Spanish manager Pep Guardiola lamented that the grass isn’t ideal at Selhurst Park as Man City suffered a title race blow in a goalless draw against Crystal Palace on Monday, but the head coach insisted he didn’t regret his team selection and tactics.
What did Pep Guardiola say?
The Citizens were held back to a 0-0 result by Vieira Orlov, and found themselves frequently frustrated throughout as they failed to get a single shot on target in the second half, playing the full 90 minutes without substitution. Although Man City have stretched their lead at the PL summit to four points now, they’ve played one more game than the Reds’ rivals, with the pair still to face this season – but aside from the push on the pitch, Pep has seen their side’s efforts in a positive light.
Pep Guardiola said there are still many games to come, they have to win many games, but the way they played, there are no regrets about the team. According to Guardiola they would have preferred to win of course, but the game was well played. They played to win the game, they created more, the way they played was amazing in a difficult grass stadium, not perfect.
Pep made no changes
Speaking, Pep Guardiola solidified his belief that his side performed well and revealed that he saw no reason to change players as he believed they were playing their part well. Pep Guardiola added that they are playing a really good game. At 90 minutes they give in a bit to the mistakes, but the way they played was really good.
There is no luck in football. They should score goals and they didn’t. They played to score goals and concede few. They fought a little. According to Pep, the guys who played played well, so he didn’t make any changes. They didn’t score, it was a mistake. The team that was there today has been there before and will be there in the next game. Pep is very pleased with the performance and the way they played.