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Tottenham are waiting on late fitness tests to prove the fitness of Hugo Lloris , Erik Lamela and Harry Winks ahead of what promises to be an intense clash with struggling Brighton and Hove Albion .
The Seagulls are fighting for their life at the bottom of the Premier League after an impressive first half of the season melted away into a deeply alarming spring collapse.
Albion are just three points clear of the drop zone and need anything they can get against Champions League-chasing Spurs.
Tottenham can't afford to let up, though, not even with a Champions League semi-final against Ajax on the horizon.
They will check on the fitness of Spurs captain Lloris after he missed Saturday's defeat at Manchester City with a slight muscle problem.
Player ratings: Manchester City vs TottenhamShow all 22 1 /22Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Ederson – 8 Made three great saves to deny Son and Eriksen when they got in behind on the counter.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Kyle Walker – 7 out of 10
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham John Stones – 5 out of 10 Looked ropey early after not playing for a while but worked hard against Son and Moura.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Aymeric Laporte – 6 out of 10 A similar situation to Stones. Son and Moura had the better of him in the opening stages, but he managed to learn from that and make some crucial tackles to deny Son when he tried to attack on the counter.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Oleksandr Zinchenko – 6 out of 10 Did a decent job in a troublesome position for City. He was asked to go forward but he did so with limited success.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Kevin De Bruyne – 6 Started the game well, created some chances but had a few poor crosses. Got injured towards the end of the first half so didn’t have a lasting impact.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Ilkay Gundogan – 6 out of 10 Fluid, sharp and in control when Man City moved forward. He did his job to set up the wide men to put the balls into the box.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Phil Foden – 7 out of 10 Got himself into a lot of key positions and was rewarded with his first goal in the Premier League. He made a few errors, but you can put that down to his age.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Bernardo Silva – 9 out of 10 Man City’s key man today. He didn’t stop running all game and caused a ton of problems down the right wing. His ball into Aguero for the goal was sublime.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Sergio Aguero – 7 out of 10 Had the awareness to find Foden on the far post to finish off a well worked goal for Man City and make Vertonghen and Alderweireld work hard at the back.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Raheem Sterling – 7 out of 10 Had the wool on Foyth, he was just too quick for the young Tottenham man but missed a great chance to score a second for City in the second half.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Paulo Gazzaniga – 7 out of 10 Found his feet as the game went on and made a good reactionary save to deny Sterling in the second half.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Juan Foyth – 6 out of 10 Struggled against the pace of Sterling but put in one or two good tackles to stop Sterling cutting back inside.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Davinson Sanchez – 6 out of 10 Threw himself into every tackle and every challenge making it hard for Aguero to find a way through.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Toby Alderweireld – 5 out of 10 Had to work hard in the closing stages of the first half to hold out against a Man City onslaught but was at fault to allow Foden in on goal.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Jan Vertonghen – 6 out of 10 Had a scrappy game but a decent one. He wasn’t exceptional but did okay.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Ben Davies – 6 out of 10 Was given a tough ask to play as a wingback and defend against Bernardo Silva and he definitely came off worse in this contest.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Christian Eriksen – 7 out of 10 Played some beautiful balls into Son and Moura to split the defence. All that was missing was a finish.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Eric Dier – 5 out of 10 Had a very quiet return on his first game back from injury. Pretty forgettable.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Dele Alli – 6 out of 10 Showboated quite a bit but offered very little in terms of creating chances for Tottenham.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Heung-Min So – 7 out of 10 Had the best chances of the match for Spurs but wasn’t as clinical as he could’ve been.
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Player ratings: Manchester City vs Tottenham Lucas Moura – 7 out of 10 Spurs set up for him and Son to target the counter attack. He had a couple of great chances but couldn’t beat Ederson.
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Lamela (hamstring) and Winks (groin) will also be assessed ahead of kick-off, with Lloris currently considered the most likely to return to the starting XI.
Moussa Sissoko (groin) is out for two weeks and joins Harry Kane (ankle) in the treatment room.
Brighton need points to hold off Cardiff's resurgence in the relegation battle, with former Spurs assistant Chris Hughton facing an uncertain future after four consecutive defeats.
Provisional squad : Lloris, Gazzaniga, Vorm, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Sanchez, Rose, Walker-Peters, Foyth, Moura, Wanyama, Skipp, Eriksen, Alli, Son, Llorente, Janssen.
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