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Sports News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019

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LIVE UPDATES: Man City vs Tottenham (Champions League)

The first leg ended 1-0 in favour of Tottenham The first leg ended 1-0 in favour of Tottenham

Hello and good evening once again. After yesterday’s upset in Turin and Barcelona’s walk in the park victory over Manchester United, we bring you the last set of quarter final matches in the UEFA Champions League.

Heung-Min Son’s late goal at the new White Hart Lane has given Tottenham a slim advantage over Manchester City who have their own audacious dream of winning a quadruple this season.

The two teams will clash again in an early kick- off on Saturday but before the EPL encounter is a battle for to semi-final ticket in the UCL.

Overturning a one-goal deficit is not an impossible task for Pep Guaridola’s Manchester City but against a Tottenham side that has set out to make history in the competition, they will have to dig very deep to achieve it.

Harry Kane is definitely out and that will be a huge blow to Tottenham but Dele Alli is in line to start tonight.

History does not favour Tottenham with only one win in eight visit to the Etihad which came in 2016.

Benjamin Mendy made his first EPL start of the season on Saturday and could be in the line-up for today’s game.

Sergio Aguero, Sterling and Fernandinho are all fit for action this evening.

Mauricio Pochettino is aware of the challenge ahead and he’s prepared for it.

"We know that they're so strong and have a very high tempo from the beginning, but that is our challenge - to try to stop them, to be offensive and attack. We need to believe that we can stop them and show our quality.

"For us to beat them in the first leg was an amazing result, but we know very well that the tie is still open. What we have is the belief and the faith that we can be strong. We are going to fight."

Elsewhere FC Porto host Liverpool with the English giants having a 2-goal advantage from the first leg.

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