After Man City’s loss to Tottenham, coach Pep Guardiola admitted that the home team’s chances of winning the Premier League were getting smaller and smaller.
In the context that Arsenal lost to Everton in the early match of the 22nd round of the Premier League, Man City could not take advantage to close the gap with the top team. Coach Pep Guardiola’s army also lost to Tottenham last night.
Pep Guardiola admits Man City’s chances of winning the Premier League are getting smaller and smaller (photo: Daily Mail).
After this defeat, Man City is still second in the Premier League table with 45 points, 5 points behind Arsenal and played more than one match. Coach Pep Guardiola admits to the bitter reality that Man’s chances of winning the Premier League are “green” smaller and smaller.
He said: “This loss affects our ability to win the title. Arsenal rarely drop points this season. However, we were unable to take advantage of the opportunity to close the gap with Arsenal. Arsenal. Man City had a good start but made the same mistake they made two weeks ago.”
Man City have lost in the last 5 times marching to Tottenham’s field and could not score any goals in this series of matches. Talking about that, coach Pep Guardiola expressed: “Sooner or later we will change this bad situation. But the strange thing is that Man City could not score in the last 5 trips to Tottenham’s field. It’s hard to explain, we’ve missed penalties and good chances.
Now, Man City is not in the right position to think about the championship. We need to focus on playing well in the next game against Aston Villa.”
Pep Guardiola also gave a surprising explanation about the cause of Man City’s defeat against Tottenham last night. He added: “From Manchester to London, it was like going to Northern Europe. It took us 4 hours and 30 minutes to get to the hotel. The journey to London was exhausting.”
Man City missed a great opportunity to close the gap with Arsenal (photo: Getty).
Commenting on Sky Sports, former Man Utd player Gary Neville was not surprised when Man City lost the match. He said: “I remember when Tottenham led Man City 2-0 at the Etihad two weeks ago, I said that Pep Guardiola was creating a mess again.
Today, I felt the same thing when I saw the starting XI without De Bruyne, Ruben Dias and Laporte. Of course, you cannot underestimate Man City. It’s hard to point out that Pep Guardiola is wrong, especially when he’s proven himself right so many times. I think at the moment Man City is having problems. I have a strange feeling at the moment.”