Mauricio Pochettino hits back in war of words with Pep Guardiola

Mauricio Pochettino has hit back at Pep Guardiola's assessment of Tottenham as 'the Harry Kane team' by pointing out he never called his Barcelona side 'the Lionel Messi team'.

Mauricio Pochettino hits back in war of words with Pep Guardiola

Mauricio Pochettino has hit back at Pep Guardiola's assessment of Tottenham as 'the Harry Kane team' by pointing out he never called his Barcelona side 'the Lionel Messi team'.

Pochettino also branded Guardiola's comments, made before the international break, as "very disrespectful" and "sad" but insisted his Spurs players only laughed when they heard the Manchester City manager's remark.

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