Man City's Pep Guardiola brands title rivals Tottenham 'the Harry Kane team'

Harry Kane has won plenty of plaudits recently, but Pep Guardiola's back-handed compliment won't necessarily please Tottenham fans.

Kane scored 13 goals in September for club and country, with Spurs heading into the international break five points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City.

Guardiola's side beat champions Chelsea 1-0 at Stamford Bridge to send out a statement of intent to their rivals, but the coach playfully suggested that Tottenham are something of a one-man team with Kane leading Spurs' title charge.

"It's in September, so Chelsea won 15 games in a row last season, were unbeatable and won the league, not easy, but they won it in advance," Sky Sports reports him as saying of City's ambitions.

"Of course this season has a little more problems because they [Chelsea] play every three days, that's always more complicated for all the teams.

"But we also have United, we saw again the Harry Kane team scores every day two or three goals.

"Jose, with United, always will be tough because now you see United is a Jose Mourinho team.

"I see them win duels, they are so quick on the counter attack, they have already convinced they can do it in that way.

"It will be so tough but it is important in the process to show we can do that.

"So we'll go to Old Trafford, White Hart Lane, the Emirates - it doesn't matter, we are going to try. After that, the opponents are good too, but we are going to try."