Manchester City's arduous defeat by Liverpool over two legs in the Champions League quarter-final last season remains the only major blot on Pep Guardiola's copybook during his City tenure and there is no doubt that the Blues boss is adamant on righting last season's wrong.
City remain in the hunt for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies this season, with the Carabao Cup already won, the FA Cup Final against Watford awaiting them and Liverpool pushing the Blues in the tightest Premier League title race in five years.
City have a one-goal deficit to overturn against Tottenham in Wednesday night's Champions League quarter-final second leg on the back of a surprisingly defensive showing in the first leg. Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sané remained on the substitutes' bench until the final stages in north London, with the Blues underwhelming for large periods.
Sergio Aguero missed a first-half penalty with an uncharacteristically tame effort and the Argentine will be out to prove once more that he is the man for the big occasion, even after a poor showing in City's 3-1 win against Crystal Palace on Sunday.
Pace could be key to City asserting their authority on the game and while Riyad Mahrez was impressive in the first leg, Sané could be the better option in finding weak points in Spurs' backline. Raheem Sterling remains City's most potent threat on the right flank.
Fernandinho was absent for the trip to Selhurst Park with what Guardiola described as a minor problem, though the 33-year-old has since trained with the first-team squad without issue. It would be a surprise to see Ilkay Gundogan handed the nod at the base of City's midfield over Fernandinho.
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Kevin De Bruyne's inch-perfect pass for Sterling in the win against Palace was further evidence of the Belgian's sharpening-up in recent weeks and a midfield duo of the 27-year-old with Bernardo Silva could provide City with the pace, power and creativity required to outmanoeuvre Tottenham's midfield. David Silva could miss out.
Benjamin Mendy's return to left-back in recent weeks was an encouraging one after Guardiola went much of the season without a specialist in the position, but the Frenchman's ability to play two games a week is still under question after such wretched injury problems over the course of his Blues career.
Danilo, reliant when called upon this season, could start at left back over Fabian Delph, while the remainder of City's back four is perhaps more predictable, with Kyle Walker to the right of the centre-back partnership of Aymeric Laporte and John Stones.
