Tottenham’s final home game of the season could have an eerie feeling on Tuesday night by not being a full house.
Spurs welcome Manchester City in the Premier League – needing a win to keep alive their feint top-four hopes.
However, a win or a draw would also provide an unthinkable issue for Tottenham fans: handing Arsenal the initiative in the title race over City going into Sunday’s final round of fixtures.
League leaders Arsenal currently lead City by a point but Pep Guardiola’s side have a game in hand, which is Tuesday’s trip to Tottenham.
And it appears the outcome of Arsenal becoming English champions for the first time in 20 years could have played a part in the vast amount of seats available for Tuesday’s match.
Tottenham’s match with Man City has tickets available (pink dots) in the majority of all blocks
![This photo shows the number of seats available in Block 509 of the north London's stadium](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/14/13/84844827-13416415-image-m-32_1715688598415.jpg)
This photo shows the number of seats available in Block 509 of the north London’s stadium
![There are multiple seats available in the club's South Stand too - their most vociferous stand](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/14/13/84844831-13416415-image-a-33_1715688637773.jpg)
There are multiple seats available in the club’s South Stand too – their most vociferous stand
![Some fans have suggested they want to lose so that City can go above Arsenal in the title race](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/14/13/84845137-13416415-image-a-38_1715688841586.jpg)
Some fans have suggested they want to lose so that City can go above Arsenal in the title race
![Spurs know that beating City will keep them in the top-four hunt as they battle with Aston Villa](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/14/13/84800569-13416415-Spurs_know_that_beating_City_will_keep_them_in_the_top_four_hunt-a-36_1715688764915.jpg)
Spurs know that beating City will keep them in the top-four hunt as they battle with Aston Villa
![Arsenal will be in pole position for the title if Spurs manage to take three points from City](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/14/13/84845173-13416415-image-a-39_1715688941170.jpg)
Arsenal will be in pole position for the title if Spurs manage to take three points from City
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Tottenham’s ticket exchange website on Tuesday afternoon shows tickets available in the majority of all their blocks for the match.
Within each block their are multiple available – with their vociferous South Stand no exception.
On Monday, a video circulated on social media showing the extent of attainable seats.
‘City will think its a home game half empty and all supporting city,’ joked one Tottenham fans on X.
Another posted: ‘I’m thinking we go and sit front row so we can rub [Erling] Haaland’s head after he scores.’
Despite this potential outlook, Spurs manager Ange Postecoglou has insisted ‘100 per cent’ of Tottenham fans want their team to beat Manchester City even if it hands Arsenal the title, and wanting to lose in any circumstances is ‘not what sport is about’.
He expects the Spurs crowd to create a passionate and positive mood at the final home game of the season and put the long-term progress of the team ahead of North London schadenfreude.
‘I understand rivalry, I was part of one of the biggest ones in the world in the last couple of years with Celtic and Rangers ,’ said Postecoglou. ‘But I will never understand if someone wants their own team to lose.
‘That’s not what sport is about. It’s not what I love about the game. What I love more than anything is the competitiveness, challenging yourself to beat someone and coming out successful. Anything outside of that, it’s got nothing to do with sport.
![Ange Postecoglou believes that 100 per cent of Tottenham fans want them to beat Man City](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/05/14/13/84800403-13416415-Ange_Postecoglou_believes_that_100_per_cent_of_Tottenham_fans_wa-a-34_1715688747361.jpg)
Ange Postecoglou believes that 100 per cent of Tottenham fans want them to beat Man City
‘If other people want to treat it that way, that they get pleasure from other people’s misery, that’s not how I’ve lived my life and how I perceive my role. My role is to bring success to this football club and I know 100 per cent of Spurs supporters want us to win, to be successful and win trophies.
‘Winning will help us bring joy to 100 per cent of Spurs supporters.’