Will Dr Tottenham strike again to cure Man City’s four-game losing run?

Doctor Tottenham will meet you now, Manchester City.

The Spurs operation has already dealt with Crystal Palace and Ipswich this season, giving them their first league win of the season.

And now Man City will be hoping for a cure from Dr. Tottenham to end their four-match losing run on Saturday, live on Sky Sports.

The irony is that Ange Postecoglou's side hurt City last month by beating them 2-1 in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup, which started their slump.

The defeat means City boss Pep Guardiola has suffered the longest losing streak of his career as a manager.

Tottenham have also long been a bogey side for the Spaniard. Under Guardiola, City have lost more Premier League games (6) and conceded more Premier League goals (22) against Spurs than against any other opponent.

But even if the statistics are in favor of Spurs, a timely rehabilitation for City would be in line with this Dr. Tottenham season.

The term Dr. Tottenham's idea is that teams lacking confidence, form and points will suddenly be cured with a positive result against Spurs.

The recent miracle recoveries of Palace and Ipswich have only given the phrase more credibility.

The Eagles ended their eight-match winless start to the season with a 1-0 win at Selhurst Park, while Ipswich celebrated their first Premier League win in 22 years after a 2-1 win in north London.

But surely two winless teams getting their first wins of the season against Spurs has never happened before? Don't doubt the power of Dr. Tottenham, because that's true.

In 2010, Wigan fell behind 10-0 at home in their first two league games after defeats against newly promoted Blackpool (4-0) and reigning champions Chelsea (6-0). Yet somehow Spurs found a remedy for Roberto Martinez's side, who won 1-0 at White Hart Lane.

A month later, Doctor Tottenham struck again, this time helping London rivals West Ham. The Hammers, who were bottom with just one point from their opening five games, claimed a 1-0 win at Upton Park.

Even in the 1990s, Dr. Tottenham was healing.

The current losses to Palace and Ipswich mark the first time that two teams have recorded their first win of the season against Spurs in at least five games in the season since 1994, when Southampton (Matchday 5) and Leicester (Matchday 6) did so . So.

Thirty years later, the Spurs operation is still fully open, with a few sickly patients afterward.

Saturday's opponents, City, have not won in November and are in urgent need of recovery. Spurs go to the champions having won just two of their last eleven away games in the Premier League (D2 L7), while no team has lost more away games in the Premier League than them since the start of this period in March (7) .

But when Postecgolou's team finds a new Dr. Tottenham moment and can rejuvenate themselves after the Ipswich upset, then they will face the hurdle of poor Roma in the Europa League five days later.

The Italian side seems ripe for a dose of Dr. Tottenham.

They are completely out of form, having made their worst start to the season in Serie A in twenty years, while sitting in twentieth place in the Europa League (Spurs are in the top eight).

Roma are also ready for a new managerial career after former Leicester and Chelsea boss Claudio Ranieri was appointed as their new head coach during the international break.

Roma and City feel like two typical Dr. Tottenham revivals.

The Spurs operation must be shut down by Postecoglou.