Manchester City paid the price for their Champions League exertions with Celtic by crashing to their first defeat of the season at Tottenham today.
An own goal from Aleksandar Kolarov and a strike from Deli Ali were enough to give the home side full points with City’s lead at the top of the Premier League trimmed down to a single point.
The intensity of the game with Celtic clearly effected Pep Guadiola’s side with the City boss offering up no excuses after his side’s defeat at White Hart Lane.
“They were the better team, that can sometimes happen,” he admitted. “We play against a team who have had the same trainer for the last two or three years and last season were fighting until the end to win the Premier League.
“They have players with talent, we know how aggressive they are home and away but especially at home.
“We lost a lot of balls in the position that were so, so dangerous, they were one step in front of us today so we can just say congratulations to Tottenham, because when the opponent is better you just have to accept it and learn from that.”
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino said: “I feel very happy and very pleased, the performance was nearly perfect.
“To play a great team like Manchester City you need to do a fantastic job and for that I’m very proud for the performance and the work that our players showed today.”
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