Pochettino was the first man to undo Pep's City this season and he has worked assiduously to build the kind of team that his rival could envy.
How could Mauricio Pochettino – former clubs Espanyol and Southampton, zero trophies – ever be an inspiration to Pep Guardiola –former clubs Barcelona and Bayern Munich, 21 trophies?
It’s because Pochettino is in the process of transforming Tottenham into the Premier League’s most formidable and promising team - in a manner that could well serve as a template for the Manchester City manager.
Guardiola appears to be adapting his football to the peculiarities of the British game – as his two-and-a-half-hour training sessions of second balls would confirm – and if he needs an example of how to better integrate then he would do well to consider the successes of the former Argentina defender.
Tottenham were sixth in 2013-14 when Pochettino replaced Tim Sherwood; a mix of continuity and progressiveness has gradually improved the club in all aspects since then. Spurs are a team with backbone; a team who take the initiative, a team who can find consistent results against title-chasing teams and the best of the rest alike. The same currently could not be said about City.
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