Liverpool easily beat the Champions of England in defending 2-0 thanks to first half goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai, thus increasing his advance on Arsenal, second, at 11 points in the classification. Several city stars were absent from the starting eleven on Sunday, such as Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva and Ilkay Gundogan who were left on the bench, while Erling Haaland was not selected in the day team due to A knee injury.
While the inexperienced team of the Cityzens was completely dominated by the men of Arne Slot, who are now approaching the title in the Premier League, Guardiola has defended his squad by praising the resilience of young people in the face of a much higher formation .
“They are still threatening, but it's not easy to control them. We made them fall. Thanks to our pressing or our construction. I think Doku and Savinho played an incredible match and often arrived on the goal line, but then, just from there, we missed magic. We played very well, so I have no regrets. The opportunities in the last third, when we want to shoot and center, for the amount we have reached there, we did not create a lot.
“A brilliant future”
“I saw a brilliant future. Apart from Kevin (de Bruyne) and Nathan (AKE), they are the future of this club in the coming years, with others that will come to the next windows. There are so many players who play here, but we know that ERLING (HAALAND) will come and we have important absences. Everyone was really, really good. The first goal on corner, but we tried to play and I know how the opponent will play. In the second half, they were 11 players in the area. We did well because they don't want to do that. A great compliment for them, but I am very satisfied with the way we play. »»
Manchester City will aim to reconnect on Wednesday by going to northern London to face Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League.
