City can´t think about being champions after Spurs loss – Guardiola

Pep Guardiola says Manchester City are “not in the position to think about being champions” after they were beaten 1-0 at Tottenham on Sunday.

Harry Kane became Spurs’ all-time top scorer with the only goal of the game, striking a blow to City’s chances of retaining the title and doing fierce rivals Arsenal a big favour.

A day after the table-topping Gunners slipped to a shock loss against Everton, City were unable to capitalise and trail Mikel Arteta’s side – who have a game in hand – by five points.

City boss Guardiola told Sky Sports: “We are not in the position to think about being champions. [We can only think about] the next game.

“Tottenham have a fantastic team, and they punish you. They have a lot of quality up front. [We must] give a lot of credit to them.

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“We started really well, but after we made a mistake, they punished us. At 1-0 down, it is different. It is not easy. We dropped three points.W

It was a fifth loss from as many visits to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for City, who have also failed to score in any of their trips to the ground.

Guardiola said of that record: “Sooner or later, it is going to change, but it is strange we haven’t scored one goal.

“To find an explanation is not easy. We found the positions, [we] made good balls to the channels, but [we] missed [that] last action up front.”