Pep Guardiola
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola admitted that Arsenal were better than his side during Saturday’s Premier League clash. Despite the victory, Guardiola admitted that the Gunners were the better team on the day, claiming that their fresh legs gave them an advantage over the Citizens, who had played just three days earlier.
Pep Guardiola said: “Just take a look at our bench, four players from the academy. We had many cases for Covid and injuries. Phil Foden… Kyle and Rodri were first days today from Covid time. In this period today, we were incredibly tired. Arsenal were better today but football happens. Congratulations, they were better. We face a team who struggled to be in top four and start the season at the bottom. Now they are in the top four. They had six or seven days since the last game at Norwich. We had two days since Brentford and come back and didn’t have a team. That’s why we put one more player in the middle. To have more control and passes. We know in the transitions with Saka and Martinelli, contact with Lacazette. Should be difficult and it was difficult, we didn’t have energy.”
