Manchester City manager, Pep Guardiola
has disclosed why his side were defeated
2-1 by Newcastle United on Tuesday night
in the Premier League encounter.
Goals from Salomón Rondón and Matt
Ritchie gave Rafael BenÃtez’s men all three
points against Man City.
However, a goal from Sergio Agüero was
not enough to hand Guardiola’s men a
point against the hosts.
Guardiola said Manchester City were
defeated by Newcastle United because his
players “were not aggressive enoughâ€.
“Seven points is a lot of points,†Guardiola
was quoted by Irish Times as saying at
post-match.
“Liverpool’s advantage is not huge but it’s
there – we have to win a lot of games
now. But if we want to keep going up as a
club we have to accept the challenge. We
are in January and we are behind the
leaders but there are a lot of trophies and
points to play for.â€
Guardiola added: “I know how my players
are feeling right now and I am close to
them and by them.
“Sometimes things go your way and
sometimes they don’t – we had just won
eight games in a row and scored 30 goals
without reply but sometimes things don’t
go your way.
“I love these players, they are an incredible
group of guys, they gave me all the
prestige I have in England.
“Our game was slow, we didn’t commit. It
was not our best night. We lost second
balls, we were not aggressive enough,
that’s why we could not win. We didn’t
have the rhythm we needed to impose our
game.
“We didn’t play our normal way but it
happens sometimes. Players are human
beings. It was not a good night but
congratulations to Newcastle. They played
good – and they have a very good
manager.â€
Source:
dailypost.ng/2019/01/30/epl-
guardiola-reveals-newcastle-united-
defeated-manchester-city/
