Johnson decision, Porro back - The Tottenham team Ange Postecoglou should pick vs Aston Villa
Tottenham travel to Aston Villa on Sunday knowing that they need to return home with a positive result to remain in the top four race in the Premier League.
It is a crunch match in the battle for a Champions League spot with fifth-placed Spurs currently five points behind Villa in fourth but with a game in hand. Ange Postecoglou's men go into this match with eight days of preparation behind them on the pitches of Hotspur Way while Unai Emery's side drew 0-0 in a hard-fought game at Ajax in the Europa Conference League on Thursday night and will have to do it all again next Thursday evening if they are to progress past the Dutch side.
So how exactly will Spurs line up at Villa Park on Sunday afternoon? Our Tottenham Hotspur reporters at football.london have named the side they would select for the big match.
Pedro Porro is back and has trained all week with Postecoglou's side. That's a major boost to the Australian as the Spanish right-back is so important to the way his team plays and he got eight assists so far this season from defence. His return means Tottenham are putting out a near full-strength side now, depending on whether you think Richarlison gets into the strongest line-up. The Brazilian remains out with his knee injury.
Pape Matar Sarr has had a better week following his back problem and that could see the young Senegal international come back into the midfield with his energy and drive down the right with Porro and Dejan Kulusevski.
Postecoglou will likely decide between Timo Werner and Brennan Johnson to take the remaining spot in the front three. The latter made a big impact with two assists from the bench but the goalscoring German impressed the Spurs boss with his all-round performance which could leave
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