Manchester City FC

We welcome Spurs to the Joie Stadium on Saturday 21 March, with kick-off set for 12:00 (UK).

It’s a battle between two of the WSL’s in-form side, with City boasting a 100% home record at the top of the table, while our opponents travel north looking to keep their hopes of European qualification alive.

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A game that has guaranteed goals in recent seasons, the latest matchup is sure to deliver again, but there’s plenty more reasons to come and support the Blues.

Find out how you can make the most of a memorable day at the Joie Stadium below…

City in the Community Matchday Takeover

Our annual City in the Community Matchday Takeover will take place against Spurs, meaning some special one-off activities and prizes are also up for grabs!

Bonus community content can be enjoyed in a special Matchday Programme, which includes features and information on the incredible work of our official Charity.

Our popular hand-drawn player graphics from young CITC participants can also be enjoyed on our social channels and on the jumbo screen at the Joie Stadium.

CITC’s monthly prize draw – which allows fans to support the vital work of the Charity while also potentially winning some incredible prizes - will also include a special Manchester City Women’s training experience!

Kids Fan Zone

As always, our Kids Fan Zone offers a range of football activities to entertain our younger supporters. A brand new popcorn machine is also available, so you can enjoy a tasty treat before the footballing feast on the pitch!

Our Kids Fan Zone is situated behind the West Stand and is completely free to enter.

In stadium drinking trial

As part of the WSL’s ongoing drinking trial, alcohol will be permitted in the Joie Stadium bowl and is available from various drink stations around the concourse, including the Asahi Bar.

Please note: Blocks West 1, 2, and 3 remain Alcohol-Free Zones, and fans in these areas cannot bring alcohol to their seats.

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Andrée Jeglertz interview

Make sure you get to the stadium early so you can hear our Head Coach Andrée Jeglertz’s thoughts ahead of the action.

The boss will stop for a brief interview soon after the team is announced at 11:00 (UK).

Live DJ set

The matchday mood continues to build up with an incredible live DJ set taking place in the south stand.

DJ Dullage will be performing – giving the atmosphere a boost before the action gets under way on the pitch.

Then, from around 11:50, the hugely popular Big Blue Button will return, with the players walking out onto the pitch to start the game soon after.

Revolut Wheel of Wishes

Due to some exciting half-time additions in line with our City in the Community Matchday Takeover, the Revolut Wheel of Wishes will take place before the action this weekend.

It’s an incredible opportunity to win some fantastic prizes, make sure you have a Revolut account here and enter your RevTag here: Revolut Wheel of Wishes

Half-time

You could be in with the chance of winning some incredible prizes during the half-time break, firstly by taking part in our usual quiz all about our Women’s First Team.

Prizes include signed shirts & the chance to join autograph alley, and have things signed or grab a photo with selected players after the game. A QR code will be shown on screen, so simply scan it and get your thinking caps on ready for the quiz!

Half-time City in the Community interview

We’ll be able to hear more from two of our CITC participants during the break as well!

Two of the young artists behind our popular hand-drawn designs, which you’ll see on our social channels and the big screen as well as on our Matchday programme, chatting about their experiences and opportunities so far with our Charity.

Fans will be able to access bonus community content, including within the matchday programme, during half-time and across digital channels.

Prize draw: win and support citc!

The fixture will also see the return of the popular ‘hand-drawn’ graphics on social media, as local school children were once again invited to draw their favourite Manchester City stars.

Ahead of the fixture, City Women backroom staff took time out to visit the charity’s sessions and hand out free tickets.

Man City Women’s Head Coach, Andrée Jeglertz, and Director of Football, Therese Sjogran, also spent time with City in the Community’s 16+ students as part of the community matchday celebrations.

Students enjoyed a coffee and a chat with the pair, discussing their career aspirations for the future before being invited to the game, where they will welcome the team into the stadium waving player flags.

Elsewhere, the day is being used to create once-in-a-lifetime opportunities for City in the Community participants, including meeting the players, joining the media teams, half-time activities and waving flags on the pitch.

CEO of City in the Community, Michael Geary, said: “We are delighted that Manchester City Women are celebrating the Club’s charity via a community matchday takeover.

“We are extremely passionate about engaging our fans and all the activities they’ll see on Saturday have been designed to help raise levels of visibility and awareness of City in the Community.

“As well as the exciting participant experiences, we are pleased to have also donated free matchday tickets to local school children, who otherwise might not be able to experience a matchday.

“Special thanks must also go to all partners and suppliers who have helped to make today’s match as impactful as possible.

“I hope that fans can join us and the Club in celebrating our work to empower healthier lives through football.”

To coincide with the celebrations, City in the Community has introduced a special Manchester City Women’s training experience as part of its monthly prize draw.

Alongside this exciting opportunity for supporters, all new subscribers will have their tickets doubled until the end of the season, with additional bonus tickets available when they refer a friend.

Fans around the world* also have the chance to win ‘money can’t buy’ experiences, including the opportunity to be a player mascot, take part in a team photo, or enjoy a Blue Carpet experience welcoming the team bus on matchday, and much more.

Prizes available in March include:

Match tickets to watch Manchester City v Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday 19th April, KO 16:30 (UK)

Manchester City Women’s team training experience.

Phil Foden signed Manchester City 2025/26 replica shirt.

Nico Gonzalez signed Manchester City 2024/25 replica away shirt.

Ruben Dias signed Manchester City 2025/26 Club World Cup shirt.

Enter the prize draw here

The ‘City in the Community Prize Draw’ is powered by Raise Your Game, and your support will go towards sustaining the charity’s programmes, which all empower healthier lives through football. Entries start at £5 per ticket; supporters can enter on a one-off basis, or they can sign up to a direct debit, meaning they enter the draw monthly automatically. You have until 11:59 GMT on 28 March** to enter!

City in the Community empowers healthier lives with city youth through football.

To find out more, visit www.mancity.com/CITC or follow the charity on social media @CITCmancity.

*Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Cambodia, Qatar, Lebanon, and North Korea are the only excluded countries from the prize draw.

**Full Terms and Conditions can be found via mancityprizedraw.org.

Winners from the City in the Community Prize Draw are drawn on 28th of each month at midday (GMT +1).

Andrée Jeglertz’s side will now host the Londoners on Saturday 21 March at 12:00 (UK) with the clash at the Joie Stadium broadcast on Sky Sports.

The Blues’ trip to Old Trafford will be shown on BBC One and has been moved to Saturday 28 March, with a start time of 13:30 (UK).

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We recorded a superb 5-1 victory in our reverse fixture with Spurs back in September with goals coming from Aoba Fujino, Vivianne Miedema, Kerstin Casparij, Grace Clinton and Laura Coombs.

Since then, though, Martin Ho’s side have enjoyed a strong top-flight campaign and currently sit fifth in the division.

City’s previous meeting with Manchester United was one to savour as we put our cross-city rivals to the sword, 3-0, at the Etihad Stadium in November.

In what was a breathless first-half display by Jeglertz’s team, Rebecca Knaak opened the scoring with a trademark header in the 26th minute.

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Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw doubled our lead two minutes before the interval before Lauren Hemp rounded off the scoring on the cusp of the break.

City also enter the final six WSL matches of the season at the top of the table, eight points clear of Marc Skinner’s side in second as we relentlessly pursue the title before the term’s end.

Keep a close eye on mancity.com and our official app for ticket information and any future fixture updates.

Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo had us in control at the break following a superb opening 45 minutes at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Cherki fired home a right-foot strike while Semenyo finished expertly as the Blues turned on the style.

Despite the comfortable interval advantage, it should have been more and Pep Guardiola’s men were made to pay for not finishing our other efforts in that first half.

Tottenham came out fast from the blocks and soon pulled one back through Dominic Solanke although there looked to have been a foul on Marc Guéhi with the City defender having his foot clipped as the Tottenham forward swept home.

MATCH REPORT | TOTTENHAM 2-2 CITY

The hosts levelled matters, again through Solanke, as the former Bournemouth forward produced an impressive improvised finish to beat Gianluigi Donnarumma.

Both sides had opportunities to win it late on.

Donnarumma nudged over a Xavi Simons strike, substitute Tijjani Reijnders had two headers flash marginally wide while Guéhi, Haaland and Rodri all attempted to force the ball home in a melee in the box.

Haaland also had a penalty claim waved away.

In the end, there were no further goals as the game finished level with a point apiece for the hosts and visitors.

Watch highlights in the video player above.

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Goals from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyou fired us into a half-time lead but Spurs hit back after the break with two goals in just under 20 minutes.

The City boss says there were a lot of positives to take from the performance, but for the period after the break when Dominic Solanke struck twice.

“After [their opening] goal they had the momentum for 15-20 minutes,” Guardiola said after the game.

“This is normal, 2-0 down, nothing to lose with the energy of this crowd that they have, the physicality they have.

“But after, the last 15, 20 minutes, we came back again and we played the first half really good.

“We missed the actions one versus one with full-backs where people up front were not able to capitalise these actions, but, in general the game was well played.”

Controversy surrounded Solanke’s opener, with the Spurs striker appearing to kick through Marc Guéhi although VAR ratified the goal after a check.

“If a central defender does that to a striker, this is a penalty, right?” Guardiola added.

“And after that, the second half we can extend, you know, 10, 15 minutes and get the control, the situation is a little bit easy, but the moment starts to put one there, they won the second balls.

“And after that they create the momentum, and after a goal, you have perhaps another 10 or 15 minutes.”

Guardiola added that it can be difficult to stop momentum in the Premier League immediately, with Spurs finding some belief.

“What happened in the Premier League today, sometimes you can control it, but the way the game is in England, this happens sometimes,” he said.

“We know all of the time we cannot control all of the game – sometimes it’s easier if it’s 0-3, 0-4.

“But you have a lot of new players and over actions. We have to try to finish the actions a little bit better, but the game was well played.

“We would prefer not to have that transition, but it was an emotional issue for their first goal and after that, the moment is difficult to control in England.”

Goals from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo had us two-up at the break although it could and probably should have been more after a dominant opening 45 minutes.

Cherki blasted home with a right-foot effort early doors before Erling Haaland and then Cherki again went close to doubling our advantage at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

January recruit Semenyo did give us the second we thoroughly deserved just before the break finishing a clinical move involving Rodri and skipper Bernardo Silva.

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The hosts came back out fired up and Dominic Solanke pulled one back although it could quite easily have been a foul on Marc Guéhi with the City defender having his foot clipped as the Tottenham forward swept home.

Solanke then produced an improvised finish to draw Tottenham level with both teams having chances to win it as the game edged towards 90 minutes.

Italian stopper Gianluigi Donnarumma had to be at his best to tip over a Xavi Simons curled effort, substitute Tijjani Reijnders saw two headers flash just wide while Guéhi, Haaland and Rodri all tried to force the ball home in a late scramble in the box.

Haaland also had a penalty claim waved away before the whistle blew.

Check out the best bits from this encounter in the video player above.

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First-half goals from Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo had us in control, but a brace after the interval from Tottenham striker Dominic Solanke forced us to settle for a point in North London.

The draw sees us fall six points behind league-leaders Arsenal, but despite the result, Rodri expressed his pride at the team’s efforts and believes that slight improvements can be made going forward to prevent similar results.

“Yeah, it was a tough game. I think to be fair we deserved a little bit more,” he stated in his interview with City Studios after the draw.

“At the end it happened what happened in the last games, we didn’t control well the second-half, this is what happened. We didn’t control well.

“I think this [first Spurs goal] affected us too much. I think we have to learn from these things.

“I’m very proud of my team. Sometimes it’s difficult to come to these kind of stadiums, without the help of anyone. I’m very proud of them and the effort of what we did.

“We just need to improve the things we need to improve and move on.”

The Spaniard also spoke about the title race and looked ahead to our next two fixtures against Newcastle in the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg and against Liverpool in the Premier League next Sunday.

Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo had us in front at the break after an impressive opening 45 minutes.

But Thomas Frank’s men came back into it in the second half courtesy of a Dominic Solanke double.

The result means we’re six points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal, who defeated Leeds 4-0 at Elland Road on Saturday.

THE GAME IN 250 WORDS

City started the game strongly and opened the scoring through Rayan Cherki.

Captain Bernardo Silva showed his terrier-like tenaciousness to pickpocket Yves Bissouma before playing the ball off to Erling Haaland with the giant No.9 supplying the flair-fuelled Frenchman.

Cherki edged closer and closer to goal, with centre-back Radu Dragușin dropping off, before producing a clinical right foot finish.

It could and probably should have another goal for the Blues shortly after.

Haaland raced forward before trying a delicate lob reminiscent of his opener against Galatasaray in midweek but this time the ball nestled on the top of the net rather than in the back of it.

Cherki then went close to doubling his and his team’s tally, showing class, composure and downright cheek to dribble his way into a shooting position before seeing his final shot saved brilliantly by Guglielmo Vicario, the talismanic forward then turning away in shock as the referee awarded a goalkick rather than a corner.

The Blues did get a second just before half-time and it was no more than we deserved after a truly dominant first half display.

Rodri intercepted the ball, Bernardo touched it inside and Antoine Semenyo finished in style.

It was the January recruit’s sixth goal in his last nine Premier League appearances.

Tottenham built up a head of steam after the break before eventually pulling one back.

Conor Gallagher fired a shot high and handsome over the bar and then Gianluigi Donnarumma showed his class to tip over Destiny Udogie’s ferocious strike from the left channel as the hosts looked for a way back into this encounter.

They found it when Dominic Solanke forced home although the Tottenham forward looked to have kicked through City defender Marc Guéhi but VAR ratified it after a check.

The hosts then levelled matters when Gallagher crossed for Solanke who found a instinctive and improvised finish to beat Donnarumma.

The Italian ace then had to be at his best to tip over a Xavi Simons curled effort as Frank’s side eyed a winner.

Substitute Tijjani Reijnders headed marginally wide moments later from a pinpoint Bernardo cross as the game ebbed and flowed.

Guéhi, Haaland and Rodri all tried to force the ball home in a scramble in the box but Tottenham managed to clear the danger while Reijnders headed inches wide after meeting a Haaland knockdown.

Haaland looked to have been pulled to the ground by Dragusin but appeals were waved away.

Both sides eyed victory as the game moved into nine minutes of stoppage time but there was no further scoring as the final whistle blew.

TEAMS

TOTTENHAM XI: Vicario, Palhinha, Dragusin, Romero (Sarr 46’), Udogie, Gray, Bissouma (Odobert 68’), Gallagher, Kolo Muani (Tel 68’), Simons, Solanke (Byfield 90’)

Subs: Kinsky, Souza, Olusesi, Kyerematen, Rowswell

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, Ait-Nouri (Nico 70’), Rodri (Marmoush 90 + 4), Bernardo (C) (Foden 88’), O’Reilly, Semenyo, Cherki (Reijnders 69’), Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Ake, McAidoo, Alleyne, Lewis

MANAGER VERDICT

Read the thoughts of the boss here shortly.

SEMENYO REACTION

“We’ve got more games, there are 14 games to go. We are six points behind, it’s not the end.

“We have to keep going. Anything can happen. 14 games to go, they might lose a couple of games and we might win.

“The dynamic changes and we have to see what happens. Everyone is visibly frustrated and we go again.

“First-half we played really well. It was just keeping the ball and drawing them out. We did that really well and had a few chances on that.

“The mentality was to do the same things again. Second-half that didn’t happen and they dominated.”

WHAT IT MEANS

The 2-2 draw means we’re six points behind Premier League leaders, Arsenal.

After 24 games, the Gunners are on 53 points while the Blues are on and us on 47.

WHAT’S NEXT

We’re aiming for a place in the Carabao Cup final this coming week.

We’re 2-0 up on Newcastle after the first leg of the semi-final with the return tie coming on Wednesday, with kick-off at the Etihad at 20:00 (UK).

Guéhi and Semenyo were both ineligible for our 2-0 UEFA Champions League win over Galatasaray, a result which ensured our progress to the competition’s Round of 16.

But the pair both return to the First XI for our 16:30 (UK) clash at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium as Pep Guardiola makes three changes for the game.

Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku both drop out for the pair, the latter missing out completely after coming off in Wednesday’s UCL victory.

Rodri also comes into the team for Omar Marmoush.

Doku, Ruben Dias, John Stones, Josko Gvardiol, Mateo Kovacic and Savinho all remain on the sidelines through injury.

Victory this afternoon would keep the pressure up in the title race and move us just four points behind leaders, Arsenal, who beat Leeds 4-0 at Elland Road on Saturday.

TEAMS

CITY XI: Donnarumma, Nunes, Khusanov, Guéhi, Ait-Nouri, Rodri, Bernardo (C), O’Reilly, Semenyo, Cherki, Haaland

Subs: Trafford, Reijnders, Ake, Marmoush, Nico, Foden, McAidoo, Alleyne, Lewis

TACTICS

Gianluigi Donnarumma is between the sticks and protected by a back four of Matheus Nunes, Abdukodir Khusanov, Marc Guéhi and Rayan Ait-Nouri.

Rodri will be in the anchor role, alongside captain Bernardo Silva and Nico O’Reilly in the midfield area.

Rayan Cherki and Antoine Semenyo will interchange in the spaces behind striking ace Erling Haaland.

BIG BOOST

It must be a real tonic for Pep Guardiola to be able to select Marc Guéhi and Antoine Semenyo in his team this afternoon.

There have been several absentees in both the defensive and forward areas of late with John Stones, Ruben Dias and Josko Gvardiol as well as Jeremy Doku and Savinho on the sidelines at present.

Guéhi and Semenyo both missed out against Galatasaray because they’re not yet eligible to play in the UEFA Champions League so to have them back – and well rested over the past week – must be a boost for the boss as he looks for energy, endeavour and excellence today at Tottenham.

It’s fair to say that it’s been brilliant January business by City to acquire this hugely talented pair.

Assistant Coach Pep Lijnders waxed lyrical about the duo in the pre-match press conference while legendary midfielder Patrick Vieira hailed Guéhi as a ‘manager’s dream’ as he discussed his former Palace centre-back this week.

Semenyo has enjoyed a meteoric rise to become one of the Premier League’s most feared forwards and has scored three goals in his first four games in an explosive start to life in Manchester – with another chalked off controversially in the Carabao Cup win at Newcastle.

Guéhi arrived as one of the most sought after players in world football before putting in a faultless display in the 2-0 win over Wolves on his Premier League debut for Pep Guardiola’s men.

Here’s to more of the same this afternoon from the pair in the capital.

PURE QUALITY

For most strikers, going almost a month without a goal would create a sea of self-doubt – but clearly not our talisman forward Erling Haaland!

Haaland hadn’t found the net in five games as he headed into the vital UEFA Champions League clash with Galatasaray.

Played through expertly by Jeremy Doku in the opening moments of the League Phase decider, Haaland found himself one on one with goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakır before producing an impudent finish of the highest order chipping the Turkish stopper with the ball nestling snuggly in the net.

It showed our No.9’s class and composure and also his confidence that could easily have been dented of late.

Pep Lijnders spoke in his pre-match press conference about Haaland and said he was not surprised by the fab finish.

“For a striker, the most important thing is the next ball, the next moment, the next situation.

“It’s about having this confidence that will come and we know all his quality about how he can be in the box, with his feet, head, left, right and in the scruffy goals as well being there.

“It’s for him to keep believing that it comes and it’s so important he finished it off because it shows his quality in that situation to put that ball over the goalkeeper. It was pure quality.”

MATCH STATS

-Tottenham have completed the Premier League double over City nine times so far, more than they have any other opponent. Meanwhile, only Chelsea (ten) have done so more against the Blues.

-City have won our last two away league games against Spurs, last winning three in a row between February 1973 and August 1974.

-Tottenham are winless in five Premier League matches (D3 L2), their fourth run of 5+ winless games in the last two seasons. They only had four runs of five or more winless games across their previous 12 seasons combined from 2012/13 to 2023/24.

-In the last two seasons, City rank sixth for points won away from home in the Premier League (46 in 30 games – an average of 1.53 per game). In the two seasons beforehand in 2022/23 and 2023/24, City won the joint most away points (81 in 38 games – 2.13 points per game).

-In the last two seasons, the only ever-present sides to pick up fewer Premier League points than Tottenham (66) are Wolves (50) and West Ham (63), with Spurs’ 31 defeats second only to Wolves (37) in that time.

-Another defeat would mean Spurs have lost 10+ games for eight consecutive seasons since 2018/19 – in their eight seasons beforehand (2010/11 – 2017/18) this only happened twice.

-City faced as many shots as we had ourselves last time out against Wolves (11 each), the seventh time this season we’d either had fewer or as many attempts as our opponents in a Premier League game, the joint most in a season under Pep Guardiola. We are only averaging 4.7 more shots per game than our opponents this season, our smallest difference in a season under the Catalan.

-City’s Pep Guardiola has lost more league games against Spurs than any other opponent in his managerial career (8).

-Thomas Frank has won just four of his last 22 home Premier League matches, with an identical record (W2 D3 L6) across his last 11 games with Brentford as in his first 11 with Spurs (W4 D6 L12 overall). Frank has the worst points per game at home of any Spurs boss in Premier League history (0.82).

-Omar Marmoush netted his first Premier League goal of the season in City’s 2-0 win over Wolves but all eight of his goals in the competition have been scored at home – he’s failed to score with all 20 of his attempts in 12 games away from home.

-City’s Antoine Semenyo has scored five goals in his last eight Premier League appearances, the joint most of any player in that timeframe (15 December onwards). One of those was a late winner against Spurs for Bournemouth in January, with only Eric Cantona in 1992/93 (Leeds and Man Utd) and Benito Carbone in 1999/00 (Sheff Wed and Aston Villa) scoring against Spurs for two teams in a single season.

Going into the weekend ahead of Sunday’s visit to face Tottenham Hotspur, City had narrowed the gap on leaders Arsenal to just four points at the top of the Premier League with still 15 games to play.

Meanwhile Pep Guardiola’s side will take a 2-0 first leg advantage into next Wednesday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg clash at home to Newcastle with an FA Cup fourth round tie at home to Salford also to look forward to.

And last Wednesday’s 2-0 UEFA Champions League win at home to also secured our ticket straight through to the Round of 16 where we will play one of Real Madrid, Internazionale, Benfica or Bodo/Glimt.

SHOP OUR YEAR OF THE HORSE RANGE

It means City head into February still vying for silverware on all four fronts.

And ahead of the trip to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Nunes said maintaining momentum after back-to-back wins over Wolves and Galatasaray was key.

“We are up there and fighting for every competition,” declared the Portuguese international.

“We just have to carry on like this.

“There are still a lot of games to play, and everyone can lose points because that’s the Premier League.

“We have to win our games and, in the end, we will see.

“We’ve never thought ‘we are out of the race’. We have had the same mindset that we can win.

“To do that, we have to win every game and that’s our focus.”

City will head to the capital with January signings Antoine Semenyo and Marc Guéhi both available for selection with the pair having been ineligible in midweek.

And although the duo have only been at the Club for a very short period, Nunes is in no doubt that they will only further strengthen our quest for success – both short and long term.

“Antoine’s a lovely guy. Quite funny! He’s also an incredible player,” Nunes added.

“I’ve played against him a few times. Hopefully he can carry on the form because he’s already been really good since he arrived.

“He’s a player for many years at this club – he still has the best years of his career ahead of him. I just hope he has a really good career here at City.

“Marc leads by example – a bit like Bernardo. You can just tell by his behaviour.

“The young lads can look at him and see how calm he plays and his tranquillity.

“He brings calmness to the back-line.”