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Tottenham v Newcastle United: Livescores, Lineups, Livestream

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WEMBLEY, England — Starting lineups and team news for today’s English Premier League game between Tottenham and Newcastle United at Wembley Stadium.

Live streaming coverage of this game is on NBCSports.com, while NBCSN will provide the live television broadcast. Streaming will also be on fuboTV and Sling TV.

There are two changes to the Tottenham team today from the side that beat Watford in midweek.

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Despite scoring in his last two, including the winner last time out, striker Fernando Llorente drops to the bench to start this game.

In comes Lucas Moura who will play in the attack.

The other change sees Serge Aurier replaced by Kieran Trippier in the backline.

There are no adjustments, meanwhile for Newcastle United as manager Rafa Benitez opted to stick with the same XI that surprisingly beat Manchester City in midweek.

This means ew signing Antonio Barreca has to wait to make his debut as he’s on been named on the bench.

Meanwhile, record signing Miguel Almirón will not feature in today’s game as he didn’t get his work permit in time to be registered for this clash.

English Premier League Scores And Fixtures: March 3

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LONDON — English Premier League scores, results and fixtures on Saturday, March 3, as the race for Top 4 places and the battle for survival continue to be the main focus.

With Manchester City look well set to run away with the league title this year, the race for places in the Champions League next term takes center stage.

Liverpool moved into second place with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United with Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane scoring on the other side of 45 minutes to seal the victory at Anfield.

Tottenham also registered a 2-0 victory over Huddersfield Town, which continues to slide in the wrong direction of the table.

A brace from Son Heung-Min guided Spurs to all three points and strengthened their quest to finish in the Top 4 this season.

Meanwhile, Ki Sung-Yueng, Mike van der Hoorn, Andy King and a Jordan Ayew penalty helped Swansea City moved out of the bottom three with a 4-1 victory over West Ham United at Liberty Stadium.

The three points see the Swans jumping all the way to 13th place, but are far away from being safe.

In other English Premier League scores on Saturday, Watford nipped West Bromwich Albion 1-0 on a Troy Deeney goal in the 77th minute, Burnley edged Everton 2-1, while Leicester City grabbed a late point against Bournemouth after Riyad Mahrez scored in the 90th minute for the Foxes.

Southampton and Stoke City ended 0-0.

The English Premier League continues on Sunday with two more games, including the battle between leaders Manchester City and defending champion Chelsea at Etihad Stadium.

Manchester United will travel to Crystal Palace on Monday.

English Premier League Scores

Burnley (0) 2 Everton (1) 1
Leicester City (0) 1 AFC Bournemouth (1) 1
Southampton (0) 0 Stoke City (0) 0
Swansea City (2) 4 West Ham United (0) 1
Tottenham Hotspur (1) 2 Huddersfield Town (0) 0
Watford (0) 1 West Bromwich Albion (0) 0
Liverpool (1) 2 Newcastle United (0) 0

Sunday, March 4 fixtures (EST)

Brighton & Hove Albion v Arsenal (8:30 am)
Manchester City v Chelsea (11:00 am)

Monday, March 5 fixtures (EST)

Crystal Palace v Manchester United (3:00 pm)

Tottenham v Arsenal Lineups, Live Stream And Commentary

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LONDON — Starting lineups for today’s (10) English Premier League London derby clash between Tottenham and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium.

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has made two changes to the Gunners side that hammered Everton 5-1 in the last outing.

Midfielders Jack Wilshere and Mohamed Elneny come into the side and they start in place of Alex Iwobi and last week’s hat-trick hero Aaron Ramsey.

Winger Iwobi is available from the bench, but Wenger has confirmed that Ramsey has picked up a “minor groin problem in training” and will not feature today.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Petr Cech has overcome his pre-match fitness concerns to start between the sticks.

Nacho Monreal, who came off in that Everton victory due to illness, starts today, while striker Danny Welbeck (hip) is on the bench.

In Tottenham team news, boss Mauricio Pochettino has decided to go unchanged from the team that secured a late point at Liverpool the last time out, following a 2-2 draw in that encounter.

January signing Lucas Moura has apparently met the fitness criteria, following his Deadline Day move from PSG, and takes a place on the bench.

He is well set to make his debut against the Gunners.

Elsewhere, defender Toby Alderweireld has not been risked after sustaining a slight injury in the midweek FA Cup win over Newport.

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS

Arsenal Starting XI: Cech, Bellerin, Mustafi, Koscielny, Monreal, Elneny, Xhaka, Wilshere, Ozil, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang. Subs: Ospina, Chambers, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Iwobi, Welbeck, Lacazette.

TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS

Tottenham Starting XI: Lloris, Trippier, Sanchez, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Son, Eriksen, Alli, Kane. Subs: Vorm, Aurier, Rose, Wanyama, Sissoko, Lamela, Moura.

Tottenham v Arsenal Team News, Game Time, Stream: Feb. 10

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LONDON — The following are the squads for Saturday’s high-profile English Premier League clash between Tottenham and Arsenal at Wembley Stadium.

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Tottenham are sitting fifth in the English Premier League standings, but can move up to fourth place in the table with a win before Chelsea kick-off.

Arsenal are sitting sixth and will stay in that position even with a win, as Spurs are four points ahead of the Gunners.

As far as team news, Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino isn’t reporting any injuries ahead of the match, while January signing Lucas Moura could make his debut after he trained with the fitness coach this week.

Meanwhile, Arsenal could be without experienced goalkeeper Petr Cech for the match after he was forced off the field in the win over Everton with a calf injury.

If Cech, who has not trained since the problem, is unable to go, then David Ospina will start.

“I will not take any risk if he’s not 100 per cent fit, for sure, because I have full confidence in David Ospina,” said Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger.

“I have no problem with [selecting Ospina]. David Ospina or Petr Cech: I will make that decision tomorrow,” he added.

Nacho Monreal (illness) and Danny Welbeck (hip) could feature.

What happened the last time out?
Goals from defender Shkodran Mustafi and Alexis Sanchez guide the Gunners to a 2-0 victory at the Emirates.

Teams

Tottenham Hotspur (squad): Lloris, Vorm, Gazzaniga, Rose, Davies, Walker-Peters, Vertonghen, Alderweireld, Sanchez, Dier, Foyth, Aurier, Trippier, Wanyama, Sissoko, Winks, Dembele, Oakley-Boothe, Alli, Eriksen, Son, Lamela, Llorente, Kane.

Arsenal (squad): Cech, Ospina, Macey, Mertesacker, Holding, Mustafi, Koscielny, Chambers, Monreal, Mavropanos, Bellerin, Nelson, Kolasinac, Maitland-Niles, Wilshere, Xhaka, Elneny, Ramsey, Ozil, Iwobi, Welbeck, Mkhitaryan, Aubameyang, Lacazette.

Watch Live Arsenal v Tottenham; Lacazette Starts For Gunners

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LONDON, Sporting Alert – Starting lineups for Arsenal v Tottenham English Premier League north London derby clash at the Emirates Stadium. Kick-off is 7:30 am ET.

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Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil both start for Arsenal and so does Alexandre Lacazette, as manager Arsene Wenger plays an attacking lineup in search of all three points at home.

Lacazette, who came off the bench to score in the defeat at Manchester City before the international interval, was also on target for France in a friendly draw against Russia in midweek.

Lacazette comes into the starting team for Alex Iwobi, who was dropped to the bench.

The only other Arsenal change from the last outing sees Shkodran Mustafi replacing Francis Coquelin in a three-man backline that also includes captain Laurent Koscielny and Nacho Monreal.

Mustafi passed a late fitness before the game as he’s been sidelined since the start of October with a hamstring problem.

Jack Wilshere, Danny Welbeck and Ainsley Maitland-Niles are all among the substitutes.

Welbeck is back in the matchday squad after recovering from a groin injury he suffered in the 2-1 defeat at Watford last month.

Meanwhile, Tottenham made five changes to the starting team that beat Crystal Palace last time out.

Manager Mauricio Pochettino welcomes back goalkeeper and captain Hugo Lloris after he featured for France in midweek.

Kieran Trippier replaces Serge Aurier at right wing-back, Ben Davies comes in at left wing-back for Danny Rose, while Harry Winks is dropped to the bench and Moussa Dembele starts in midfield.

The other change for today’s lunchtime kick-off sees midfielder Dele Alli returning in place of Heung-Min Son and he links back up with striker Harry Kane.

ARSENAL TEAM NEWS

Starting Lineup: Cech, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Bellerin, Xhaka, Ramsey, Kolasinac, Sanchez, Ozil, Lacazette. Subs: Ospina, Mertesacker, Wilshere, Iwobi, Welbeck, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin.

TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS

Starting Lineup: Lloris, Vertonghen, Dier, Sanchez, Trippier, Dembele, Sissoko, Davies, Eriksen, Alli, Kane. Subs: Vorm, Son, Llorente, Foyth, Aurier, Winks, Walker-Peters.

Watch Manchester United v Tottenham Stream; Team News

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MANCHESTER, Sporting Alert — The starting lineups for Manchester United and Tottenham in the English Premier League today, as second place takes on third place at Old Trafford.

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Man United manager Jose Mourinho made three changes from the team that was defeated in the Premier League at Huddersfield last weekend with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Eric Bailly and Marcus Rashford coming in.

Juan Mata and Anthony Martial who were both substituted at halftime against Huddersfield, as well as Jesse Lingard, are the players making way and are both on the bench today.

Bailly, who returns from injury, will play alongside Chris Smalling and Phil Jones as it looks like Mourinho has decided to play with a back-three in defense.

Antonio Valencia and Ashley Young are the set to be the full-backs.

Rashford comes into the side to join Mkhitaryan and Romelu Lukaku in the attack.

Ander Herrera and Nemanja Matic remain the preferred central midfield pair.

Meanwhile, Tottenham also make three changes from the starting team that beat Liverpool 4-1 last week.

Leading striker Harry Kane is out because of injury, so Heung-Min Son gets the nod ahead of Fernando Llorente, who was hoping to make his full English Premier League debut since his move from Swansea City.

Davinson Sanchez and Kieran Trippier have both been dropped to the bench, while Moussa Sissoko, Eric Dier and Ben Davies all start today.

Manchester United remain without injured midfielders Michael Carrick, Paul Pogba and Marouane Fellaini.

TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS

Tottenham Team to play Manchester United:

Lloris, Aurier, Davies, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Dier, Winks, Eriksen, Alli, Sissoko, Son. Subs: Vorm, Trippier, Rose, Sanchez, Llorente, Dembele, Nkoudou.

MANCHESTER UNITED TEAM NEWS

Manchester United Team to play Tottenham:

De Gea, Bailly, Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Young, Herrera, Matic, Mkhitaryan, Lukaku, Rashford. Subs: Romero, Mata, Martial, Lingard, Blind, Darmian, McTominay.

Champions League Group Draw: Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City

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LONDON, Sporting Alert — The following is the draw and the respective groups involving English Premier League teams in the Champions League this season.

A total of six British teams, including five from the EPL, will enter the group stage.

Notably, Premier League champion Chelsea have been drawn to face Atletico Madrid in Group C and this draw could stimulate the ongoing saga with striker Diego Costa.

Costa joined Chelsea from Atletico Madrid in July 2014 and has helped the Blues to lift two Premier League titles.

However, his fall out with manager Antonio Conte means there is no future for him at Chelsea.

Costa’s desire is to make the switch back to his former club in Spain, but the situation has become very complicated, given a transfer embargo which prevents Atletico from signing new players until January.

Qarabag, the first Azerbaijan side to reach the group stages of the Champions League and Italian side AS Roma, are also in Group C.

Manchester United, who secured passage into the Champions League by winning the Europa League in May, have been drawn in Group A where they will face Benfica, CSKA Moscow and Basle.

Red Devils manager Jose Mourinho was happy to be back playing with Europe’s best.

It looks as though the Old Trafford club received a favourable draw, but Mourinho will not be taking the current draw lightly.

But while Manchester United seem to have a very favourable draw, Tottenham, who finished as the runners-up behind Chelsea in the Premier League, will have work to do to get out of their group.

Spurs are in Group H and will take on holders Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, as well as APOEL.

In other draws, Manchester City will play in Group F with Napoli, Feyenoord and Shakhtar Donetsk, while Liverpool, who advanced through the play-offs, will tackle Spartak Moscow, Sevilla and Maribor in Group E.

Scottish run-away champions Celtics have been drawn in Group B after navigating through play-off round.

Celtics are grouped with Bayern Munich, Paris St Germain and Anderlecht.

Full Champions League group stage draw:

Group A: Benfica, Manchester United, Basel, CSKA Moscow

Group B: Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Anderlecht, Celtic

Group C: Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Roma, Qarabag

Group D: Juventus, Barcelona, Olympiacos, Sporting

Group E: Spartak Moscow, Sevilla, Liverpool, Maribor

Group F: Shakhtar Donetsk, Manchester City, Napoli, Feyenoord

Group G: Monaco, Porto, Besiktas, RB Leipzig

Group H: Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Tottenham, APOEL Nicosia

Tottenham 1-2 Chelsea: Team News, Videos, Recap

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WEMBLEY, Sporting Alert — Marcos Alonso scored twice to push Chelsea to a 2-1 victory over Tottenham in the English Premier League at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.

Chelsea were bouncing back from last week’s 3-2 home defeat to Burnley, where Cesc Fabregas and Gary Cahill were both sent off.

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At Wembley on Sunday, Alonso curled home a free-kick exquisitely into the top corner of Hugo Lloris’ goal from about 30 yards to give Chelsea the lead in the 24th minute.

Substitute Michy Batshuayi handed Tottenham a chance when he headed past his own goalkeeper in the 81st minute to level up the scores.

However, desperate to stay in touch with the early leaders, Chelsea pushed for a winner and managed to bag another goal from the unlikely source of Alonso.

Tottenham gave the ball away and were punished after Alonso picked it up down the left and fired in a very savable effort at Lloris, who let the ball slipped under his body in the 88th minute.

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Antonio Conte, the Chelsea Manager celebrates a win in the Premier League

“I want to thank my players. They showed me great desire, great will, great heart. A will to fight,” Chelsea boss Antonio Conte said.

“I saw the fighters. I saw a lot of positive things in not an easy moment with injuries and suspensions – don’t forget that. It’s a fantastic result.”

Sunday’s defeat, in the meantime, saw Tottenham’s 19-game home Premier League unbeaten streak ending.

Spurs, notably, have lost seven of their last nine matches at Wembley, including each of their last four games against Chelsea at this venue.

But manager Mauricio Pochettino refuses to blame Wembley for his side’s defeat.

“It doesn’t affect me. But I understand. We need to talk about it – Wembley is not the reason we lost,” Pochettino said.

“We played very well. It’s not fair to blame Wembley – it’s one of the best places in the world to play football.

“Wembley wasn’t the problem. We played better with the size of the pitch. We need to be more clinical. We created enough opportunities. We will win a lot of games in the future.”

HALF-TIME REPORT

Marcos Alonso scored a stunning free-kick to give Chelsea a 1-0 lead over Tottenham in their English Premier League Super Sunday clash at Wembley Stadium.

WATCH: Tottenham v. Chelsea

Alonso, who took the set-piece ahead of regular taker Willian, curled an inch-perfect free-kick from 30 yards out of the reach of Spurs goalkeeper Hugo Lloris to leave Wembley stunned in the 24th minute.

Alvaro Morata missed a point-blank header early on for the Blues, while Tottenham had several chances to pull level after the Chelsea.

Harry Kane blasted an effort on the post and was denied also by Thibaut Courtois.

Christian Eriksen’s free-kick in the 38th minute just went wide after needing just a slight touch.

TEAM NEWS

Earlier, Tottenham made two changes from the side that beat Newcastle United in the season opener last week.

Kieran Trippier and Victor Wanyama return to the starting line up in place of Kyle Walker-Peters, who was the Man of the Match in the 2-0 win over Newcastle last weekend, and Moussa Sissoko.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte, in the meantime, made four adjustments to the team that was beaten 3-2 by Burnley last week.

Gary Cahill and Cesc Fabregas are both suspended after picking up red cards in Week 1, while Michy Batshuayi also makes way.

Tiémoué Bakayoko and Alvaro Morata were both handed debuts, while Victor Moses also returns and Andreas Christensen gets a start.

CHELSEA TEAM NEWS

CHELSEA TEAM TO PLAY TOTTENHAM: Courtois, Christensen, Rudiger, Luiz, Azpilicueta, Alonso, Moses, Kante, Bakayoko, Willian, Morata. Subs: Caballero, Pedro, Kenedy, Musonda, Batshuayi, Tomori, Scott

TOTTENHAM TEAM NEWS

TOTTENHAM TEAM TO PLAY CHELSEA: Lloris, Trippier, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Wanyama, Dembele, Dier, Eriksen, Alli, Kane. Subs: Vorm, Son, Janssen, Wimmer, Sissoko, Winks, Walker-Peters.

Newcastle United 0 v Tottenham 2: Team News, Shelvey Sees Red

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NEWCASTLE, Sporting Alert – The starting line-ups and team news for the English Premier League game between Newcastle United and Tottenham at St James’ Park.

WATCH LIVE: Newcastle v. Tottenham

Newcastle boss Rafa Benitez hands Premier League debutantes to two players, as he attempts to make a winning return to the top flight.

Javier Manquillo and Florian Lejeune are both in the starting team for the home side this morning, while Christian Atsu is also named in the team, following his permanent move from Chelsea during the summer transfer window.

Astu joins Dwight Gayle and Ayoze Perez in the starting XI to lead the attack for The Magpies

Captain Jonjo Shelvey, Ciaran Clark, Isaac Hayden and Matt Ritchie are also in the opening XI.

Jacob Murphy and Mikel Merino are named among the substitutes on the bench, but could make their debuts for Newcastle.

Meanwhile, Harry Kane, Dele Alli and Eric Dier are among the starters for Tottenham, but as expected, there is a change at one of the full-back

Kyle Walker-Peters replaces the departing Kyle Walker at right-back for Spurs, while Victor Wanyama is only on the bench.

Heung-Min Son, Vincent Janssen, Kevin Wimmer and Harry Winks are also substitutes.

TEAM NEWS

Tottenham team to play Newcastle United: Lloris, Walker-Peters, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Dembele, Sissoko, Eriksen, Ali, Kane. Subs: Vorm, Wimmer, Carter-Vickers, Son, Wanyama, Winks, Janssen.

Newcastle United team to play Tottenham: Elliot, Clark, Dummett, Manquillo, Lejeune, Shelvey, Ritchie, Hayden, Gayle, Perez, Atsu. Subs: Darlow, Lascelles, Mbemba, Murphy, Aarons, Merino, Mitrovic.

Let’s see how today’s game will go for Newcastle, as manager Benitez still thinks his team is lacking some quality players to survive in the Premier League.

Benitez recalled: “When Newcastle went down last time, they had some good players but they did not have a team. I think this season, they do have a team.

“I think that the fans were so pleased to see the team going back to the Premier League. They were amazing last year supporting the team and they will be the same this year. We have a massive city behind the club.

“It will be a tough test against Tottenham, you are talking about one of the best teams in the division.

“We have an idea how to attack and how to defend, but football is football.”

Manchester City Crush Tottenham 3-0 In Pre-Season Game

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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sporting Alert — Goals from John Stones, Raheem Sterling and Brahim Diaz piloted Manchester City to a 3-0 victory over Tottenham in a 2017 International Champions Cup here at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville on Saturday.

The latest victory was the second impressive outing by Manchester City, following the comfortable 4-1 win over La Liga and European champions Real Madrid on Wednesday night.

Pep Guardiola’s side took the lead in the 10th minute when England centre-back Stones headed home past Hugo Lloris from just outside the six-yard box.

Kevin De Bruyne delivered a delightful ball from a set piece in front of 56,232 fans.

De Bruyne sent in a low cross inside the area for Stones to get between four Tottenham defenders and headed home a crouching finish from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner of the goal.

Sterling, who is seen as the odd man out after Guardiola’s spending spree this summer, made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute.

The England forward broke the offside trap, following a through ball pass from Samir Nasri.

Diaz fired home the third goal for Manchester City in the first minute of stoppage time.

An attempted from Nasri was blocked by a Tottenham defender but the ball fell for talented youngster Phil Foden, who saw his attempt saved by Michel Vorm.

The ball then bounced straight at the feet of Diaz, who faked out the keeper to put him on the ground before his easy finish from close range to make it 3-0.

Manchester City could have scored even more goals today with Sergio Aguero hitting the post twice.

Guardiola was delighted with the victory over one of his main rivals for the English Premier League title this coming season, but the City boss isn’t getting too carried away.

However, the Catalan considers Saturday’s performance the best from his Manchester City team since he took over.

“We haven’t dominated like today,” he said. “Last season we were good, but not in 90 minutes like that.

“We cannot forget which team we played.”

Speaking about Tottenham, Guardiola said: “Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Eric Dier, Eriksen, one of my favourite players Dele Alli, Harry Kane, Lloris.

“They were the second team last season. ottenham for the most part of the season played the best football.

“Chelsea deserved by far to win the Premier League, but I enjoy a lot to watch Tottenham play football.

“Okay it’s pre-season, but our performance – we didn’t have a performance like that last season.

“Especially the quality and intensity.”

Manchester City v Tottenham; EPL Teams Fixtures, Live Stream: July 29

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SPORTING ALERT — Five English Premier League clubs will return to pre-season action on Saturday, as they continue preparations for the upcoming season next month.

Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur are all on the schedule to play this weekend.

The featured clash of this group is expected to come from the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee, where Manchester City and Tottenham will battle in an all-English Premier League 2017 International Champions Cup contest.

Spurs are coming off a late 3-2 defeat against Serie A outfits Roma at Red Bull Arena earlier this week and will be aiming to bounce back with a victory.

Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, although a little disappointed in the narrow defeat, was pleased with what he saw with his team overall.

Mauricio Pochettino Tottenham in Premier League
Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino during a Premier League game

“I’m not frustrated, I’m very happy, so excited to see the players play, develop and improve, every day getting fitter,” Pochettino said when he spoke to Tottenham TV.

“When you play teams like PSG and Roma, teams that invest a lot to build a team and for us playing with young players like Tash (Tashan Oakley-Boothe) and Anthony (Georgiou), that’s great news.

“It’s exciting because we played much better than Roma, created more chances and we were unlucky.”

Although it’s just a pre-season game, Pochettino will certainly want to get one over a Manchester City side that has spent big already in the summer transfer window and is shaping up to be the team to beat in the English Premier League this coming season.

The Citizens, meanwhile, cruised to a 4-1 victory over Real Madrid in their last pre-season outing and manager Pep Guardiola will be hoping to continue implementing his own style in a team he’s almost completely overhauled.

David Silva of Manchester City
David Silva of Manchester City after scoring in the FA Cup

The likes of Kevin De Bruyne, Yaya Toure, Raheem Sterling, Gabriel Jesus, Sergio Aguero, exciting youngster Phil Foden and recruits Kyle Walker, Ederson and Danilo are again expected to feature.

However, new signing Benjamin Mendy joins David Silva and Ilkay Gundogan on the injured list, while another summer recruit Bernardo Silva and Claudio Bravo are yet to join up with the squad, following their participation in the Confederations Cup earlier this summer.

Erik Lamela, Moussa Sissoko, Danny Rose and Heung-Min Son will miss the game for Tottenham because of injuries.

Where to Watch:
Live TV: ESPN2
Live Streaming: ESPN3, WatchESPN
Kick-off time: 6:05 p.m. ET

In another 2017 International Champions Cup game on Saturday, Chelsea and Inter Milan will meet in an early morning kick-off at National Stadium in Singapore.

Chelsea v Arsenal: Willian
Chelsea forward Willian after scoring against Arsenal

Chelsea were edged 3-2 by German champions Bayern Munich in their last friendly, but boss Antonio Conte was happy with the way his team fought back after a brace from Thomas Müller and a goal from Rafinha had his team trailing 3-0 before the half hour mark.

Michy Batshuayi, who was again on target continues to show good signs leading the Blues’ attack, while new signing Alvaro Morata, who helped to setup a goal in his first appearance for Chelsea, is also starting to settle in well.

Inter Milan eased to a 2-0 victory over Bayern Munich in an International Champions Cup encounter on Thursday in front of a crowd of 23,388 in Singapore and the Italian side will be confident about its chances again.

Again, all eyes will be on Manchester United reported target Ivan Perisic, who was impressive for Inter Milan in the last game and is expected to start against Chelsea, despite inviting the ideas of leaving for Old Trafford this summer.

Where to Watch:
Live TV: ESPN2, Chelsea TV
Live Streaming: ESPN3, WatchESPN, Chelsea TV Online Stream
Kick-off time: 7:35 a.m. ET

In the other two games involving English Premier League sides on Saturday, Arsenal will entertain Benfica in the 2017 Emirates Cup, while Liverpool will take on Hertha Berlin on the road.

Jurgen Klopp of Liverpool
Liverpool FC manager Jurgen Klopp looks on during a game.

The Gunners, still trying to assemble their best players, have recalled the likes of Hector Bellerin, Rob Holding and Calum Chambers to the squad for the Emirates Cup.

Alexandre Lacazette, Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac are also among the players named in the Arsenal squad for the pre-season tournament.

Where to Watch:
Live TV: Quest
Live Streaming: ESPN3, WatchESPN, Arsenal Player
Kick-off time: 11:20 a.m. ET

Liverpool, meanwhile, are in Germany to take on Hertha Berlin at Olympiastadion.

The Reds remain active in the transfer window, but are still using these pre-season games to take a look at the players already at the club in an effort to spend less in what has become an inflated market.

Saturday’s game will be the fifth of the 2017 pre-season for Liverpool, which have already beaten fellow English Premier League clubs Crystal Palace and Leicester City.

Where to Watch:
Live TV: LFC TV
Live Streaming: LFCTV GO
Kick-off time: 12:00 p.m. ET

Alli, Kane Score, Tottenham Beat Arsenal 2-0; Keep Tabs on Chelsea

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LONDON, Sporting Alert — Tottenham have a strong desire to win the English Premier League title this season and they kept pace on leaders Chelsea with a 2-0 win over Arsenal in the London derby on Sunday.

Dele Alli and Harry Kane both hit the back of the net in the second for Tottenham, who stayed four points behind Chelsea, who also won earlier in the day.

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Poor defending from Arsenal saw them falling behind in the 55th minute after Alli reacted first to score, following a shot that was saved from Christian Eriksen, who had weaved past his marker inside the box.

The ball fell to Alli, who forced it home after Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain had made a dreadful attempt to clear the ball.

Kane then made it 2-0 two-minutes later when the England international won and scored a penalty kick, which he fired low into the bottom corner after he was cleaned inside the area by Gabriel.

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“I have to blame myself a bit for my header at the far post – I was kicking myself for missing that – but we dominated from the start,” Alli said, speaking to BBC Sport.

“It’s a huge win for us and the fans. We just have to keep looking to improve.

“We fell off at the end of last season so it’s important we continue to build on what we’re doing.”

Striker Kane, meanwhile tells Sky Sports: “Incredible. We obviously wanted to finish the last north London derby here on a high note and we did that. We worked hard, we created the better chances, what a day. A great weekend for us.

“It was a penalty for me. I was clipped, it was a foul. I went down the middle earlier in the season against Arsenal which is probably why Petr Cech stayed there this time.

“We’re only thinking about the title race – the fans having bragging rights is just an added bonus.”

Arsenal, for the first time in 22 years, will finish behind Tottenham in the Premier League standings.