Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has denied claims from Tottenham boss Antonio Conte that he is the best coach in the world.
City take on Spurs on Saturday night as they look to keep their unbeaten streak going and edge closer to retaining their Premier League title.
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Ahead of the game, Spurs boss Conte named Guardiola as the world’s best coach but the Spaniard was quick to play down his opposite numbers quotes and offered his own praise for the Italian.
“Thank you so much, I am not. I appreciate it. I would say I don’t have words [about Conte]. I learn a lot watching his teams, the movement, the club rely on him 100% and his ideas. He showed in Juventus and changed many things, at Milano, at Chelsea.
“If the club rely on him 100% they will have success. In my first season it was tough against him. To be there for many time in this country, he can talk about it. We know how difficult this country is.
“He’s a manager even the national team how they play is fantastic. I have incredible respect because when I watch his teams I learn something new.”
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Guardiola continued: “He arrived and his impact was clear, many teams started to play five at the back. World football copy and paste it. He changed it for many teams.
“He won the league fantastically well, he passed to play his system, after in the second season I’m not involved but he made his stamp in this league.”
Spurs come into the fixture in poor form after losing their last three, but Guardiola believes that could give them the motivation to turn things around when they meet at the Etihad on Saturday evening.
“This is the problem, the fact they’ve lost three times they’ll be ready for tomorrow. To lose four times in a row is not easy, we suffer every time with [Harry] Kane, [Lucas] Moura, they have a lot of quality.
“The patterns they do, what I saw yesterday and today, they realise. A manager arrives in the middle of the season changes things, playing every three days. You need time but there is no time, this club gave me time. All managers need time.”
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