Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola admits that he regrets only the last 25 minutes of loss 5-1 in Arsenal.
Premier League champions were disassembled in north London, who fell after seconds thanks to Martin Odegaard’s strike.
Erling Haaland was leveled in the second half, but a turbulence from the strikes from his homeland put Guardiola’s men in the sword.
Despite the heavy defeat, the Spaniard admits that most of the game was positive for his side.
Said: “I only regret the last 25 minutes, I forgot to do what we need to do, what we did for 65/70 minutes. Of course it is a difficult game that starts on this stadium, against this team in the first minutes that happened many times this season.
“But after 10/15 minutes I think we got the game and I really played, really, really, really well and we’re in it after 1-1 and good rush we go through to make the transition with Omar (Marmoush) and a diversion And the third goal.
“But after that, we kept doing everything you need to do with defensive terms and (to be one) a little more patient. And when you play in this way they can run and of course at 3-1 are comfortable. . I am sorry for the last 15/20 minutes, the rest was a very good game for our side.
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“It has happened all season. We give too many things. We know that this can’t happen. That happened. But we reacted very well and played with personality and defended so well and then with the ball we were threatened, but unfortunately after the second happened , again many times we had the dynamic.
“You must overcome (this). You can’t lose control. It’s 90/95 minutes. You can’t finish the way we play, we could note three more but the team must be firm no matter what happened . “
John Stones largely participated in many of the poor mistakes made on the back from the city and England International offered his apology to the fans.
He added: “To get us back after half it was a great feeling and a good situation to be in. To admit after that by the diversion of me or a little luck.
“It’s difficult when there is overload at the back and you have a second decision to go out and they got lucky at it.
“I could stay more square, I should watch it back. We can’t let these situations reach our top.
“We stopped doing the things we mean. Difficult for me to put in words.
“Many different things I haven’t understood because we don’t get results.
“Passion is there, education and everyone has the right intention.
“We haven’t reached where we are without difficult times and that is through everyone’s career at the moment.
“We all need to get stuck together. This is a key point where we do not start to show the fingers.”
