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In what will be out first of three outings at the arena this term, Gareth Taylor’s side lock horns with the north Londoners on Friday 8 November at 19:30 (UK) – and tickets are available to purchase here.

The Blues are currently enjoying a 10-match streak without loss in all competitions which sees us at the Barclays Women’s Super League summit having played a game more than second-place Chelsea.

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But our task against Robert Vilahamn’s side won’t be easy after they beat West Ham 2-1 in the last outing.

It all points towards a thrilling night under the Etihad lights and to gear up for the occasion, watch a swathe of highlights from our past encounters with Spurs in the video player above!

Tickets for our latest showdown with Spurs at the Etihad Stadium are available from just £15. For more information on how to purchase, click here.

Additionally, supporters can secure their seats for the trio of WSL fixtures to be played at the Etihad through the Hat-Trick Pack at a price of £40 for adults and £12 for U16s.

Gareth Taylor‘s side welcome Tottenham Hotspur to the Etihad Stadium on Friday 8 November, with kick-off set for 19:30 (UK).

Bardsley and Harding made a combined 126 appearances for City and were team-mates at the Joie Stadium during the 2015 WSL campaign.

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The Blues are aiming to extend our unbeaten streak in all competitions so far this season and currently sit top of the WSL table after Sunday’s 3-0 win over Crystal Palace.

Standing in our way are a Spurs side who got back to winning ways at the weekend against West Ham United.

The two sides locked horns four times last season, with the Blues coming out in three of those encounters.

It promises to be another thrilling matchup, with Matchday Live providing a City-centric flavour to your experience on our digital platforms.

Bardsley and Harding will preview the game during our extended pre-match show, getting under way roughly one hour prior to kick-off.

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They’ll then reconvene for a half-time debrief before more in-depth post-match analysis, including interviews with Gareth Taylor and a player.

It promises to be an action-packed show, full of expert analysis and laughs along the way, as is tradition on Matchday Live!

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Tickets are still available to purchase for our Etihad clash against Spurs from just £15.

Kick-off is set for 19:30 (UK) on Friday 8 November as City look to extend our unbeaten start to the season to 11 matches.

For more information on how to purchase, click here.

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Additionally, supporters can secure their seats for the trio of WSL fixtures to be played at the Etihad through the Hat-Trick Pack at a price of £40 for adults and £12 for U16s.

Gareth Taylor’s side hosts the Londoners on Friday 8 November at 19:30 (UK) aiming to extend our unbeaten run to 11 straight matches in all competitions.

We enter the clash buoyed by our 3-0 win over Crystal Palace last time out where goals from Jess Park, Jill Roord and Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw helped us to three points.

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Meanwhile, Robert Vilahamn’s team also won last time out – beating West Ham 2-1.

It all points towards an enthralling night under the Etihad lights and the encounter will be broadcast live on Sky Sports Premier League in the United Kingdom, but those outside Great Britain can find out how to tune in below, courtesy of livesoccertv.com.

As ever, the Official Man City App will provide dedicated coverage across the evening.

Our Matchday Centre begins at 18:00 (UK) which provides detailed text updates, stats and analysis carrying on throughout the game and after the final whistle.

There will also be a special Matchday Live broadcast with Tash Harding and Karen Bardsley joining Chris Latchem in the studio to offer their expert insight across the encounter.

Those with push notifications turned on will be alerted to all the key moments, with Alistair Mann and Bardsley also guiding you through the action from the press box with live audio commentary.

A detailed match report plus reaction from Gareth Taylor and a player will be made available soon after the full-time whistle.

Highlights from the game and a CITY+ full-match replay can then be accessed from 12:00 on Saturday 9 November.

Tickets for our latest showdown with Spurs at the Etihad Stadium are available from just £15. For more information on how to purchase, click here.

Additionally, supporters can secure their seats for the trio of WSL fixtures to be played at the Etihad through the Hat-Trick Pack at a price of £40 for adults and £12 for U16s.

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View the global TV listings below, courtesy of livesoccertv.com (correct as of 04/11/2024)

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In what is the first of three outings at the arena this term, Gareth Taylor’s side host Spurs in the Barclays Women’s Super League on 8 November - with kick-off scheduled for 19:30 (UK).

Having scored seven goals in all competitions already this term, the Jamaican will be buoyed entering the fixture with one her favoured opponents.

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View the clinical striker’s stats against Tottenham below, ahead of the clash...

GOALS GALORE

Goals have been the theme of Bunny Shaw’s time at the Club so far – leading our all-time scorers chart with 79 at present after 93 outings.

Across her five league appearances against Spurs, she has scored a staggering nine goals which is an average of 1.8 per game against them in the WSL.

What’s more, only one against the Londoners in the league has been from the penalty spot.

HAT-TRICK HERO

Among those nine goals against Spurs, six have come via two respective hat-tricks at the Joie Stadium.

The first was in March 2023 when she headed home in the first half before completing her treble after the interval with an expertly dispatched penalty and sublime volley from close range.

That helped us to a 3-1 success during 2022/23 and she repeated the trick only eight months later in November 2023 and early into the following campaign.

In an eventual 7-0 home triumph, Bunny scored three before half-time with two fantastic headers before she drilled home from just inside the box on the cusp of the break.

BUNNY HOP

Perhaps one of Bunny’s greatest strengths is her ability in the air – and this is reflected by her netting four goals from headers across her WSL outings against Spurs.

In total, four of her nine have been scored from headers, but there have also been variations in the way they’ve been netted.

Her first in a 3-0 win in the capital in 2022/23 saw Shaw dart to the near post at a corner and glance home before showing her poacher’s instinct in the reverse fixture by ghosting into the box and nodding into the net.

Then in the emphatic 7-0 win she powered home following a pinpoint cross from the left ahead of producing a jaw-dropping diving header to double her tally in the eventual hat-trick.

FOX IN THE BOX

Remarkably all of Bunny’s WSL strikes against Spurs, apart from one, have come from inside the box.

Her only strike from outside the area came in a 3-0 success in London in 2022/23 when she collected the ball, drove towards the box and drilled home – helping us to three points.

RECORD

When Bunny has been involved, Manchester City have won four out five WSL matches against Spurs since her arrival at the Club in 2021.

That means we possess an 80% success rate over Robert Vilahamn’s side when the Jamaican has featured in the league against them.

Our only defeat came in September 2021 when the north Londoners cancelled out Lauren Hemp’s opener to record a 2-1 win at the Joie Stadium.

INFLUENCE

Shaw’s goalscoring exploits will understandably grab the headlines, but her influence and ability across other on-field aspects make her a crucial cog in City’s machine.

In her five WSL matches against Spurs she has completed seven dribbles, recovered the ball 10 times and produced a passing accuracy of just shy of 70%.

What’s more, she has won an total of 22 duels, meaning she’s played integral roles in our past fixtures with Tottenham alongside her remarkable goal tally.

Tickets for our latest showdown with Spurs at the Etihad Stadium are available from just £15. For more information on how to purchase, click here.

Additionally, supporters can secure their seats for the trio of WSL fixtures to be played at the Etihad through the Hat-Trick Pack at a price of £40 for adults and £12 for U16s.

Pep Guardiola picked a blend of experience and youth with a handful of changes to the starting line-up which included James McAtee and Nico O’Reilly ready to help fight for a place in the competition’s quarter-finals.

The hosts took the lead in the fifth minute through Timo Werner as the German met Dejan Kulusevski’s cross to the back post.

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And City were then left with a lot of work to do after Pape Matar Sarr’s doubled Spurs’ lead, the midfielder placing his first-time finish into the bottom corner, just out of reach for Stefan Ortega Moreno.

City showed resolve and were rewarded with a late first-half goal through Matheus Nunes that meant it was all to play for after the break.

The second half saw several chances for the Blues but frustratingly we couldn’t find the necessary leveller meaning we were knocked out of the Carabao Cup with our attention now turning back to the Premier League.

Pep Guardiola’s men headed to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for this Round Four encounter with Ange Postecoglou’s Spurs.

It’s been an incredibly strong start to the 2024/25 campaign for the Blues as we sit on the summit of the Premier League table, a point ahead of Liverpool.

But this was a switch in schedule as we aimed for progress through to the quarter-finals of a competition we have won eight times in our history.

We went into this one with several injuries including Kevin De Bruyne, Kyle Walker, Jeremy Doku and Jack Grealish as well as long-term absentees Oscar Bobb and Ballon d’Or winner Rodri.

But that offered an opportunity for others including youthful midfielder Nico O’Reilly who came into the starting XI for this clash with Farid Alfa-Ruprecht, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey and Jacob Wright on the bench.

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The Blues are struggling with injuries at present with a host of players on the treatment table at the CFA.

So the boss had to shuffle his pack for the Round Four clash with Nico O’Reilly starting in the capital and Youth Cup-winning captain Jahmai Simpson-Pusey coming on for his senior debut, joining O’Reilly and fellow graduates James McAtee, Rico Lewis and Jacob Wright on the pitch in the second half.

The manager hailed his young Blues for their performance in the capital.

“The Nico we saw tonight was the Nico we met last season – what a game he played.

“This competition is very good to give players this chance. Jahmai was exceptional at centre-half in the minutes he played.

“James McAtee – what a game he had – and Nico and Jacob played really well.

“I’m really pleased with what I’ve seen – really pleased. 90 minutes, so composed against a team that is so, so dangerous.”

In terms of injuries, the manager is playing a waiting game with Manuel Akanji and Savinho.

Akanji was unable to start the game, despite being named in the first XI while the Brazilian was stretchered off in the second half.

Of his other absentees, Guardiola said he didn’t expect to see Kyle Walker, Kevin De Bruyne or Jack Grealish before the next international break.

“We’ll see tomorrow,” he said of his latest injury issues.

“We are in real difficulty because the guys who finish had some problems but we will see how they recover.

“I think when we are in trouble, because in nine years I never had this situation with many injuries for many reasons, in this situation, the players step forward more than ever in all they try to do.

“We have a short time for recovery this week. We have 13 outfield players.”

“He had a knock in the 18-yard box but we will see tomorrow what happened,” he added on Savinho.

“We have to see if it was just a knock or something else. It was on the bone, so hopefully nothing dangerous, but we will have to see tomorrow.

“Our captain is injured. I don’t think he or Kevin will be back until after the international break. Jack Grealish as well.

“It’s tough. Akanji felt something in the muscular part of his body - he wanted to take a risk, but we said no, no risk.

“Ruben is struggling sometimes as well. It’s been getting more difficult game by game – maybe we will be all back together at some point.

“The guys who are here are fighting to be with us, 24 hours a day. I won’t forget this.”

With a last-minute change to the starting line-up after Manuel Akanji picked up a knock in the warm-up and Savinho substituted through injury during the match, City still managed to hold our own against Premier League rivals Spurs.

And we found ourselves unfortunate not to find the end product enough as we went out at the Round Four stage.

With a busy period of fixtures also on Guardiola‘s mind, the boss had to utilise his bench and Academy players throughout the 90 minutes.

This included Nico O’Reilly, Jacob Wright and Jahmai Simpson-Pusey - the latter making his senior debut at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

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And despite picking up our first defeat of the 2024/25 season, the boss was still incredibly impressed and proud of the way his team carried themselves.

“It was a good game,” began Guardiola.

“It was really tough in the transitions, but we played really, really good. But their first action, they scored.

“In general we played really good and I’m so proud. I really like the way we play.

“I don’t like to lose but I like to see the way we played with courage and the way we behave - I like it.”

The hosts took an early lead through Timo Werner who buried Dejan Kulusevski’s through ball from close range on five minutes.

Spurs doubled their lead part way through the first half despite City’s best efforts to get a foothold in the clash.

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Pape Matar Sarr’s ranged effort squeezed into the bottom right corner on 25 minutes as the Senegalese midfielder met a Kulusevski cutback.

City halved the deficit on the brink of half-time, Matheus Nunes‘s first-time finish at the back post a gentle reminder of the threat City posed.

And despite enjoying more chances in the second half, Pep Guardiola‘s side couldn’t produce the key final pass to find a second goal and as a result our Carabao Cup journey came to an end.

The young midfielder played the full 90 minutes and was one of six Academy graduates to give a good account of themselves in a tight defeat in north London.

Spurs got out of the blocks quickly, scoring through Timo Werner and Pape Matar Sarr in the first 25 minutes before Matheus Nunes pulled one back on the stroke of half-time.

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City dominated the ball for the second period against a more experienced Spurs team and could have levelled the scores on several occasions, with O’Reilly himself seeing a shot blocked on the line.

“It’s never nice losing,” he said.

“I thought we played well and for the majority of the game we were the better team in my opinion for the majority of the game.

“We were getting chance after chance and couldn’t take it but that’s for us to go back to the training pitch and next time hopefully it’ll go in.

“It was a good block so fair play to him and then I had a header at the end but I mistimed my jump.”

The 19-year-old, who has now played four times for Guardiola’s team, was keen to congratulate his team-mate Jahmai Simpson-Pusey on his senior debut.

Simpson-Pusey was a second half substitute and looked extremely comfortable slotting into the defence.

“He’s such a composed player on the ball and a solid defender. I’m really happy for him as well because he’s one of my close friends,” said O’Reilly.