Preview of Tottenham vs Manchester City

Tottenham's first quarter-final since 2011 will make for a historic occasion at the club's new home. The hosts' blueprint should be Liverpool's first-leg showing against Manchester City at this stage last season, and if any Premier League side can emulate that high-pressing effort then it is surely Mauricio Pochettino's Spurs, who inflicted Josep Guardiola's first defeat in English football back in October 2016. If they are brave enough to play on the front foot again, expect a slender home win.

Mauricio Pochettino, Tottenham coach

We [Pochettino and Guardiola] met in Spain and played a lot of games against each other and it was always tough to play against Barcelona. We are going to be aggressive and try to play and beat them. We are going to play a quarter-final, not a friendly. The big teams and players love to play these games. We need to match every situation with City. It will be 11 players against 11 players and hopefully we can win.

Pep Guardiola, Man. City coach

We know what we are going to face and it's in our heads how we handle it. If we want to progress as a team we have to handle it. Always when we play against them, they play in that way [aggressively]. If they do it, we have to try to do it more. Kyle Walker feels better and Ben Mendy recovered well. I think they are contenders [to play].

source:UEFA