Tottenham Hotspur opened their new stadium last Wednesday by comfortably beating Crystal Palace.
BBC Sport pundit Don Hutchison has stated that Kevin De Bruyne’s comments about Tottenham’s new stadium are ‘spot on’ ahead of Tuesday night’s Champions League tie with Manchester City.
Hutchinson also boldly claimed that it’s ‘difficult’ to see how Spurs can have an advantage at their new stadium because they are getting used to their new surroundings themselves.
Prior to the game, De Bruyne controversially played down Tottenham’s new home as he doesn’t think it will have much of an impact compared to Wembley, as reported by Sky Sports.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live (08/04/2019 at 7:40 pm), Hutchinson seemingly agreed with what the Belgium playmaker said as he explained why he may have made those comments.
“When you are going into a stadium like Tottenham are it’s difficult to see how they can have an advantage because they are getting used to their home surroundings,” Hutchison told BBC Radio 5 Live.
“I think for Man City and think De Bruyne’s spot on he’s talking out loud and he’s just trying to play a psychological card where he is saying ‘it doesn’t really matter’,”
Pep Guardiola’s side, who are still on course to win the quadruple, will travel to North London hoping to take some sort of lead in the first leg of their Champions League knockout tie.
The winner will reach the semi-final with the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool still in the competition and in with a chance of reaching the last four.
In these next 11 days, Mauricio Pochettino’s side will take on City in three matches, including on Tuesday, with the other games being the reverse European leg and the Premier League encounter.
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