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That means the game at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium will now be played 19:30 (UK) on Wednesday 26 February. UK viewers can watch it on TNT Sports.

We won twice at the ground in 2023/24, claiming our first ever victory there with an FA Cup triumph in January 2024 before a vital three points in the penultimate game of the Premier League campaign.

It marks our third televised Premier League game of the month after the trip to Arsenal on Sunday 2 February and a home meeting with Liverpool on 23 February.

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City won four of our fives matches in all competitions across November, qualifying for the knockout stages of the UEFA Women’s Champions League in the process.

The Blues were in European action on two separate occasions, getting the better of Hammarby home and away to seal progression from Group D with two games to spare.

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In the Barclays Women’s Super League, a disappointing defeat to Chelsea saw us beaten for the first time in 2024/25, but there were also impressive wins over Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace to celebrate.

As always, producing a three-player shortlist for the final vote has been a difficult task, but we’ve gone for the below trio...

Jill Roord

Dutch international Roord’s return from an anterior cruciate ligament rupture in January has been nothing short of remarkable.

The midfielder started all three of City’s WSL matches in November, finding the net in each of the first two.

At Crystal Palace, Roord was in the right place at the right time to smash home the Blues’ second of the afternoon after a cleverly timed run into the hosts’ box.

VOTE FOR JILL ROORD

That goal capped off a dominant performance in the engine room, which the 27-year-old emulated against Spurs one week later.

Picking up play from Lauren Hemp, Roord flicked the ball away from a Spurs challenge before rifling in City’s third at the near post in a 4-0 win at the Etihad Stadium.

Alex Greenwood

City’s captain was probably unlucky not to be shortlisted for either September or October’s Etihad Player of the Month vote, such is her consistency in the heart of the Blues’ defence.

Once again though the England international stepped up when it mattered in November, featuring in all five of our fixtures.

VOTE FOR ALEX GREENWOOD

She was City’s standout performer at Chelsea and was pivotal in dragging the team through two difficult Champions League assignments against Hammarby.

A second leg win in front of over 20,000 hostile home supporters on an artificial surface and with a depleted squad wouldn’t have been possible without Greenwood’s leadership from the back.

The captain is one of only two players in the City squad - alongside Yui Hasegawa - to start all 14 of our matches so far in all competitions, such is her importance to this team.

Bunny Shaw

Another free-scoring month for our Jamaican, who was just beaten to October’s award by Hemp.

Shaw grabbed six goals in five outings for City, beginning with a clinical header to round off the scoring in a 3-0 win over Crystal Palace.

A hat-trick against Tottenham Hotspur followed, with the forward finding the net inside 21 seconds at the Etihad.

VOTE FOR BUNNY SHAW

Her latest treble saw her break the WSL’s hat-trick record, and the accolades kept on coming for Shaw.

Indeed, her brace in our 2-1 win over Hammarby to round off the month also ensured she moved top of the Club’s all-time scoring chart in the Champions League.

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It’s another tough decision, but who gets your vote?

Does Jill Roord deserve to prize? Will Alex Greenwood be your choice? Or is Bunny Shaw your worthy winner?

Voting is now open, so have your say below!

Manchester City’s 35-match unbeaten Premier League home run was brought to an end with a 4-0 defeat to Spurs.

An first half brace from James Maddison handed the visitors a two-goal advantage at the break which the Blues - despite registering 23 shots, couldn’t recover from.

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Pedro Porro’s strike inside ten minutes of the restart from a Dominic Solanke cutback added a third, before Brennan Johnson tapped home in stoppage time to complete the scoring.

It was a tough day at the office for City, but Rodri’s return to the Etihad ahead of kick-off, with his Ballon d’Or award, was a positive addition to an otherwise frustrating afternoon.

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It was a tough evening for Pep Guardiola’s men who were looking to bounce back on home soil after the November international break.

The Blues had John Stones, Manuel Akanji and Nathan Ake back from injury, the first two starting and the third coming on at the break while Rodri gave everyone a lift before the game after showcasing his Ballon d’Or trophy on the pitch.

And the Blues began the game strongly with Erling Haaland, Savinho and Phil Foden looking for a fast start but it was Tottenham who showed their clinical side with James Maddison’s brace putting the visitors two-up at the break.

There were further goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson in the second half on a difficult night for the champions.

It’s back to the Etihad on Tuesday for a Champions League clash with Feyenoord before we head to Anfield next Sunday for a Premier League encounter with the leaders.

City’s home loss to Spurs was our first in the league since November 2022.

On the back of four losses prior to the international break, it means the Blues have suffered five defeats in a row and the boss says the immediate focus is restoring some confidence with the Champions League game against Feyenoord to come on Tuesday evening.

“When you lose 0-4 there’s nothing to say except to congratulate Tottenham,” said Guardiola.

“We struggled a little bit to get back the balls. We were not able to win it, to give an extra action afterwards.

“We were quite decent; we created a lot. I would say we are quite fragile right now, that is obvious from the fact that we struggle today to score goals and when they arrive, they scored goals.

“We are playing a little bit in our thoughts, but it’s normal. Football is a sense of mood and when you win a lot it gives you the self-awareness that you can do it.

“And when you lose three in a row in the Premier League, that situation it’s always a little bit there.

“There are many things that are going to happen that we need to do to break the results as much as possible to get more positive and confident.

“At the same time, being here for eight years, I knew that sooner or later we would drop.

“Of course we never expect to lose three Premier League games in a row. In that time we always expected a drop, but we were incredibly consistent.

However, we cannot deny the reality that sometimes in football and sometimes in life it’s here.

“We are not used to losing so many games in a row. That’s happened. We have to do everything to change, especially the next one.

“The exception is the reality we lived for eight years is not determined. Sometimes it happens and sometimes you drop a little bit, it’s happened right now.

“In terms of the way we played, we were good in the first minutes and after the first chance they had in 13 minutes we concede a goal, and the chances were there.

“But then we conceded a transition from Spurs. They are so physical we know it, that’s why we thought to bring a game for the physical condition that we have from many players.

“A lot of midfield players, a lot of control, we cannot make up and downs because they are stronger than us.

“But at the end of the day, I would say that what we have done for many years here, it’s my way, the way I like to play, but now we have a period, you cannot run away.

“You have to face it and break the next game.”

It was an evening to forget for the Blues as a brace by James Maddison in the first half and goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson after the break won it for the visitors.

There was plenty of pre-match positivity with Pep Guardiola signing a new two-year deal earlier this week and Rodrigo showcasing his Ballon d’Or trophy just before kick-off.

And when the game started, City looked intent on keeping that feelgood factor going.

But a double by attacking midfielder Maddison on 13 and 20 minutes shocked the Etihad and put us on the back foot.

Porro made it three for Ange Postecoglou’s side on 52 minutes before Johnson fired home from a pinpoint cross by fellow sub Timo Werner just before the final whistle.

City remain second in the Premier League behind Liverpool, who we face next in the top-flight at Anfield a week on Sunday.

City lost 4-0 at home to Tottenham on Saturday after goals from James Maddison (2), Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson, our third consecutive loss in the Premier League and fifth across all competitions.

Guardiola accepts that we are in a ‘bad moment’ but insists it would be wrong to overanalyse matters after a plethora of success over a prolonged period.

“Sometimes the opponent is good and sometimes you are not good enough in some departments and sometimes it happens,” he said.

“Sometimes you have a bad moment. I would say the mistake would be to think too much about the analysis because all the managers try to analyse what happens. That would be a mistake.

“And the other mistake, after eight years going in that way, change a lot would be a huge mistake. Because it works.

“We didn’t change much. We won four in a row, Premier Leagues, the Champions League, being all the time there and now we’re going to change for one or two defeats?

“You have to go to the simple things, our patterns that we know and I think we believe completely.

“Yes step by step the players will be back and try to get back to winning games. At the end, it doesn’t happen, okay it doesn’t happen.

“Hopefully because I am hugely optimistic in my life, hopefully they can follow me.”

The visitors secured the points after James Maddison’s first-half brace, added to by second-half goals from Pedro Porro and Brennan Johnson.

The result means we have now lost five consecutive games in all competitions for the first time since April 2006 and lost a Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium for the first time since November 2022.

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Walker, who captained the team under the floodlights, was disappointed with the heavy defeat and is expecting the team to go back to the basics in an attempt to get back to winning ways.

“I’ve stood here when we won titles so I’ll stand here for defeats too,” said Walker after the game. “This is the most frustrating thing as a defender. I don’t care about scoring goals, I’m not bothered about scoring goals, I’m bothered about clean sheets, and we’re not doing that at the minute. It’s something we need to change.

“You have to go back to the basics and get a clean sheet. Then you have a chance of winning the game. If we concede four goals at home, what do you want our strikers to do? Go and score five?

“As defenders, we need to do a little bit more. We defend as a team and attack as a team. We score goals together and we’ll defend together. It’s not just the back four, five or six, it’s all 11 players on the pitch.

“I wouldn’t say we’ve lost confidence together. I’ve spent eight years with this fantastic group of players and people. We’ve lost confidence as a team because we’ve not won for a long time. We have to remember what we’ve achieved together.

“But what we’ve achieved in the past means nothing, it’s history. What matters is winning the Premier League now. We’re making it harder and harder for ourselves. We have one team above us doing really well. We’ll keep fighting to the end as we always do.

“Hopefully the mojo comes back and we see the normal City from the past eight seasons. Practice makes permanent. Your powers don’t just go. We as a team know our qualities and weaknesses. You get a win, you get your confidence, the mood lightens up and then we’re back to how we used to feel.”

The Englishman is looking for a swift response from the team, with Feyenoord upcoming in the Champions League on Tuesday night, before next Sunday’s crunch league clash at Anfield against league-leaders Liverpool, who could be eight points clear by the end of the weekend.

“The best way to turn this round is on Tuesday,” he declared. “We’ll try, we’ll come out and try to get three points.

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“It’s a great game [Liverpool] to turn it around and take three points from the team who sit above you. But we can’t put in a performance like that or we’ll get walked over there.

“We have a Champions League game to prepare for that massive game on Sunday and make sure we can keep within touching distance of Liverpool.”

Little went the Blues’ way with the visitors clinical with their opportunities, while only five of City’s 23 attempts were on target.

James Maddison scored two first-half goals, Pedro Porro added a third early in the second period and Brennan Johnson bagged a fourth in added time as the North London side became the first side to win a league game the Etihad since Brentford two years ago.

What happened

There was plenty of optimism before kick-off with the Club and fans paying tribute to Rodri as the Spaniard was presented to the Etihad.

With Pep Guardiola‘s new two-year contract extension also providing a much-needed fillip, there was almost an air of expectancy as the game began.

Indeed, City started brightly and pinned Spurs back in the opening exchanges.

Savinho coasted past his marker before setting up Erling Haaland who saw his shot deflected wide.

On 11 minutes, Haaland went even closer when he fired a shot that Vicario did well to save with his feet.

Withing two minutes, however, Spurs were ahead with their first attack of the game.

Dejan Kulusevski – so often a thorn in City’s side – won possession on the right and curled in a low cross that found James Maddison in the six-yard box and the former Leicester midfielder lifted the ball over Ederson to give his team the lead.

The Blues were still licking their wounds when Tottenham doubled their advantage on 20 minutes as a combination of Son and Maddison saw the latter score his second of the game with a deft finish from close range.

City hadn’t played badly, but Spurs had been clinical with their finishing, while the Blues had not.

There were more half-chances for City to find a way back into the game but either Vicario or wayward finishing ensured the visitors went in at the break with a two-goal advantage.

Nathan Ake replaced John Stones for the start of the second-half, but within seven minutes of the restart, a sweeping move from Tottenham saw Pedro Porro make it 3-0.

As hard as it was to take, the City fans rallied behind the team. knowing just one goal could spark something special.

Just before the hour-mark, Haaland won possession on the right of the box and fired a fierce shot that skimmed off the top of the crossbar.

To add to the frustration, Spurs players repeatedly went to ground after being challenged, with no action taken.

Sub Brennan Johnson scored a fourth in added time to rub salt in the wounds.

All in all, a disappointing way to end a magnificent run on home soil.

WATCH: Ballon d’Or winner Rodri given a spectacular welcome home

Teams

CITY: Ederson, Walker (C), Stones, (Ake 46), Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis (Grealish 74), Gundogan, Bernardo, Savinho (De Bruyne 74), Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Nunes, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee

TOTTENHAM: Vicario, Udogie (Spence 90), Davies, Drăgușin, Porro, Bissouma, Sarr, (Bergvall 90) Son Heung-Min (Johnson 63), Maddison (Werner 89), Kulusevski, Solanke

Subs: Forster, Gray, Hardy, Lankshear, Olusesi

What it means...

City’ remain in second spot in the Premier League, five points adrift of leaders Liverpool who face Southampton on Sunday afternoon.

What’s next?

City return to Champions League action with a home game against Feyenoord on Tuesday, 26 November with kick-off scheduled for 20:00 (UK).

Then it’s off to face Premier League leaders Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday, 1 December, with a kick-off of 16:00 (UK).

Pep reaction

“We do not expect opponents to not create chances and score goals. We’re in the moment. We started really well, we had chances and after the first time they arrive we concede. Then it’s a bit more difficult to come back.

“Chances were there. The moment they create the chances the build-up, we couldn’t handle the duels like normally. Now we’re struggling a little bit.

“It cannot happen. When you play top level teams we can concede chances but it’s part of process. In our situation it’s a bit tougher.

“I have to see the situation. The players came back late [from internationals]. There were a few reasons we’re not able to be consistent. Now the balance is not in the right moment. But it happened. We have to do it, talk and on Tuesday against Feyenoord have the chance to try.

“Of course Rodri is important but we knew that for many months. But Stones can only play 45 minutes. Jack has been injured many times. Kevin, two months and five months.

“We have to come back and freshen our minds. The season is so long. Many things can happen.

“Before the game I didn’t know what will happen today. So I don’t know what will happen at Anfield. Everyone knows the situation is new for us. We struggled more without the ball. I don’t know how many chances we created. Our game was there.”

Manuel Akanji, John Stones and Bernardo all return to the starting XI, with Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Mateo Kovacic and Matheus Nunes all making way.

Nathan Ake, Jack Grealish and Kevin De Bruyne are all named on the subs’ bench.

Line-ups

CITY: Ederson, Walker (C), Stones, Akanji, Gvardiol, Lewis, Gundogan, Bernardo, Savinho, Foden, Haaland

Subs: Ortega, Ake, Grealish, De Bruyne, Nunes, Wright, Simpson-Pusey, O’Reilly, McAtee

TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR

Formation & possible tactics

Who gets the midfield anchor role this afternoon will be interesting.

Ilkay Gundogan looks favourite, but Rico Lewis and Bernardo are other options Pep might consider.

The four defenders in front of Ederson should be Kyle Walker and Josko Gvardiol as full-backs with Stones and Akanji in the centre.

A midfield trio of Lewis, Gundogan and Bernardo looks likely, with Savinho and Phil Foden supporting Erling Haaland up front.

Stopping Tottenham’s rapid and regular counter-attacks won’t be easy, and with some key Spurs defenders missing, it’s likely their best option will be to attack.

You’d imagine there will be goals in this game...

BLUES LOOK FOR ‘MANAGER BOUNCE’?

In football, often when a new manager comes in, the team in question hit some kind of form.

Players eager to impress lift their levels, results improve and in many cases, a feelgood factor kicks in.

Pep Guardiola has faced questions from the media all season regarding his future and whether he would look to extend his current deal.

Thankfully, the boss has penned a two-year extension during the week and. with any uncertainty removed, could City benefit from this fantastic news?

With four losses in succession going into this evening’s game, the feelgood factor around the Club is likely to give our players an additional fillip against Spurs. - one that could be crucial in such a vital game - and with Rodri celebrating his Ballon d’Or success (albeit in the Manchester rain) on the pitch ahead of kick-off, the atmosphere should be electric.

Injuries clearing up?

Though Mateo Kovacic has been ruled out for up to a month, several of our injured stars have been passed for for today’s game.

It’s been many years since the Blues had a list of missing players as long as we had before the international break, so to see several key stars back is a huge boost in itself.

Grealish, Ake, Akanji and Stones are all back today, with others closing in on potential returns.

With so many big games coming up - not least Liverpool next weekend - it’s crucial City get back to winning ways as quickly as possible and to do that, the strongest team available is a must, as well as the option to rest and rotate certain players as and when needed.

Stats & MilestoneS

City have won just three of their last 10 Premier League games against Tottenham (D2 L5) and are looking to win consecutive meetings with them for the first time since April 2019.

Tottenham have scored at least twice in each of their last three Premier League away games against City, winning 3-2 in 2021-22, losing 4-2 in 2022-23 and drawing 3-3 last season.

No team has ever scored multiple goals in four consecutive Premier League visits to the Citizens.

City have lost each of their last four matches in all competitions. It’s Pep Guardiola’s longest losing run in his entire managerial career, while the Blues last lost more consecutively between March and April 2006 under Stuart Pearce (6 – the fifth game of which was against Tottenham).

Though they’re the only team to have scored in every Premier League game so far this season, City have lost their last two (1-2 vs Bournemouth and Brighton). They last lost three in a row in the competition in February/March 2016, a run which included a home defeat to Tottenham.

Tottenham have won just two of their last 11 Premier League away games (D2 L7), winning just once in five on the road this term. Since the start of this spell in March, no side have lost more Premier League away games than Spurs (7).

As a team, Tottenham have made more off the ball runs into the box than any other side in the Premier League this season (612), with Dominic Solanke having the most among players (138).

Spurs have also had the most shots inside the box of any Premier League side this term (134).

Tottenham have played more passes/crosses into the opposition box than any other side in the Premier League this season (429). There are 10 players in the division to have made 70+, with Spurs having three of those (Pedro Porro 96, James Maddison 77, Dejan Kulusevski 72).

Under Pep Guardiola (since 2016-17), City have lost more Premier League games (6) and conceded more Premier League goals (22) against Tottenham Hotspur than they have vs any other opponent.

No player has had more shots without scoring in the Premier League this season than Man

City’s Bernardo Silva (17), while teammate Savinho has accumulated the highest xG of any player without a goal so far (1.7).

No player has created more chances either overall (30) or from open play (25) in the Premier League this season than Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski