On post match interview Ange was asked what made him burst into laughter while he was shaking Guardiola
And Ange revealed that at the beginning of the match Guardiola told him they will trash spurs 5:0 as they thought they are fully prepared. “I told him we are spurs and we shall create history today Thats what made me burst into laughter ‘Ange’” And I responded let see how it goes.
AFTER GUARDIOLA LEARNED THE HARD WAY ⬇️
Spurs fans may not love how Pep Guardiola put his words after watching Tottenham Hotspur demolish his Man City side at the Etihad Stadium.
Tottenham have made it a habit of defying expectations this season, both in a positive and a negative sense, and they did that once more on Saturday.
Hardly a single Spurs fan would have been confident ahead of the game of the Lilywhites’ chances of getting a result, given that they had just lost to Ipswich Town at home ahead of the international break and were going into the game without their two starting centre-backs.
However, Ange Postecoglou‘s men turned it on in Manchester and reminded everyone how good they can be when they are at their best, destroying Man City 4-0.
Pep Guardiola reacts to heavy loss against Spurs
Going into the game, there was a lot of talk of the pressure on Postecoglou, but it was his opposite number who was left reeling after the result, with Tottenham consigning City to their fifth straight loss.
Guardiola was gracious after the game and congratulated Spurs, admitting that his side are fragile at the moment.
The City boss said (via Football.London): “When you lose 4-0 there is nothing to say but to congratulate Tottenham. We struggled a bit to get the ball back. We created quite a lot in front of the keeper but we are a bit fragile at the moment.”
Ange Postecoglou’s approach vindicated
Most managers would have tried to defend with ten men behind the ball at the Etihad if they were missing key players.
However, Postecoglou stuck to his guns and Tottenham were rewarded handsomely, with defence proving the best form of attack for the away side.
All of the Australian’s selection decisions, including his call to bring James Maddison into the team and play Dejan Kulusevski on the right, as well as his substitutions, worked perfectly.
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Manchester City have been told they may have made a ‘massive’ mistake letting one player go in the summer – while another that they brought into the club is in the spotlight for the errors he was guilty of in their humiliating defeat to Tottenham.
Man City shockingly suffered their fifth defeat in a row on Saturday and in dramatic style as Tottenham thrashed them 4-0 at the Etihad Stadium. It is the first time ever that Pep Guardiola has lost five consecutive games in his entire managerial career.
James Maddison scored a brace inside the opening 20 minutes for Tottenham before Pedro Porro made it three after the break and Brennan Johnson completed the rout in stoppage time.
Much has been made recently of City’s record with and without Ballon d’Or winner Rodri, who is on the sidelines with an ACL injury – but with the form they are in, clearly it is not a singular issue.
And Sky Sports pundit Jamie Redknapp has insisted that Julian Alvarez – who was sold in a club-record deal to Atletico Madrid in the summer – has left just as big a void among Guardiola’s options.
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“Everyone’s going to talk about Rodri because of the impact that he has. But it isn’t just Rodri,” Redknapp said on Sky‘s post-match coverage.
“You’ve obviously got [Mateo] Kovacic, you’ve got Ruben Dias who’s a leader of men in that back four, he’s the talker, the communicator. They miss him. Kevin de Bruyne’s in and out of the team, not at his best.
“I still think Alvarez is a massive blow to this team, where you can bring him on.
“I honestly think, great money, Alvarez in the summer, but I think it was a huge loss not having him, just to bring him on to give you some freshness.
“The age of the team, nine of the 14 were 29+. I think that there may be a little bit of freshening up.
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“Hugo Viana is coming in in the summer. There has to be a bit of a rebuild because you cannot keep relying on Kevin de Bruyne to create chances and win you games and do all the great things that he’s done.
“There has to come a moment where you’ve got to start to look forward and think, OK, how do we make sure we can keep up with these other sides?
“Today they were just overrun and overpowered, certainly in midfield.”
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