Confirmed: Pedro Porro decision made as Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City lineups emerge

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Tottenham Hotspur starting XI: Lloris; Romero, Dier, Davies; Emerson, Hojbjerg, Bentancur, Perisic; Kulusevski, Son, Kane.

Tottenham Hotspur substitutes: Forster, Sanchez, Lenglet, Sessegnon, Porro, Bissouma, Skipp, Danjuma, Richarlison.

Manchester City starting XI: Ederson; Lewis, Walker, Akanji, Ake; Mahrez, Bernardo, Rodri, Grealish; Alvarez, Haaland.

Manchester City substitutes: Ortega, Dias, Phillips, Gundogan, Laporte, De Bruyne, Gomez, Perrone, Palmer.

Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City are back in Premier League action this afternoon as they meet in North London.

The two sides only faced off a few weeks ago as City roared back from 2-0 down to beat Spurs 4-2.

Spurs boss Antonio Conte is missing today’s game having had his gallbladder removed, meaning Cristian Stellini takes charge today.

Tottenham go with Hugo Lloris in goal behind a familiar back three of Cristian Romero, Eric Dier and Ben Davies.

Emerson Royal and Ivan Perisic are the wing backs today with Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg and Rodrigo Bentancur in midfield.

Harry Kane leads the line with Dejan Kulusevski and Son Heung-min offering support from the flanks.

That means new signing Pedro Porro is only on the bench after finally completing his move from Sporting in midweek.

The Spaniard joined Fraser Forster, Davinson Sanchez, Clement Lenglet, Ryan Sessegnon, Yves Bissouma, Oliver Skipp, Arnaut Danjuma and Richarlison.

City are going with a rather unconventional lineup today which looks like a 4-4-2 on paper.

Ederson starts in goal with Kyle Walker currently listed as a centre back alongside Manuel Akanji.

Rico Lewis and Nathan Ake would then be the full backs with Rodri and Bernardo Silva in the middle of the park.

Riyad Mahrez and Jack Grealish are on the flanks with Julian Alvarez joining Erling Haaland up front.

Kevin De Bruyne only makes the bench alongside Stefan Ortega, Ruben Dias, Kalvin Phillips, Ilkay Gundogan, Aymeric Laporte, Sergio Gomez, Maximo Perrone and Cole Palmer.

John Stones and Phil Foden aren’t in the squad at all due to injury as City look to benefit from Arsenal’s defeat at Everton.