Football: Guardiola could be made to eat his words for branding Spurs a 'Harry Kane team'

Manchester City Manager Pep Guardiola reacts during the UEFA Champions League quarter-final second leg soccer match between Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur at the Etihad Stadium on April 18, 2019. PHOTO: DPA
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LONDON - There is a problem with coining a soundbite. Pep Guardiola was the man who branded Tottenham the "Harry Kane team".

And, on Wednesday, the one-man team without the one man eliminated his Manchester City from the Champions League.

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