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Pep Guardiola needed to ask what the time period ‘bogey’ meant when discussing Manchester Metropolis’s barely poor report in opposition to Tottenham.
The Spanish tactician, talking at his pre-match press convention on Friday, was confused when requested by a reporter if Spurs are Metropolis’s ‘bogey aspect’.
Though Guardiola’s aspect so usually are likely to win even within the massive video games in opposition to the remainder of the highest six, it’s notable that they’ve usually slipped up in opposition to Tottenham.
Guardiola has confronted numerous totally different Spurs managers throughout his time answerable for Metropolis, however suffered in opposition to Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Ange Postecoglou.
He’ll now be up in opposition to new THFC supervisor Thomas Frank, and admitted he didn’t know why this fixture was so usually a battle for his aspect…
Pep Guardiola on Manchester Metropolis’s struggles in opposition to Tottenham
When requested about Metropolis’s points at any time when they arrive up in opposition to Spurs, Guardiola at first appeared confused about what ‘bogey’ meant.
The 54-year-old went on to confess he couldn’t give a lot of a transparent reply to the query anyway, merely saying that Tottenham are an excellent group.
He additionally paid tribute to the highest attacking gamers they’ve usually had, significantly previously, which can doubtless be a reference to the likes of Harry Kane and Son Heung-min.
Metropolis tackle Spurs on the Etihad Stadium within the early kick-off on Saturday, and it’s already the second fixture between two massive six sides we’ve seen this season.
Arsenal beat Manchester United 1-0 at Previous Trafford on the opening day of the season final weekend, and now one other Manchester membership will host one other north London membership this weekend.
