Man City vs Tottenham - Premier League: Live score, team news and updates Pep Guardiola's side look to end their run of two games without a win in the league

Yves Bissouma is back with Spurs after serving his suspension and it's fair to say Ange Postecoglou is pleased to have the Mali international back at his disposal.

City are unbeaten in their last 42 competitive fixtures in which Rordi has featured. Incidentally, their last defeat with the Spaniard on the pitch came against Spurs in February.

The last Tottenham manager to lose four Premier League games in a row was David Pleat back in April 2004.

Few would have expected Ange Postecoglou to find himself on the precipice of equalling the unwanted record after Spurs flew out of the blocks this season.

But an injury crisis that seemly grows by the week has checked their momentum and left Postecoglou without 10 senior players for this fixture.

Rodrigo Bentancur joined James Maddison, Micky van de Ven, Ivan Perisic and Manor Solomon on the sidelines.

Cristian Romero is serving the last game of his three-game ban, while Yves Bissouma is available following his suspension.

Pep Guardiola has insisted he will keep speaking his mind in order to try and keep Manchester City top of the tree.

Guardiola faces Spurs at The Etihad today for the first time since he described his players as a 'happy flowers team' after a sloppy 4-2 victory against the same opponents in January.

On that occasion, Guardiola lambasted his stars for being too comfortable and not playing from the stomach, and it worked with City responding. Now the Catalan says he'll continue to be honest even if it causes offence.

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And here's the XI picked by Ange Postecoglou

Here's how City line up this afternoon. Jeremy Doku retains his place over Jack Grealish, while John Stones is back on the bench for the first time since last month.

The Premier League champions have been unusually fallible this season and are winless in four of their last seven Premier League games, having only failed to win four of the previous 26 matches.

Draws with Chelsea and Liverpool in the last two fixtures mean City could go winless in three Premier League games for the first time since they failed to win four in a row between March and April 2017.

Worryingly for them, they relinquished a lead in both games, with Chelsea salvaging a point courtesy of a late Cole Palmer penalty and Liverpool earning a draw thanks to Trent Alexander-Arnold's goal late on last week.

The good news for Pep Guardiola is that his team are unbeaten in the last 48 games at the Etihad and kept the run going on Tuesday, coming back from 2-0 down to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 in the Champions League.

Pep Guardiola has dominated English football since first arriving on these shores seven years ago, but Tottenham are a challenge he's yet to completely master.

Spurs have beaten Guardiola on six occasions since 2016, the most of any team in the Premier League and have won five of their last seven Premier League games against City.

And how would Ange Postecoglou love to extend that record on Sunday afternoon.

After a flying start to the season, the Australian finds himself under pressure for the first time since taking charge in the summer.

Three consecutive defeats have seen Spurs drop to sixth on the table, while a growing injury crisis has deprived them of a host of key players including James Maddison and Micky van de Wen.

Arsenal's 2-1 win over Wolves on Saturday, meanwhile, means City kick off this evening in third place, four adrift of the league leaders.

Good afternoon and welcome to Mail Sport's coverage of Manchester City vs Tottenham.

Pep Guardiola's men look to close the gap to Arsenal at the top of the table to one point, while Ange Postecoglou is hoping his injury-ravaged side can halt a three-game losing streak.

Coming up we'll have all the latest updates from the Etihad and team news in the lead-up to the 4:30pm kick-off.