Manchester City are back in action on the road again with a Carabao Cup clash against Tottenham Hotspur.
After beating Watford 2-1 at the Etihad Stadium in the previous round, City will be taking on Ange Postecoglou’s side at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Wednesday night to try and secure a place in the quarter-finals of the competition.
Since that victory, the Blues have managed to remain unbeaten in all competitions, picking up big wins in the Premier League and the Champions League.
Spurs head into this match having lost 1-0 to Crystal Palace in the Premier League at Selhurst Park. This would make it likely that the players and coaching staff would want to put that right for their supporters by beating City.
While Pep Guardiola is dealing with several injury issues at City, the Spurs boss has suggested that the North London side could be without one of their key players for Wednesday’s Cup clash.
When asked in his recent press conference if Son Heung-min could make his return from injury against City, Postecoglou gave this response.
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He said: “Son’s almost fit but probably from our perspective we’ll aim for the weekend.”
Guardiola said City have a ‘few’ players out
The South Korean missed Tottenham’s previous Premier League and Europa League matches with a thigh injury.
Having faced off against City on 19 occasions during his time at the North London club, Son has scored eight goals and delivered four assists.
With that in mind, it would certainly be a miss for Spurs to not have him fit enough to feature against the Blues.
However, with the Manchester club having their own fitness issues, Guardiola shared this on City’s current injury situation and what he’s hoping to see from his side against Spurs.
He said: “Few players [out], but we’re going to try and do a good game, try and go through. Last season we were out against Newcastle, played really well.
“So perform well, this is what I want, no injuries please, and go to the last week before the international break.”
Given the injury issues involving both sides, both sets of supporters will undoubtedly be interested to see the starting XI’s on the night.