Pep: City inferior to Spurs

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Pep Guardiola conceded Tottenham were the better team after they inflicted the first defeat of his tenure at Manchester City.

The Premier League leaders were second best for much of Sunday’s clash at White Hart Lane and succumbed to Aleksandar Kolarov’s early own goal before Dele Alli sealed the Spurs victory.

“Spurs were better, that’s all,” Guardiola told Sky Sports. “I have to congratulate the opponents because they were better.”

Asked why his side, who had won all six of their previous Premier League games, were off the pace, Guardiola added: “There were many things.

“We couldn’t cope with their press. We wanted to do that and they did it better.

“The first goal was quite similar to the one at Celtic and it’s always difficult to recover.

“The last 20 …

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