Man City manager Pep Guardiola said that Tottenham is no longer a ‘Son Heung-min one-man team’.
Man City will face Tottenham in the 14th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League (EPL) at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, England, on May 3.
Two days before the match, Guardiola held his official pre-match press conference.
It was here that Guardiola’s words were recalled.
It was October 2017. “
At the moment we are competing with Man United and Kane,” Guardiola said of the early Premier League title race.
At the time, Kane was in scintillating form, with six goals in the league.
The implication was that he was wary of Kane, but it could have been off-putting for the listening Spurs.
Mauricio Pochettino, the Spurs manager at the time, said: “I don’t take anything bad from Guardiola’s comments. 온라인카지노
I just think it was unnecessary and misleading. I never said ‘Team Messi’ when Guardiola was in charge of FC Barcelona.”
“Tottenham showed me how wrong I was (to say Spurs were a Kane team),” Guardiola later reflected.
Nevertheless, the “Kane team” reference continues to come up as a question whenever City play Spurs.
Today was no different, with talk of Team Kane again.
Now it was the ‘Son Heung-min one-man team’, and Guardiola was adamant. “
I don’t want to make that mistake again (calling Son a one-man team),” he said. “
What I said before was because of the manager’s influence
. Under Conte, Tottenham played the way he wanted them to play. 바카라사이트
Tottenham had a long preseason and they are playing one game a week.
They are playing the way they need to play.”
Speaking about the game, Guardiola said, “I want the fans to enjoy the stadium.
We have to give them more pleasure,” he said, adding that the team will be aggressive.
