Pep Guardiola needed to ask what the time period ‘bogey’ meant when discussing Manchester Metropolis’s barely poor report towards 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 facet’.
Though Guardiola’s facet so typically are likely to win even within the massive video games towards the remainder of the highest six, it’s notable that they’ve typically slipped up towards Tottenham.
Guardiola has confronted quite a lot of totally different Spurs managers throughout his time answerable for Metropolis, however suffered towards Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Antonio Conte and Ange Postecoglou.
He’ll now be up towards new THFC supervisor Thomas Frank, and admitted he didn’t know why this fixture was so typically a wrestle for his facet…
Pep Guardiola on Manchester Metropolis’s struggles towards Tottenham
When requested about Metropolis’s points at any time when they arrive up towards 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 workforce.
He additionally paid tribute to the highest attacking gamers they’ve typically had, significantly previously, which can probably 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.
