Pep Guardiola continues Mauricio Pochettino war of words claiming he has taken comments wrong way
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PEP GUARDIOLA has continued his war of words with Mauricio Pochettino and called the Spurs boss' attack a mistake.
Poch went off on one at the Manchester City chief, claiming his comments of Spurs being 'the Harry Kane team' were "sad" and disrespectful".
But Guardiola has now defended his comments and claims Pochettino has got the wrong end of the stick.
Guardiola said: "I think Mauricio has made a mistake.
"I'm really disappointed if he said that. Never in my career have I not been respectful.
"Maybe I can answer when someone attacks my team or my club, but never would I be disrespectful about Mauricio or Tottenham.
"From the times I spoke with him, maybe my English is not so well, but I was never disrespectful to my colleague.
"I was never disrespectful in a press conference. Never.
"When I said about Harry Kane's team, it was because Harry Kane was scoring a lot of goals, and I know perfectly that Tottenham are not Harry Kane alone.
"I spoke many times to Mauricio.
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"If he believes this, maybe I should say Pochettino's team when I said Harry Kane's team, but I said it because he scored two goals against Huddersfield and a goal for the national team and another goal for the national team."
Guardiola made his sly dig at Spurs after their star man netted another brace in their 4-0 win over Huddersfield Town.
Pochettino, whose Spurs side take on Bournemouth at Wembley today, replied: “I know Pep and when he is excited after an amazing win, he struggles to keep his position and be a gentleman.
“But what he said was disrespectful to many. It did not affect me but was very disrespectful for many people.
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