‘They are not’: Nathan Ake insists Pep Guardiola was wrong about controversial Tottenham claim

A few years ago, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola incited indignation when he implied that Harry Kane, the captain of England, owned Spurs.

According to Nathan Ake, Tottenham is demonstrating that they were never just Harry Kane’s squad.

A few years ago, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola incited outrage when he implied that Spurs were the England captain’s team. Ange Postecoglou’s tenure as manager has nevertheless generated a genuine sense of excitement at White Hart Lane despite Kane’s summer departure to Bayern Munich. City defender Ake has cautioned that the champions will face a tough test at the Etihad.

Three straight losses and an injury crisis have slowed Tottenham’s explosive start to the season. However, Ake stated: “It is obvious that Harry Kane was a prolific goal scorer for Spurs; any side that loses him will feel the effects.”

Nevertheless, despite Kane’s departure, they have added some excellent new players, like James Maddison. Prior to his injury, Maddison was performing incredibly well; however, other players have stepped up and are netting goals. In addition to (Dejan) Kulusevski, who has performed incredibly well, (Heung-min) Son has stepped up, and (Brennan) Johnson has entered and performed admirably.

They have a large number of elite players. Kane was never the only focus of it. Spurs is much more than just that. This season, they are playing some really, really good football. It will be a difficult game because, as we all know, they have had a few injuries that have occasionally made things difficult. Nevertheless, they are playing really well. We must ensure that we are prepared and invigorated.

Draws with Chelsea and Liverpool have slowed City’s quest to become the first team to win the Premier League four times in a row. But Tuesday night, Guardiola’s team overcame a 2-0 deficit to defeat RB Leipzig and keep their perfect record in the Premier League.

That increased City’s winning streak in the competition to eighteen games, setting a record for an English team. Furthermore, according to Ake, the comeback demonstrated that Guardiola’s team’s hunger was not satiated by the historic Treble from the previous season.

He declared, “We know we will never give up.” “We know we didn’t play our best game in the first half, but we still had a ton of opportunities, and things could have gone differently. We can always generate chances and win at any moment. Though I doubt anyone is considering our performance from the previous season, it goes without saying that we all want to win. That was last year for all of us. Nobody is thinking about that.

“As for the other players that have come here, it’s not easy because everyone wants to win and beat us. We just need to focus on maintaining our current level of performance, which should enable us to win the majority of games.

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