Poch: Pep needs to be humble

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Mauricio Pochettino has offered a word of caution to Pep Guardiola about the challenges facing foreign managers in the Premier League.

The Manchester City manager has come under scrutiny this week after giving a series of prickly interviews following his side’s 2-1 victory over Burnley on Monday.

In his first season in the Premier League, Guardiola finds himself in unfamiliar territory as his side have so far failed to keep pace with Antonio Conte’s Chelsea.

Chelsea head to White Hart Lane on Wednesday night looking for a Premier League record 14th consecutive victory and could reopen a ten-point gap to City if they can achieve the feat against Tottenham.

That is a far cry from Guardiola’s previous seven seasons in management with Barcelona and Bayern Munich which yielded six league titles.

The one season Guardiola failed to win the league was in 2011/12 when he lost out to a Real Madrid side led by …

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