防守和进攻方面的问题越来越明显。在对阵阿森纳的比赛中，热刺的防守给了对手太多的空间，上半场只丢了两个球，他们已经可以心满意足了。阿森纳和曼城的打法很相似，他们都最大限度地利用了自己的边锋，我预计喜欢三人防守的孔蒂在这场比赛中也会遇到很多问题。这场比赛之前不被看好的数据是托特纳姆热刺在过去五场比赛中有三场至少丢了两个球，老实说，我认为这场比赛也会如此。辉煌的哈兰德已经连续三场比赛没有进球，他当然渴望向所有人证明这只是他遇到的一个糟糕时刻。托特纳姆的后卫在速度上很难与他匹敌，如果德布劳内-哈兰德二人组发挥出色，托特纳姆的结局不会很好。曼城不能再犯一个错误，我真的很期待瓜迪奥拉的机器做出真正的回应，他们应该有很多方法可以在这场比赛中打破托特纳姆热刺漏洞百出的防守。