Spurs winning against Pep Guardiola’s side would have done their North London rivals a huge favour in the title race, but football is littered with such conflicts.
Last season’s treble winners have already lost their grip on Premier League and FA Cup titles after damaging defeats by Eastern.
The league has yet to hit new heights, despite US$957m spent on players and the presence of Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Neymar.
Dani Almazan, one of the stand-out players in this Hong Kong season, reveals how time with ‘Uncle’ David Villa, the former Barcelona and Spain superstar, shaped his football education.
Images and clips from Sunday’s meeting show old stadium struggling to deal with heavy downpour, while goalkeeper Andre Onana failed to keep a clean sheet for the 12th time in the last 13 matches.
Ante Milicic worked with Ange Postecoglou during stint as Australia men’s manager. He replaces Shui Qingxia who left after failure to qualify for the Paris Olympics.
Arsenal’s 1-0 victory over Manchester United guarantees title race will stay alive until final day of campaign. City are a point behind with a game in hand as we enter the final straight.
Professional side Tranmere Rovers host second edition of UK Hong Kong Cup, with chairman seeing potential to attract BN(O) holders to help regenerate Wirral region.
Head coach Kim Dong-jin publicly demoted as assistant takes charge during crushing 2-1 FA Cup semi-final defeat to Eastern.
Financially ailing underdogs succeed where all in the league have failed as they end champions-elect Lee Man’s chance of doing the double.
Harry Kewell’s Yokohama edge Al Ain side managed by Hernan Crespo, who met Kewell in 2005’s Liverpool v Milan final of Uefa Champions League.
Letter to Fifa president Gianni Infantino claims sport’s worldwide schedule is now ‘beyond saturation’ as all Uefa competitions have been increased to 36 teams.
The Bundesliga champions played their record 49th unbeaten match against Roma, and are two games away from going through German season undefeated.
Local FA under fire for not using VAR in every match, but city’s referees boss denies its inconsistent use jeopardises the league’s integrity.
Yokohama Marinos welcome Al Ain for the first leg of the AFC Champions League final on Saturday, with the two coaches having met 19 years ago in an epic European final.
Faisal Halim suffered fourth-degree burns following incident at the weekend outside the capital, Kuala Lumpur, while teammate Akhyar Rashid was also injured in robbery outside his home.
The last ‘doubler’ of the season is likely to see several FPL managers using their Bench Boost chip while a differential might be Newcastle’s Alexander Isak as captain.
Kitchee chief Ken Ng would back an independent organisation to oversee the local Premier League, but distanced himself from the idea of a power grab by member clubs.
Officials say Faisal Halim has fourth-degree burns on neck, shoulder, hands and chest and will need more surgery.
Diego Maradona was named best player of tournament in Mexico, where he scored five goals including punching one into the net with his fist against England.
Ex-Ajax manager started with 30 wins in first 50 league matches, but team has collapsed since then and is on course for the worst finish since the inception of the Premier League in 1992.