Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou has heaped reward on Manchester Metropolis forward of their assembly on Wednesday evening.
The Spurs boss has already overcome the Premier League champions twice this season, as soon as within the League Cup and once more on the Etihad in November.
However the Australian is nicely conscious of the risk Pep Guardiola’s facet poses, significantly when they’re up in opposition to it.
Talking in his pre-match press convention, Postecoglou mentioned: “Yeah, look it’s at all times a problem while you play Metropolis they usually problem you in methods different golf equipment don’t by way of their soccer.
“I do know for them they’re going by way of a tough trot, however their soccer remains to be an actual problem to play in opposition to but it surely’s an excellent problem. It’s what you need and also you wish to measure your self.
“They’ll come right here and check out play, be dominant on the ball and we wish to be dominant, however in opposition to Man Metropolis you’ll be able to’t be and it’s inconceivable to be dominant in all aspects.
“You’re at all times wanting ahead to the problem. Man Metropolis are an impressive soccer membership, nice supervisor, nonetheless bought nice footballers and nonetheless play actually difficult soccer to any opponent.
“We’ve loved our video games in opposition to them, whether or not that was this 12 months or final 12 months. They’re going to attempt to win, they’re going to attempt to play expansively and we’re going to attempt to do the identical. It’s going to be an excellent check for us.”
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A win would mark 4 in a row within the Premier League for Spurs, their finest run of kind all season.
They’ve lifted themselves away from the underside six in latest weeks and as much as twelfth, albeit nonetheless a good distance off the European locations.
However one other win, in opposition to Metropolis once more, may elevate the temper much more, particularly with the likes of Micky van de Ven, Cristiano Romero and Dominic Solanke all coming back from damage subsequent week.
He added: “Everyone is dismissing that we misplaced two cup video games in there as nicely so it isn’t precisely three in a row. We perceive there was a disappointment in there as nicely.
“I believe the final couple of video games specifically have actually given us encouragement by way of simply with the ability to re-energise the group. Whether or not that’s the guys who labored actually onerous by way of that interval the place we had been actually challenged or the blokes coming again in.
“There’s only a actual good vitality round it. The blokes who missed out have been actually eager to contribute and you’ve got seen the passion that, Vicario, Brennan on the weekend, Maddison coming again in, Future, these guys have purchased.
“It has helped the remainder of the group. I believe we now have benefitted from that with the 2 weeks we now have had of no midweek video games. So all of these issues and then you definitely get two wins which makes individuals really feel good and is one thing for us to construct on.”
