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As for City, I’m sure they’ll target Gray, a midfielder who can play right-back, and Van de Ven, a centre-abck who can play left-back. Otherwise, they’ll look for Foden’s elusiveness, speed and power-shooting to discomfit Dragusin and Romero, and of course they’ll look to limit Spurs’ ability to attack by monopolising the ball – the classic Guardiola strategy.
Where is the game? Spurs, I’m certain, will be looking to run over City in midfield. Silky Ilkay is a beautiful footballer but physical he is not, and with similarly attack-minded partners alongside him, there’ll probably be space to exploit behind them. Otherwise, I expect their wingers to play off Solanke and attack the box, given neither Ake nor Lewis are exactly natural full-backs.
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