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Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insisted that “this situation is strange for everyone”, while offering an idea of why they continue to fight domestically this season.
City man went ahead through Ilkay Gundogan, and they were tied thanks to an unfortunate own goal from Ruben Dias.
The hosts created relatively few clear chances until the last 10 minutes, somewhat Guardiola he was too aware of it.
The Spaniard told Amazon: “We didn’t believe much in the first half, they had a lot of people back, we fought to win the second balls. In the second half we did everything that we couldn’t score.
“We created enough to win the game, I think 26 shots, you just have to put the ball in, we are struggling with that. We have to be optimistic.
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“You don’t have to be so smart to see the gap between this year and previous years [in our results]. It is not trustworthy, Sergio Agüero has been injured for four months, but we create chances, we are there, we simply cannot score.
“It’s not about the points [to the top of the league], you have to win games like this. We know, we drop points. These are the ones you have to win. It’s not far from the top of the league, but you have to beat West Brom at home. There are many games left.
“This situation is strange for everyone. We deserved to win the game, but we didn’t win it ”.
Europe’s teams are fighting – Gundogan
Goal scorer Gundogan hinted at a familiar reason behind their latest domestic fight.
He told Amazon: “We deserved better, we had the opportunities. I don’t know what to say, it’s disappointing to get a point, we have to win these kinds of games.
“It is not always easy at this time of year, so many games, they defend so deep. They do it well, they play with everything they have, they fight for every ball. It’s not easy to create chances, but we did it, we just couldn’t score more than one goal.
“We have played great football in the past, we set a high standard. The expectation is not just going down. When you win, you must prove your worth again. You can see across Europe that the great teams are struggling. It’s not going to get any easier in the next few weeks.
“We are human beings, not machines, we also fight. We know we could have played better, but it seems like today is in the details. “
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