Aiming to end their 16-year trophy drought, Tottenham Hotspur will welcome English champions Manchester City to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for an EFL Cup fourth-round clash. The Lilywhites will be looking to bounce back following a loss at Crystal Palace on Sunday, whilst the Citizens are striving to build on a narrow win over struggling Southampton a day earlier.
Following back-to-back wins in North London over West Ham United and AZ Alkmaar since the return of club football after the international break, Tottenham Hotspur early-season inconsistency reared its ugly head once again, when the Lilywhites handed Crystal Palace their maiden win of the campaign.
Despite facing English and European powerhouses Manchester City in a last-16 tie, this competition arguably represents the best chance for Tottenham Hotspur to lift their first piece of major silverware since the EFL Cup final triumph of 2008, when goals from Dimitar Berbatov and Jonathan Woodgate sealed a 2-1 success over Chelsea at the Wembley final.
Manchester City have enjoyed a flawless October schedule, winning five straight contests across the Premier League and Champions League, including a one-goal success over relegation-threatened Southampton at the Etihad on the weekend.
Wednesday’s visitors to North London have loosened their chokehold on this competition in recent times following a period of domination during the late 2010s and early 2020s, with Manchester City exiting the EFL Cup at the quarter-final stage or earlier in two of the last three seasons.
Manchester City have already bettered their third-round exit of the 2023-24 campaign at the hands of Newcastle by squeezing past second-tier side Watford at the Etihad last month, with first-half goals from Jeremy Doku and Matheus Nunes rendering Tom Ince’s late strike a mere consolation for Tom Cleverley’s Hornets.
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