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Pochettino says Man City thrashing is a lesson for Spurs
Tottenham boss, Mauricio Pochettino says it was a ‘good experience’ and a ‘lesson’ for his team after they were thrashed 4-1 by Manchester City at the Etihad on Saturday.
A brace by Raheem Sterling and a goal each by Kelvin de Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan gave City their 16th successive league wins as a consolation goal by Christian Erikson amounted to nothing.
Pochettino, whose side prior to the clash had gone four league games without a defeat, said his players will definitely learn from the thrashing explaining that they probably don’t learn when they play well and win.
“I think it was a good experience for the team, when you win and play well you maybe don’t learn, so, you must learn in this type of game,” he said.
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“When you’re playing a team with good quality, if we take risks, we give them the possibility of making chances. We tried to play, but they were better, we have to congratulate them. So far, they are the best team in England.”
The Spurs boss however expressed his disappointment as his side, which finished second place last season, are currently on seventh in the league table.
“I am very disappointed. We must learn, because one day we want to be in a position to win the Premier League, but today was a big lesson for us.
“We were never going to come here and play a different way to how we normally play, so, we tried, we tried to force the opener, but they were better,” he stated.
Spurs will travel to Burnley next week Saturday.
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