Champions League: 3 ways in which Tottenham Hotspur can win against Manchester City

#2 Shielding the Wings well.

Toby Alderweireld will be crucial to Tottenham's chance of progressing to the next round.

The fundamental aspect of Manchester City's build-up play is to operate in broad areas. Pep Guardiola instructs his wide players to hug the touchline as much as possible. It helps in stretching the opposition and generates space for the players to occupy the goalscoring positions.

Kyle Walker, Raheem Sterling, and Leroy Sane are intelligent exponents of the wing-play. They always make overlapping and underlapping runs between the opposite defense to break them down.

The midfield players play the ball through the lines into the running wingers or full-backs and the ball engineers its way into the box from the wings. Tottenham should patrol the wide areas well and stay focused to read the wide players' movements and runs.

The central-defenders should stay on their toes, monitor the wings, and intercept the balls coming into the box from these areas.