City’s toughest test yet

Manchester City face their toughest test of the season so far at Tottenham and must win the midfield battle to come out on top, says Jamie Redknapp…

Manchester City won their first 10 games of the season but that 100 per cent record went on Wednesday night with the 3-3 draw at Celtic and now they face their toughest test of the campaign so far at Tottenham.

Mauricio Pochettino’s side are improving game by game and – even without Harry Kane – will present Pep Guardiola with problems to solve.

Make no mistake, City will have to work harder and play even better than they did in the Manchester derby to beat Spurs this weekend.

This Tottenham team have made a good start to the season, sitting second on 14 points from six games. However, they certainly haven’t hit the form of last year yet and still have a lot of headroom to improve. That must be so encouraging for Spurs fans. 

Missing Moussa Dembele for the first few games clearly affected their play and Kane’s injury is a blow, too – but they’ve been fortunate to see Heung-Min Son step up and he has really delivered for the team.

At one stage this summer it looked like Son could be on his way to Wolfsburg but …

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