Spurs followers reply burning query – beat City or lose and KO Arsenal title bid

At Daily Star HQ we like nothing more than pondering the world’s most burning questions.

Do aliens exist? Obviously. Is Harry Kane cursed? Seems that way. And should Tottenham fans want to lose against Manchester City in the Premier League? Hmm.

If you are questioning why on earth they would wish defeat on their own club – look no further than their bitter North London rivals Arsenal.

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The Gunners desperately need City to slip up just once during their final three matches so they can claim their first Premier League title in 20 years (providing they win their last two games that is).

And what better chance do they have than Spurs – a team that has not shipped a single Premier League goal at home to City since the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium opened in 2019.

With this in mind, we asked some outspoken Spurs fans who work at the prestigious Daily Star about the game – and below they argued their opposing cases.

Liam McInerney – Hopes for City win

Hear me out. I do love Spurs. I share a season ticket with my old man and while I long for a trophy (Carabao Cup will do), seeing us pile misery on the mighty Manchester City year after year has been a right laugh.

But that MUST stop on Tuesday. I can live with a defeat to City. But playing a major part in handing Arsenal the title? Much harder to forget in five years.

I can picture it now. The exhausting slog back to Seven Sisters after a victory as my WhatsApp lights up with messages from gloating Arsenal fans sarcastically thanking Spurs for the favour. No thanks mate.

I don’t have to worry about that anyway because I’ve sold my ticket. It would feel wrong arriving at our marvellous stadium and wishing defeat on the team.

Instead I will watch from home where I hope to see Richarlison doing keepie-uppies while 2-0 down. Or see him do his pigeon celebration after a consolation goal.

And I already know what you’re thinking – but I do not hate Arsenal more than I love Spurs. Context is key and rivalry in sport matters.

Are you a Spurs fan? Who do you want to win? Let us know in the comments section below.

If the tables were turned, there would be no way Arsenal fans would be comfortable winning a game that handed Spurs a Premier League title.

So my message to my Spurs heroes is this. Enjoy the kick about and put in the same type of performance as you did against Chelsea. Or Newcastle. Or Liverpool. Or Arsenal for that matter.

You get my point, we were dreadful against those teams in recent weeks, let’s not flick the switch now when Champions League qualification is all but out of reach anyway.

We can then look forward to winning the Europa League next season before asking the real questions. Is Arteta just a glorified Pochettino? And should Saka leave if he wants to win the big trophies?

Vince Soodin – Hopes for Spurs win

Spurs fans are pillocks sometimes. I know because I’m one of them.

I will be at the Tottenham Hotspur stadium on Tuesday and fear I will be in the minority as I’ll want us to WIN – even if it helps Arsenal win the title.

My mate Jon, who stands next to me, sold his ticket as knew he’d want Spurs to lose. What a berk! We can still make the Champions League but many Spurs fans seem to hate Arsenal more than they love Spurs!

If the Gooners win the Prem – what is the worst that can happen? You get grief from Arsenal pals and loads of tosspots pipe up on TalkSport. Deal with it.

Things will never be worse than Arsenal’s 2004 title win. At our stadium. With our ex-captain Sol Campbell playing for them.

And, deep-down, I don’t want City to win for a fourth time in a row. It drains the excitement out of the division.

Plus the Etihad has those 115 alleged breaches of financial rules hanging over them. City strongly deny the charges dating back to 2009 when Spurs were challenging the Citizens for Champions League football. So I argue we are the chief victims of those alleged breaches if ever proven.

If City lose out to Arsenal, I won’t miss seeing Jack Grealish drunk on a double decker. It was funny. Now it’s boring.

And thankfully I won’t have to watch Declan Rice getting hammered on an open-top bus either, if the worst happens.

I’ve done the sensible thing. I’ve booked a weekend away in Amsterdam on the final day – well away from the Islington High Road.

Then during the summer, I’ll delete WhatsApp, get a Nokia 3210 and only read the FT. It will be like it never happened.

Harry Thompson – Hopes for Spurs win

I’m suffering here. Last night I woke in sweats from a nightmare watching Vladimir Putin and Kim Jon-un having a brutal fistfight. No idea what that was all about.

Anyway, I’ve just bought a ticket to the game on Tuesday. That doesn’t mean that I want to see us beat City and hand Arsenal the title, but it also doesn’t mean that I don’t want to see one of those glorious Tottenham comebacks against the best team in the world.

This season has been brilliant. Not perfect, sometimes agonising. But to finally feel like my club is going somewhere, with a plan, building something, has been so refreshing.

Tottenham are beautiful, whimsical, soft and swashbuckling. We get thrashed by rubbish teams and then annihilate Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League, so to over faff about whether we will beat Pep’s City is silly. I bought a ticket to the game last minute because I love the club, I love the new look of our team and the presence of a manager who’s actively trying to make things better after years of negativity.

But this is Tottenham and things are never simple. I’ve long reached a point where I’ve regarded City as the team I’d least hate to see win this year because City winning the league holds things in place. City win again? No worries – it’s the best team in the world, of course they did.

But what this really means is another year where the status quo is held, buying time for it to finally be us to overthrow the dynasty.

I’m looking at things as a win-win regardless of whether they win or we do. I can’t control what happens on the pitch, all we can do is have a nice day out and soak up the atmosphere one more time this year.

I just hope it’s not a draw.