Ange Postecoglou has found his options severely limited in certain areas as he takes his Tottenham side to face the current Premier League champions Manchester City on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola has a number of his key players back fit and ready to face Spurs, but Postecoglou has lost yet another one of his big names with vice-captain Cristian Romero unavailable with a persistent toe injury. The Argentine has also become a father for the second time this week, with the arrival of his daughter Lucy, and his head coach told him to take some time off to tend to his new-born child and deal with a couple of injuries that have dogged him for the past three weeks.
Romero joins a Tottenham absence list that includes the banned Rodrigo Bentancur, the hamstrung Micky van de Ven, Richarlison and Wilson Odobert and the virus-hit Mikey Moore.
City do have some problems in central midfield with Mateo Kovacic ruled out for a month, adding to a lack of options in the defensive midfield role with Rodri out for the season.
The two sides met last month in the Carabao Cup with much-changed sides with Tottenham coming out on top on that occasion.
Here's the team that we reckon Postecoglou could select to face Guardiola's men this time at the Etihad Stadium.