Although Pep Guardiola overcame all the hardships with Manchester City and achieved all possible titles, there is only one team that can be called the “complex” of the English Premier League champions in the era of the Spanish philosopher, and that is Tottenham.
Spurs succeeded in achieving a very exciting draw with Manchester City 3-3 at Etihad Stadium, in the 14th round of the 2023-2024 English Premier League.
The scenario of the match was very interesting, as Tottenham took the lead through Heung-Min Son, who equalized after only 137 seconds for Manchester City with an own goal, then City took the lead again through Julian Alvarez, then Giovani Lo Celso equalized the score for the visitors.
In the 80th minute, Jack Grealish scored the third goal for City, and with him everyone thought that the three points would go to Pep Guardiola's squad, but Dejan Kulusevski was able to score the fatal adjustment goal for Spurs in the last minute of the match.
Throughout his career with Manchester City, there is no team that Guardiola lost to more than Tottenham, in 7 matches out of 18 matches between the two teams.
First loss in Premier League
When he arrived to coach Manchester City, Pep Guardiola's start was distinguished by achieving a series of victories, but it stopped at Tottenham, who was coached at the time by current Chelsea coach Mauricio Pochettino.
The London club succeeded in inflicting Guardiola's first defeat, with a score of 2-0 at White Hart Lane in October 2016, which was the first match in the Spanish coach's career against Spurs ever.
Guardiola did not succeed in beating Tottenham this season, so he tied the second leg at Etihad Stadium 2-2.
Champions League thunderbolt
Among the unforgettable matches between the two teams was when they played in the quarter-finals of the 2018-2019 Champions League, when Mauricio Pochettino’s squad achieved the second victory over Guardiola’s squad, in the first leg, with a score of 1-0.
In the second leg, Manchester City succeeded in winning 4-3, but the away goal rule advanced Tottenham to the semi-finals to face Ajax.
Two losses against Jose Mourinho
The great conflict between Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola is always known, and was translated at one point in the confrontations between Tottenham and Manchester City.
Mourinho succeeded in winning his first match against Guardiola with Tottenham 2-0, then repeated his victory in the following season with the same score, and the common denominator is that both matches were at the London club’s stadium.
Two losses with two coaches in one season
Tottenham opened the 2021-2022 season with coach Nuno Santo with a 1-0 win over City, and in the second round with the arrival of Antonio Conte, Spurs won 3-2 over Guardiola’s squad as well.
Angie Postecoglou now
In his first season with Tottenham, Ange Postecoglou succeeded in snatching a valuable point from Guardiola's City in a 3-3 draw, thereby dedicating the Spurs complex to Guardiola, the club he was defeated by more than any other club in his entire career.
History of matches between Manchester City and Tottenham during the era of Pep Guardiola:
Number of matches: 17 matches
Manchester City wins: 8 matches
Tottenham wins: 7 matches
Draw: 3 matches
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