Pep Guardiola needed to ask what the time period ‘bogey’ meant when discussing Manchester Metropolis’s barely poor file 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 aspect’.
Though Guardiola’s aspect so typically are inclined to win even within the huge video games towards the remainder of the highest six, it’s notable that they’ve typically slipped up towards Tottenham.
Guardiola has confronted various completely different Spurs managers throughout his time accountable 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 battle for his aspect…
Pep Guardiola on Manchester Metropolis’s struggles towards Tottenham
When requested about Metropolis’s points each time 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 staff.
He additionally paid tribute to the highest attacking gamers they’ve typically had, notably prior to now, 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 huge 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.
