Man City vs Tottenham: Pep latest, kickoff time, team news, where to watch

Who: Manchester City vs Tottenham Hotspur
What: English Premier League football
Where: Etihad Stadium, Manchester, United Kingdom
When: 5:30pm (17:30 GMT) connected Saturday
How to follow: Al Jazeera Sport volition person each the build-up and afloat substance commentary of the game

Manchester City brag Pep Guardiola says helium would enactment to the extremity of his declaration with the Premier League champions adjacent if they were relegated, a time aft helium signed a two-year extension that volition support him astatine the nine until 2027.

Guardiola, who joined City successful 2016, has won 18 trophies with the club, including six Premier League titles and their archetypal Champions League.

City are embroiled successful a proceeding implicit alleged breaches of the league’s fiscal just play rules, however, which could perchance spot them look points deductions, a good and relegation if recovered guilty. Guardiola has ever defended City, saying helium trusts the owners, and the Spaniard said relegation would not origin him to permission the club.

“I said six months agone erstwhile each the clubs accused america to person done thing wrong, what happened if we are relegated – I volition beryllium here,” Guardiola told reporters earlier Saturday’s location crippled against Tottenham Hotspur. “Next year, if we are successful the conference, we volition travel up to the Premier League. I knew it then. I consciousness it now.”

Guardiola said helium had agreed a caller woody successful “just 2 hours”, and erstwhile asked wherefore helium signed a two-year extension, helium joked, saying it was due to the fact that helium liked the Manchester weather. “It’s a bully question. I don’t privation adjacent play – successful September, October, November – ‘It’s the past twelvemonth of Pep.’ I don’t privation to beryllium successful that position,” helium added.

“I would similar to enactment for 2 years, but I cognize if the results are not good, it volition not beryllium 2 years.”

Tottenham caput manager Ange Postecoglou oversaw a League Cup triumph against City this period [Dave Shopland/AP]

Guardiola mislaid 4 matches successful a enactment for the archetypal clip successful his managerial vocation earlier the planetary break, but helium brushed it aside, saying City are besides the lone nine to triumph 4 league titles successful a row.

“When you are present 8 oregon 9 years, you unrecorded each the scenarios and situations. You are capable to suffer 4 games successful a row. At the aforesaid time, you are capable to triumph 4 Premier Leagues successful a row,” helium said. “The quality is astir teams are capable to suffer 4 successful a enactment successful antithetic competitions, but conscionable 1 squad won 4 Premier Leagues successful a row. Both sides of the coin tin happen.”

But with Ballon d’Or victor Rodri sidelined for perchance the remainder of the season, Guardiola was dealt different stroke erstwhile Croatian midfielder Mateo Kovacic suffered an wounded connected planetary duty. “It volition beryllium a while, 3 weeks oregon a month, much oregon less,” Guardiola said.

Tottenham’s inconsistency has near them 10th successful the standings, but manager Ange Postecoglou is paying small attraction to their mediocre signifier and spoke successful glowing presumption astir Guardiola, whom helium got the amended of successful a League Cup triumph this month.

“He’s fantastic for the Premier League. He keeps mounting the standard, which is large for each of america trying to mow him down,” the Greek-Australian told reporters.

“It’s not casual to triumph successful antithetic countries, and I cognize that he’s been astatine large clubs, but arsenic we’ve seen recently, that’s not needfully transferable to winning things each the time. You’ve inactive got to bash it.

“So he’s maintained a ridiculous level of excellence. The mode his squad plays, they’re ever benignant of challenging each hostile they face, and I conjecture his vigor to support that for truthful agelong – it’s been outstanding.

“He’ll spell down arsenic 1 of the greats already, and the denotation that he’s re-signed means there’s much to come.”

Manchester City squad news

Ruben Dias remains sidelined portion chap defenders John Stones and Manuel Akanji person resumed training. Nathan Ake is besides acceptable to instrumentality to grooming to boost the beleaguered backline.

Tottenham Hotspur squad news

Spurs person respective players missing, including some their regular centre halves aft Postecoglou confirmed that Cristian Romero would not beryllium disposable on with Micky van de Ven.

Uruguayan Rodrigo Bentancur volition besides beryllium absent, having been deed with a seven-match prohibition by the Football Association for making a derogatory remark astir teammate Son Heung-min. Tottenham person appealed the magnitude of the ban.

Head-to-head

Manchester City person edged the 172 meetings truthful acold with 68 victories to Tottenham’s 67.

Spurs person a remarkably bully caller record, winning 4 of the past 8 encounters. Their archetypal gathering was successful the FA Cup successful 1909 with the distant squad winning 4-3 successful Manchester.

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