Mauricio Pochettino hails Manchester City as ‘the best team on the planet’ in front of Stamford Bridge clash

Mauricio Pochettino piled acclaim on

Pep Guardiola and Manchester City in front of their visit to Stamford Bridge in the Premier League.

City are the defending champions and current league leaders

having won nine of 11 matches up to this point, while Chelsea is moping down in tenth

in spite of getting a truly necessary success over Spur’s last break.

Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino marked Manchester City

the “best group on the planet” in front of their visit to Stamford Bridge on Sunday in the Premier League.

City, the defending champs, are at the present top of the table from

Tottenham have won nine of 11 matches to begin this season.

Chelsea under Pochettino, who joined the Blues in the summer,

are now 12 points behind their opponents however were supported by an undeniably

exhilarating 4-1 win over Spurs last break.

The Argentinian knows about the size of the undertaking facing Pep Guardiola’s side

however, would not portray Chelsea as the “longshot” in front of the clash.

“For me, it is the best group, the best-instructing staff, the best coach,” Pochettino said.

“We want to applaud, we want to come clean, it is awesome or quite possibly of the best organisation on the planet.

“At the point when you show the outcomes this is on the grounds that you are doing things start to finish all around well. We really want to give credit to the entirety of the organisations.
“It will be a test, we need to contend with them, I think we will attempt to contend our best, and what we need is three focuses, they are significant as far as we’re concerned.”

He added: “Chelsea is never the feeling of the underdog. The inclination forever is you are Chelsea. At the point when you say Chelsea it is incomprehensible, the set of experiences is there.
“I figure we can’t proceed to say we are the casualty on Sunday, we really want to proceed to attempt to be a hero.

“Monday going to Tottenham and finishing the game 4-1 showed we have character and ability to contend and battle with the best clubs in England. Presently it’s tied in with bringing that certainty that will without a doubt assist us with being more cutthroat.”

City is going for their fourth consecutive Premier League crown and 6th in seven years under Guardiola.

Inquired as to whether he suspected such a spell of strength was great for the game, Pochettino added: “It’s the truth. I couldn’t say whether it was fortunate or unfortunate. They have shown they overwhelm English football since they merit [it].

“I couldn’t say whether it’s positive or negative. It’s the truth, they are top. They are the group you need to beat, you need to challenge since they are showing extraordinary quality.”

Chelsea won the UEFA Champions League in 2019 however drooped to a twelfth spot finish in the League last season.

The London club haven’t lifted the Premier League beginning around 2017 yet Guardiola accepts it is inevitable before they are testing indeed.

“They’re improving, new club, new players,” Guardiola said. “Sooner than later they’ll be a force to be reckoned with, the quality in all divisions is there.

“Chelsea is perhaps of the main group in England, they won the CL (Champions League) with [Thomas] Tuchel against us. It’s perhaps the most grounded group, no questions about that.

“They have great soul, forceful, great examples, it’s quite possibly one of the hardest games we have in the season yet at the same time, we go there hopeful.
“We are top of the association at the present time and we need to attempt to keep up with the nature of the game. However, eventually, Chelsea will be battling for the title, presumably about that.”

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