City v Spurs: Team of the Year hopefuls compared
Friday, December 15, 2017
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Sergio Agüero or Harry Kane? We take a look at the UEFA.com Fans' Team of the Year 2017 nominees that play for City or Spurs as the teams' meet in Manchester on Saturday.
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You can vote for three City players or four from Tottenham in the UEFA.com Fans' Team of the Year 2017. Do any of them take your fancy?
CITY
Sergio Agüero
▪ Became Man. City's all-time top scorer with 178 goals in 264 games
▪ Has scored nine in 11 matches in 2017/18 Premier League
▪ 31 goals for club and country in total this calendar year
Kevin De Bruyne
▪ Ever-present in City's unbeaten start to 2017/18 Premier League
▪ Helped unbeaten Belgium top FIFA World Cup qualifying group
▪ Involved in 40 victories from 53 games for club and country
Benjamin Mendy
▪ Won Ligue 1 with Monaco; picked in UNFP Ligue 1 Team of Year
▪ Made senior international debut with France in March 2017
▪ Earned high-profile transfer to Manchester City
SPURS
Dele Alli
▪ PFA Young Player of Year for 2016/17
▪ Named in English PFA's Premier League Team of Year for 2016/17
▪ 20 goals and 9 assists in 38 domestic club competition matches
Christian Eriksen
▪ Tottenham Hotspur's Player of 2016/17 Season
▪ 9 goals and 3 assists in 9 international appearances for Denmark
▪ A total of 16 goals for club and country
Harry Kane
▪ Premier League Golden Boot winner for second straight season
▪ Scored 50 times in 49 games for club and country
▪ Seven goals in six international appearances with England
Davinson Sánchez
▪ UEFA Europa League runner-up with Ajax; voted Ajax Player of Season
▪ First-team regular following summer switched to Spurs
▪ Involved in 17 clean sheets in 45 matches for club and country
NB All stats relate to calendar year 2017.