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Pep Guardiola the figurehead of modern management - Pochettino

LONDON -- Tottenham's Mauricio Pochettino has described Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola as "the face" of a new era of management ahead of their first meeting in English football on Sunday.

They will meet as managers for the tenth time when second-place Spurs host league leaders City at White Hart Lane, and Pochettino has named Guardiola as the figurehead of modern management -- but says he owes that position, in part, to the quality of players he has worked with.

"He is the face of the change," Pochettino said. "When you mix the romantic football with the new technology, in this moment, a new manager appears.