Guardiola expects sparks to fly at Tottenham

LONDON: After a ding-dong 3-3 draw with Celtic in the Champions League, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola anticipates another breathless encounter in this weekend’s Premier League showdown with Tottenham Hotspur.

With six wins from six matches, City are the league leaders and early title favourites, but Tottenham, four points back in second place, are enjoying their best start to a top-flight campaign since 1965.

Guardiola and his Spurs counterpart Mauricio Pochettino employ an aggressive, high-pressing style and the City manager thinks the fans at White Hart Lane on Sunday could be in for a treat.

“What I like is teams who are active and you see that when they play, they want the ball,” said Guardiola, who could become the first manager to win his first seven Premier League matches.

“They want to keep it and they are so aggressive without the ball. I like to see that and Liverpool and Tottenham are both teams in that way.”