Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini refuses to write off Tottenham as an attacking force.
Having scored just nine times in 11 games, there is a perception Spurs are negative but Pellegrini believes that statistic masks the Londoners' attacking excellence.
He said: "The points are the points, and they have 20 points.
"The whole season they have been in the first seven places of the table and they have very good players.
"Sometimes it can happen that you don't score too many goals but I think they are a very strong team and they deserve to be in the place they are.
"It is an important game. All the Premier League games are important, because all have three points (at stake), but we are playing against one of the teams near the top of the table so it is (more) important."
