Pep Guardiola Demands Manchester City Do Not Ease Up | Football News

Pep Guardiola desires his Manchester City stars to neglect about their record-breaking run of 15 straight victories, when Tottenham go to the Etihad on Saturday, aiming to halt their cost in the direction of the Premier League title. City broke the English document for a top-flight membership for consecutive wins by beating Swansea in midweek to succeed in the FA Cup quarter-finals, and sustain their quest for an unprecedented quadruple of trophies. Guardiola’s males maintain a five-point lead on the prime of the desk, with a recreation in hand over second-placed Manchester United.

They additionally face Spurs once more within the League Cup last in April and resume their try and win the Champions League, for the primary time towards Borussia Monchengladbach within the final 16 later this month.

“The 15 games in a row winning doesn’t help us to start 2-0 up before the start of the game,” mentioned Guardiola at his pre-match press convention on Friday.

“It helps us to be where we are but no more than that. For statistics it is nice, but statistics don’t help to win the next one.”

Tottenham have been the final crew to beat City, 22 video games in the past.

That 2-0 victory in early November took Jose Mourinho’s males prime of the desk, however a run of 4 wins in 13 league video games since has seen Spurs slide to eighth.

However, City haven’t overwhelmed Tottenham of their final three conferences.

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“We lost that day because they were better in many aspects than us in that game. Spurs’ quality showed more often than our qualities,” added Guardiola.

“You see the quality of the players they are and of course the manager. We have to do better to beat them.”