Arguably the pick of the FA Cup fourth-round ties, Tottenham Hotspur host defending champions Manchester City in Friday's mouthwatering North London contest.
The Lilywhites edged past Burnley 1-0 to earn a date with the treble winners, who began their quest for back-to-back titles with a 5-0 drubbing of Huddersfield Town in the third round.
With no European trophy to compete for and an early EFL Cup exit representing the first blot on Ange Postecoglou's notebook, the FA Cup is Tottenham's best hope of ending their unsightly 16-year streak without a piece of silverware, unless the capital giants enjoy an unexpected Premier League title renaissance in the coming months.
There was little to write home about for either Tottenham or Burnley during their third-round scrap earlier this month, that was until right-back Pedro Porro settled the tie with an outrageous second-half strike into the top corner of the net, extending Spurs' winning streak at home to four matches in the process.
Nine days after an unconvincing success over the Clarets, Tottenham returned to the road for an intriguing Premier League showdown with City's formerly noisy neighbours Manchester United, who took the lead twice through Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford only to be pegged back by Richarlison and Rodrigo Bentancur on both occasions.
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