Manchester Metropolis can not take into consideration successful a fifth consecutive Premier League title, supervisor Pep Guardiola stated, with the crew mired in a run of poor performances.
Guardiola’s facet needed to accept a degree in a 2-2 league draw with Crystal Palace on Saturday, twice getting back from a aim down and shedding Rico Lewis to a pink card late within the recreation, to stay fourth within the standings.
“We take a degree. We fought unimaginable and got here again twice. It is a season to endure. We’ll see what occurs within the final months,” Guardiola stated. “We can not discuss concerning the title race once we lose 4 video games in a row and draw. We’ll attempt to get well gamers. We’ll see within the final month.”
Lewis and Erling Haaland scored within the draw that had Guardiola talking with satisfaction about his gamers’ resilience together with his facet nonetheless lacking numerous key gamers via harm and sickness.
“Now we have many essential gamers injured — many gamers with many minutes however the physicality is there — however we have been there, and we did all the things we might to win, and I’m so happy and happy with the gamers,” the Spaniard stated.
Manuel Akanji and Nathan Aké have been the newest to hitch Metropolis’s listing of absentees, sidelined after accidents suffered of their 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. Phil Foden sat out his second successive recreation with bronchitis.
The draw, nevertheless, felt like a loss when it comes to Metropolis’s probabilities of remaining within the title battle.
“With Man Metropolis it is at all times two factors misplaced,” Metropolis midfielder Bernardo Silva stated. “One level is healthier than zero however we’re not joyful for the time being. We all know our scenario with accidents. Coming to Crystal Palace isn’t straightforward however we’ve got to do higher.
“After I end a recreation and I get a degree I am not joyful. It isn’t the best way we constructed this crew, it isn’t our commonplace. We’re in December. We might prefer to be in a unique place. If we get well our gamers shortly we will at all times do it. However proper now our concern is a unique one.
“If we’re fourth or fifth we’ve got to have a look at successful the following recreation. The final month and a half haven’t been ok.”
Subsequent up for Man Metropolis is an enormous Champions League recreation towards Juventus on Dec. 11.
Info from Reuters was used on this story.