Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur: Teams announced as Walker & Gundogan return

Kyle Walker and Ilkay Gundogan start for Manchester City in their Premier League game against Tottenham Hotspur on Saturday.

The pair come in to replace John Stones and Riyad Mahrez from the midweek win over Sporting Lisbon, and are the only alterations from the team that started in Portugal.

However, injury doubts Jack Grealish, Cole Palmer and Gabriel Jesus are not involved at all for the champions.

City start with Ederson between the sticks, while it’s a back four of Walker, Ruben Dias, Aymeric Laporte and Joao Cancelo.

In midfield, Rodri and Ilkay Gundogan will anchor centre, with Kevin De Bruyne and Bernardo Silva playing further forward.

In the wide areas, Raheem Sterling and Phil Foden start, although Silva could also operate as part of the front three.

As for Tottenham, it’s four changes, with Eric Dier, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Emerson Royal and Dejan Kulusevski starting.

Spurs head into the game on the back of three straight league losses and are eighth in the table.

Meanwhile, City are in first place and are unbeaten in 15 Premier League matches stretching back to October.

Of course, it was Tottenham who won this fixture on the opening weekend of the campaign when Heung-min Son’s late strike proved to be the only goal of the game.

Teams in full

Manchester City: Ederson, Walker, Laporte, Dias, Cancelo, Rodri, Gundogan, De Bruyne Sterling, Bernardo Silva, Foden.

Substitutes: Carson, Stones, Aké, Zinchenko, Fernandinho, Mahrez, Delap, McAtee, Lavia.

Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Royal, Hojberg, Bentancur, Sessegnon; Kulusevski, Kane, Son.

Substitutes: Gollini, Rodon, Sanchez, Doherty, Winks, Moura, Bergwijn, White, Scarlett.