Aaron Lennon joins a lengthy list of Tottenham absentees for the clash against Manchester City after failing to recover from a groin injury.

Darren Bent and Michael Dawson are still out and Jamie O'Hara has undergone a knee operation, while Wilson Palacios remains at home with his family in Honduras after the murder of his brother.

Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Didier Zokora are fit again and Ledley King will play after training on Friday for the first time since his arrest outside a nightclub last weekend.