Guardiola and his boys lost 1-0 despite 73 percent of the ball. The visitors shot at goal 26 times, without success, which is also a (negative) record for City and his coach.
He finds no explanation why his team – which scores so much and gives away so few chances – has already lost 9 league matches. “We are in the lead in the number of goals scored (81 in 33 matches, red). We create a lot of opportunities. And on the other hand, we don’t give away much. No team gave away as few opportunities as we did, but we went like this many matches down. “
“It is also difficult for me to find an explanation for that. But you have to keep talking and keep talking about the game, how to play and try to do more, give as little as possible and score yourself.”
After the corona lockdown, City beat Arsenal (3-0), Burnley (5-0) and champion Liverpool (4-0) at home. But out it lost all its matches: at Manchester United (2-0), at Chelsea (2-1) and at Southampton (1-0).
City has to go home against Newcastle on Wednesday. Guardiola expects to just win again: “I am confident that we will succeed, because we have the same guys and we succeeded in the previous seasons. We play in the same way this season, but that is not enough to match to win.” City finished the past 2 seasons as champions after 2 and 4 defeats respectively.
