Manchester Metropolis supervisor Pep Guardiola blasted his crew after their careless defending and a unnecessary late-game penalty value them a much-needed victory in a 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, saying they deserved the consequence.
“It is not unhealthy luck, it is deserved,” an indignant Guardiola instructed reporters after the sport. “We give away two factors. While you give away this penalty, you deserve it. You see the possibilities we created and conceded, it is fairly much like all this season — however we aren’t in a position to shut the video games. That’s the feeling.”
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Metropolis have seemed uncharacteristically weak after a run of six video games with just one win.
Jack Grealish and Rico Lewis scored within the first half on the Etihad Stadium on Saturday, however Jean-Philippe Mateta pulled one again for Palace after which Michael Olise transformed a penalty within the ninety fifth minute after Phil Foden fouled Mateta within the field.
The draw left the treble winners fourth within the crowded title struggle on 34 factors, however Metropolis have performed another sport than the three groups above them: Liverpool, who’re high on 37 factors, Arsenal and Aston Villa, who all play on Sunday.
“On the finish, be affected person and do not concede transitions and do not concede,” Guardiola stated of the disappointing consequence.
“However in fact within the first motion [Palace] run and rating a purpose and within the final minute we give them [a penalty]. Within the 18-yard field you need to watch out and we weren’t. We do not need to win.”
Metropolis have dropped 9 factors this season by conceding targets after the eightieth minute.
Including to the crew’s distress is the absence of league-leading scorer Erling Haaland, who has been sidelined for 2 consecutive Premier League video games with a stress response in his foot, which might develop right into a extra critical stress fracture.
The 23-year-old striker has 14 league targets this season.