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Sean Dyche’s Burnley visit Spurs tomorrow. The Clarets’ manager saw his side beaten 4-1 at home to Burnley on Tuesday, and he lamented that the
Premier League “is not a level playing field”:
You can put your wits against
Pep Guardiola but I haven’t got a team worth half-a-billion pounds or whatever it is. It is not a level playing field, everyone knows that. We look forward to what is a good opportunity to recover good form because we’ve had a couple of slips this week, although one was against Man City. There are some games coming we think we can definitely compete in.”
There is no measure on that performance (against City). We know he needs true Premier League fitness, as in game time. It is difficult to shortcut true Premier League fitness, it does take time and he knows that. He has been around the game long enough, he knows Burnley
Football Club is not a walk in the park, we don’t stroll through the Premier League.” 3.33pm GMT
A little more from Guardiola about Mikel Arteta’s managerial credentials. He told Sky Sports News:
He is ready. I’m not a guy that puts a gun to the heads of my staff or players and says what they have to do. We are human beings and everyone has dreams and desires. Hopefully he can stay this season and the next one – as long as possible in this club. That would be my dream, but Mikel has his own life and I will never say what he has to do.
I arrived here and we were in touch about working together and the time we have spent together has been magnificent. I tried to help him and he has helped me a lot. He knows what I want and what the club wants.”
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