Manchester City host Tottenham on Saturday (5.30pm kick-off) hoping to get back to winning ways in the Premier League after last weekend’s debacle at Everton.

Pep Guardiola’s side were comprehensively beaten 4-0 by the Toffees at Goodison Park, with goals from Romelu Lukaku, Kevin Mirallas, Tom Davies, and Ademola Lookman condemning the former Bayern Munich and Barcelona boss to his heaviest ever league defeat as a manager.

And it doesn’t get any easier for the Citizens, as they play host to the Premier League’s in-form side Tottenham on Saturday.

Mauricio Pochettino’s men have won their last six league games on the trot, dating back to a 1-0 loss at Manchester United on December 11, and thus have propelled themselves up to second in the table.

Spurs battered West Brom 4-0 last weekend in one of their best displays of the season, and they’ll take a lot of confidence into Saturday’s clash at the Etihad.

Guardiola would obviously have been disappointed with his side at Goodison Park last week, and may even consider some changes against Tottenham on Saturday.

Thus, here are THREE Man City players who should be dropped from the starting line-up against Spurs…

Gael Clichy

Gael Clichy had nothing short of a nightmare against Everton.

The former Arsenal defender initially gave the ball away for the Toffees’ first goal after 34 minutes, and was then easily beaten by Tom Davies on his mazy run to fire home Everton’s third.

Clichy was awful in possession and didn’t do enough defensively to warrant another start, especially if Guardiola tweaks his system to match up with Spurs’ back three at the Etihad.

We’ve known all season that defensively is where City have their biggest issues, and that was none more so clear to see than against Everton – Clichy was one of the biggest culprits.

Claudio Bravo

While goalkeeper Claudio Bravo cannot be blamed for every goal that went past him against Everton, he was once again beaten under his legs for their fourth, scored by Ademola Lookman.

But this decision shouldn’t just be based on the Everton game – Bravo has yet to prove to be a good enough shot-stopper to help City out.

Defensively, City have been pretty poor this season, but they haven’t got a goalkeeper to help bail them out when oppositions break through and create goal-scoring opportunities.

Speculation has been building that Guardiola is in the market for a new goalkeeper this month, which clearly suggests that the former Bayern Munich boss is dissatisfied with the 33-year-old.

Willy Caballero is a better shot-stopper and also performed reasonably well in the Champions League earlier in the season, so should get a chance to prove his worth to Guardiola on Saturday.

John Stones

You could make a case for every City defender that played against Everton to deserve to be dropped, yet it could be John Stones who is actually removed from the starting line-up against Spurs.

And it wouldn’t be a big surprise.

The former Everton man had a torrid afternoon on return to Goodison Park last week, which epitomised his struggles since his £47.5 million move from Merseyside last summer.

Stones clearly has potential, but surely he needs to learn how to defend better first before he can start confidently stroking the ball around his own half, as when he gets caught out, he rarely recovers.

Guardiola could start with a back three on Saturday which might save Stones from the axe, yet it wouldn’t be at all surprising if the City boss took him out of the firing line this weekend.