Pep Guardiola has showered praise on six Tottenham Hotspur players following Manchester City’s crucial victory in north London last night.
Tottenham lost 2-0 to the Premier League winners, thanks to a second-half brace from Erling Haaland.
Ange Postecoglou will take plenty of positives from the game in terms of performance, with Spurs pressing City all the way.
But the Australian manager was incensed in his post-match press conference, claiming Tottenham’s foundations are ‘pretty vulnerable’.
Postecoglou was also seen rowing with a supporter during the game, appearing dissatisfied with the happenings surrounding the match.
Naturally, a Tottenham victory would have given Arsenal the opportunity to defeat Everton at home on Sunday and win the championship.
After the game, Pep Guardiola had nothing but admiration for his team, even if the Spurs manager was obviously not pleased with how the fans responded to City’s triumph.
Guardiola praises six members of Tottenham.
After the match in north London yesterday night, the City manager gushed about Heung-min Son, Dejan Kulusevski, Pedro Porro, Brennan Johnson, James Maddison, and Pape Matar Sarr in an interview with Sky Sports.
“They move so quickly,” Guardiola remarked. Johnson, Son; Maddison; Kulusevski. They have some outstanding athletes.
“For defenders, the runners with Porro and Sarr have a lot of weaponry and speed behind them. This is an amazing crew, truly amazing. We knew suffering was inevitable.
Tottenham’s defeat against City in numbers
Regardless of the outcome, Tottenham’s performance against the reigning champions provided plenty of positives.
Postecoglou even shook things up, starting Micky van de Ven at left-back and Radu Dragusin at center-back.
The Australian manager also chose to play without a clear striker, starting four midfielders while Son and Johnson played out wide.
According to Sofascore, Spurs had 53% possession against a usually powerful City team.
Postecoglou’s men also had ten shots to City’s eight, with both teams producing four major opportunities.
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