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Pep Guardiola hails one ‘fantastic’ part of Tottenham’s squad which is among the best he has ever seen

Lucas Arnold

Thu 27 February 2025 7:35, UK

Although Tottenham Hotspur have become something of a ‘bogey’ side for Manchester City in recent seasons, Pep Guardiola’s side had very little difficulty during the first 45 minutes of their visit to N17 on Wednesday evening.

Man City dominated Tottenham, and owing to Jeremy Doku’s excellent work down the left, Guardiola’s team should have perhaps had the game deadꦛ and buried by half-time.

However, Guglielmo Vicario saved well against Er♋ling Haaland after already being beaten by the Norwegian, and Spurs then improved thereafter in the second half.

Of course, Ange Postecoglou 🐭♛did make changes for the game, deciding to rest the likes of Son Heung-min, Dejan Kulusevski and Djed Spence.

And in truth, it was probably the 𒅌latter who was mi🥃ssed the most, especially given that Doku was beating Pedro Porro at ease. 

Pep Guardiola hails Tottenham’s squad depth despite Ange Postecoglou’s struggles

That being said, Guardiola made some eyebrow-raising comments about Tottenham’s squad depth when speaking to TNT ꧃Sports after full-time on Wednesday evening.

Prior to welcoming one or two players back🎶 recently, Postecoglou’s squad has been decimated by injuries this season – the Spurs boss has oft🍨en been restricted to a bare eleven.

READ MORE: Ange Postecoglou could have very awkward situation w🎃ithဣ Cristian Romero brewing at Tottenham

💦However, Guardiola declared after his side’s 1-0 win that Spurs had one of the best squad depths he’s ever seen.

Guardiola said: “I know it is not easy, we won just three times in this stadium🐲 in eight or nine years, so it has been tough and I know how good they are.

“Listen, this is one of the 🌟best depth of squads I’ve ever seen.

“The manager [Postecoglou] is exceptional. Kulusevski, Son, S🌺pence on the bench and when they come with their impact, and the players in the first part were brilliant too. 

𝕴“They are a fantastic team, so I’m really pleased for the victory today.”

Ange Postecoglou might not agree with Pep Guardiola

Of course, these comments are very interesting given♛ that most Tottenham fans would p🤡robably argue otherwise.

Although Postecoglou𓆏 has a very strong eleven when all are fit, high-quality replacements are still lacking in certain areas.

Spurs’ January business did help in that regard – Kevin Danso will now pr🐠ovide much more capable back-up to Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven for exaꦺmple.

But some will find i♐t hard to agree that Tottenham have one of the best squads in the Premier League, let alone one of the best that Pep has ever seen.

That being said, Tottenham fans were se൩🌜riously impressed with one player foll🐬owing his efforts against City desౠpite the defeat.